Pets are an inevitable part of your family and protecting them from external parasites especially ticks is an essential part of pet parenting. Ticks are those nasty ugly creatures that create great havoc in life of your dogs and cats. As you’re happy planning to have fun-filled summertime, these troublesome parasites are well-prepared to feast on the blood of your pet(s).
Gusty Facts about Ticks
Every year ticks spread harmful diseases by infecting thousands of dogs and cats. Poor pets suffer from diseases like anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease and others. These tiny creatures hatch from eggs and develop through three active stages – larva, nymph and adult – where they survive by blood feeding. They can endure the harsh winter season and become active during summer. Ticks carry disease-causing microbes and can easily infect poor four-legged companions. These annoying insects can host more than one disease-causing agent; therefore, furry animals can be infected with more than one pathogen at the same time. Tick bites were more of an irritation but presently, a bite is much likely to make your pet sick.
How to Prevent Ticks This Summer from Infecting your Pets
Cleanliness is next to Pet Healthiness
Keep your house clean and well vacuumed including your beds and linen. Ensure to keep your pet bedding clean as well as the things your pet uses. After vacuuming your entire home, make sure to seal and throw out vacuum cleaner bags after filling them as tick eggs and larvae can survive within them.
Clean the Surroundings
Unlike your neighborhood, ticks love to dwell in unkempt lawns and gardens. Well-maintained and well groomed (free of too long grass, unwanted shrubs and weeds) yards and surroundings gives no way for ticks to survive. To protect your pets, treat your property with anti-flea and tick products but be careful while using them.
Secure from Wild Zones
Don’t allow your furry friend to lounge around nearby woods, meadows, forests and other areas full of ticks. In case, your pooch has being from there, check for the possibility of any of these nasty parasites.
An Appointment with a Vet
There is a wide array of flea and tick killing products available in market ranging from powders, shampoos, collars, sprays, foams, foggers, topical solutions, dips, granules, pills to tablets. Some are formulated to repel ticks while some to kill eggs and others to destroy egg-laying adults. With the evolving biotechnology, new advanced flea and tick treatments are coming into the market, which can break tick life cycle and completely eradicate these blood-sucking creatures. Apart from chemical treatments, other options such as natural and homeopathic flea and tick control exist, and some people mainly rely on them. Nevertheless, the University of Nebraska disparages this in a study. In spite of all your precautions and care, if your four-legged pal has being heavily infested then visit your veterinarian and ask for the right treatment among the various products available.