Flea and tick control

[shanems]

What do you use? I've got Rowdy on advantage multi for heart worms and it claims to prevent fleas and ticks which it doesn't. My vet even said it's not terribly effective with fleas and ticks. I plan to ask about k9 advantice flea and tick control. Not sure if it can or should be used with advantage multi

[NE Track]

For fleas and ticks I am using Cedercide works great and I have had no problems and its good for the hair and skin. Go to their web site and look under animal health. I bought the concentrate and make my own. Which is a water base mix. They do have the premixed. Their products are very effective.

www.cedarcide.com/



I haven't started heart worm meds yet but will start with Heartgard I think. Gabe uses it and has had no problems.

Later when I'm more knowledgeable I may do heart worm meds like Clifford does.

[shanems]

Thanks NE I'll check that out. I talked to my vet's wife this morning and I had it a little backwards. Advantage multi works on heartworms and fleas but does not work on ticks. She said she'd give me a preventix collar to try for ticks and she said for additional flea control we could try comfortis flea pill for say weekends we we're out in the woods playing. I believe it was 12 weeks when we started Advantage Multi. I did a little research and it seems it has had the least number of break throughs on heart worm infections however it appears as if they've all had break throughs.

[gabe]

If you have a flea problem and you are talking about your yard. I treat the yard 2 x year with TalStar. Kills bugs and fleas. Keeps them away. Now, we have Tick problems at the property and I am going to try the cedarcide but I also use the adams spray and just spray and wipe around face. I am not a big fan of the drops on the back. Sometimes they seem to work and sometimes not. And they seem to never work for ticks.

[Clifford]

Keeping ticks off a dog is hard. Most of the stuff on the market will eventually kill them, but it can work against the dog too. We started using food grade Diatomaceous Earth powder, which you put on the dog and also in the yard, and it has worked about as good as you can expect. Look it up, to see what it is, and how it works. The story is really interesting, and it's not that expensive...

[NE Track]

I put DE in Sadie's food and have it on hand. I haven't bought a duster yet to put it on her body.

I like the Idea the Cedercide is healthy for the dogs skin and hair. It also helps heal the cuts and scratches from the thorns.

Flea and tick season just started again here. So I haven't noticed the difference in her coat yet, but I have noticed she's not loaded with ticks after working in the tall weeds.

[Clifford]

I like Cedercide too!

[betty]

Why do people think that they have to use poisons on their dogs to protect from fleas and ticks? Think about it- if the poison kills the fleas and ticks, what is it doing to the dog? Do a search for the side effects of any of the poisons pushed by vets and see if that is what you want for your dog. There are many, many ways of keeping fleas and ticks off of your dogs. Putting a poison on a dog that is already attracting fleas and ticks is merely adding fuel to the fire.

A healthy dog will naturally repel fleas and ticks. A dog who is fed kibble, has been vaccinated out the kazoo and has been poisoned to keep away pests is not a healthy dog. I live in the country in west Texas. I cannot spray to keep the bugs out of my yard. The dogs have the run of 172 acres. I expect the bugs to be horrible here this year. They are never very 'good' here, but this year, they will be worse. So far, I have found one dead tick on Lucy. None on the other two dogs. Larry and Abe were biting like maybe at fleas a bit a couple of weeks ago and we sprayed them with Cedarcide and have not had any more problems.

Some of the poisons that the vets sell are actually attractants. They attract the bugs, the bugs bite your dog, then they are killed. Not exactly keeping the bugs off of your dogs.

DE works very good for bugs of most any kind. It should not, however, be used on the dogs coat. DE is very drying and will dry your hands out with just one little use. Use DE on the dog bed, in the yard, etc, but it is better not to apply it directly to the pet. Cedarcide is great. I am trying a product now that you feed twice a day for 5 days and the dog is protected for 2 or 3 months. It is free of poisons and is made from herbs that are not harmful to the dog. Find it at
www.petzlife.com/catalog/other-products/tickz-tick-control.html The only thing that I can say is that a natural pesticide is not as easy to use, nor as long lasting as poisons, but they are just so much better for the dog.

I dont use poisons on myself to protect me from fleas and ticks and I dont use them on my dogs. If you feel like you have to use poisons on your dogs, at least do the dog a favor and do your own research. Dont depend on your vet, who is making a ton of money from those products, to tell you which is the so-called best.

Betty

[bluedog]

where do you get cedercide? Why is ok to put DE on a dogs food yet not directly on the body yet you can put it on the dogs bed. doesnt the dog roll around on the bed andget it on their body........Im confused....can you tell??

[betty]

DE is a very, very fine flour type stuff. When using it, it is a good idea to use a mask, as the stuff just floats and flies in the wind. It does sound strange to say, put it on the bed, but not on the dog, but because of the texture of the stuff, it does make sense. When you put it on the dog, you cant help but put too much on. It works its way down to the skin. When you put it on the bed, it works its way down into the bedding and into the fabric, etc. Which is also where the fleas, flea eggs are, etc. When you put it in the dogs food, it becomes wet and not able to fly away, etc. It doesnt really hurt the dog if you put it directly on it, just dries out the skin and you dont want that. It is really drying, no way around that.

Cedarcide has to be bought online, as far as I know. Some places carry it, like in Spring, TX, but I get mine on line.

[bluedog]

Thanks Ms Betty......actually that does make sense. I will look up cedarcide as well.