I live in South Florida and have two dogs that last season invested my house with fleas. With diligent treatments of the house and the Dogs I got it under control(the change of seasons helped too). But one thing that I cannot stop is the Tick infestation. My dogs come into my house at night and...

Does anyone do Titer Tests for their cat/dogs instead of vaccinating? I just found out that my dog was NOT vaccinated against Lyme disease as i had thought she was (My other half took her in). And during our last camping trip of dog was bitten by a tick. Though Lyme is not to common here, I...

Last year was a very difficult year, as some of you know. This year is a little bit better. Last year was full of events, Scott had a major heart attack, his mother passed away, then I was hit by a truck, Jack passed away and then I had Lyme disease and Bell's Palsy at the same time. As I...

I was bitten by a tick!!!!! Disgusting! Last night me and a bunch of people were at the park,just having fun and hanging out.I really had to go pee and it was after 11pm,so things were closed.I had no other choice but to pee outside.Me,being the smart person I am...:rolleyes: decided to go in...

Friday evening my dog Whizzer yelps from downstairs, and then comes up the stairs slowly 'sulking', and when she get's to the top act's all submissive. I checked her out a bit, and find nothing wrong. Whizz goes for a walk that night with her Daddy just to the mail box and back, she's happy and...

I was just wondering...will Frontline Plus flea/tick prevenative come off in water? Because I just applied it on all the dogs today and I was hoping to groom Sophie over the weekend which would include a bath...should I wait? Also, Rocky is a short-haired dog and the package says it prevents...

Still vaccinating your pet every year? That may not be necessary and could even cause harm By Kim Campbell Thornton Special to MSNBC.com Updated: 10:48 a.m. ET July 18, 2005 Vaccinations have saved many pets' lives over the years, but they aren't without risk. Now, with new research showing...

Ok I frontlined all the animals last week and I was wondering does the stuff spread to their faces? Coz I have been finding tics on their faces. tilly had 1 on her chin and poor poor Emil had one on his eyelid about a mm from his eye. His whole eye swelled up.

has anyone ever used one of those things to pull tics out with? They are like a plastic stick with a hoop on the end that you hook round the tic. They are $20 here and dont want to get 1 if they are rubbish

So I found a tick on my boyfriend's dog. It was attached to her and I took it off because nobody wanted to do it. I need some feedback on some flea and tick products because I'm not sure what to buy. I know they wont buy anything and I feel sorry for her. :( I'm not sure if she still has some...

Does anyone know the symptoms of this disease on dogs? I looked on the internet but it was not so helpful.

Last night we had both Emil and Indy on the bed and we was trying to clean up Indys eye a bit when I noticed a tic on his cheek. It was grey and shriveled up. Does this mean the tic stuff had killed it? Well we pulled it out and he has 2 little scars on his face now from those things. Well...

I was stroking my neighbours cat yesterday when I felt something small on its upper neck, when I looked to see what it was it was a small burrowing thing that had removed a lot of hair around the area it was in. We pulled it out and there is a scab now. I checked him all over and found another...

Last Sunday (10/24/04), my wife and I took our toy-poodle, Bony, to get his Lyme booster. This was a follow-up to a series of vaccinations administered on 9/2/04 that included his initial Lyme vaccine, 3-year rabies, and distemper/parvo 5-in-1. We started him on RX Heartworm Preventative a...

Previous updates on the forums... 1) http://www.paw-talk.net/forums/showthread.php?t=22339 2) http://www.paw-talk.net/forums/showthread.php?t=22434 --------------- The second blood test we took to try and figure out FOR SURE whether or not Samson was also suffering from Lyme disease or if it is...

Besides the confirmed problems this poor puppy is having as explained in this thread: http://www.paw-talk.net/forums/showthread.php?t=22339 Samson's Serology results just came back in... I had the tick serology blood test done because of the tick problem we had and the sudden onset of the...

Lil'Samson (rottweiler puppy at 60.9 lbs) got a Lyme Disease Vaccine about 3 hours ago. His thigh has some pretty good swelling now and if you rub the area gently he "nibbles" at your hand to encourage you to stop touching it. He has also whined several times when getting up or down as well as...

Holy cow! I can't believe I just responded to a post about a nervous Golden Retriever - and it just started storming like the devil!! Dark, dark dark clouds - lightening and booming thunder! Wicked storm! OK - so we have established that Jack gets VERY "nervous" during storms. I have never...

Keeping Our Pets Safe – Are You Ready For Summer? By Linda Vanator As the weather changes from unpredictable to the full blown glory days of summer we shed the shackles of winter and our thoughts turn to spending time outdoors. Summer vacations, swimming, hiking, backyard barbeques and pool...

Manto's been panting really hard for the last couple of days. Even right now, he asleep on the floor next to me and he's breathing heavy. The thermostat says its 71 in here and I have the ceiling fan on in this room. Ok, so it's been in the 80's for over a week here and it's really his first...