What to use to keep ticks off dog
#6982475
09/04/20 10:32 AM
09/04/20 10:32 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 689 kansas
larrywaugh
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 689
kansas
|
I have used Bayer advantage 2 on fleas before and it worked. I read the directions and it says it doesnt kill ticks.what is something else that works?
Won't take no prisoners,won't spare no lives.
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6982481
09/04/20 10:43 AM
09/04/20 10:43 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 22,136 SEPA
Lugnut
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 22,136
SEPA
|
I use Credelio, a chewable tablet that I get from my vet or online pharmacy. It's supposed to last a month but I easily get six or more weeks out of one pill. Kills fleas and ticks. I think they can sense the stuff in the dogs' blood because I hardly ever see any on them. And we are loaded with fleas and ticks here.
I tried Advantic, Frontline and the Ceresto collars and had poor results.
Eh...wot?
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6982533
09/04/20 12:14 PM
09/04/20 12:14 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,333 Oakland, MS
Drifter
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,333
Oakland, MS
|
NexGuard works here but still find some ticks dead on them. We get 6 weeks or better most times here as well.
Some individuals use statistics as a drunk man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than for illumination.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic
Life member NTA , and GA Trappers assoc .
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6982558
09/04/20 12:58 PM
09/04/20 12:58 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,806 Coldspring Texas
Savell
"Wilbur"
|
"Wilbur"
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,806
Coldspring Texas
|
... hey Drifter... have you tried it ... I need something for me and my boys
.. and do we just put some on the back of our necks? ... or is it a chewable... I’m up for either if it works... thanks
Insert profound nonsense here
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6982581
09/04/20 01:27 PM
09/04/20 01:27 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 689 kansas
larrywaugh
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 689
kansas
|
Nexgard says you need a prescription if you buy online. How do I go about getting a prescription? Do I have to take my dog to the vet to get one.
Won't take no prisoners,won't spare no lives.
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6982583
09/04/20 01:35 PM
09/04/20 01:35 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 22,136 SEPA
Lugnut
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 22,136
SEPA
|
A lot of vets around here won't give you a prescription because they want to overcharge you for the stuff they have in stock. Mine will and I get it from Chewy.com or other sites. Your dog has to be a patient there though. They won't write a prescription for a dog they never saw.
Eh...wot?
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6982605
09/04/20 01:54 PM
09/04/20 01:54 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 851 Washington
wildflights
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 851
Washington
|
You have to get a prescription for chewables from the vet. Ours will do it but they don't like it. Beware vets that have impulse merchandise at the counter.
On a side note, there have been reports of dogs getting seizures from the chewables. Seizures that can continue after dosages stop. Lots of info online on this.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. -Gustav Mahler
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6982646
09/04/20 03:37 PM
09/04/20 03:37 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 2,293 S. Illinois
Chuckles84
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 2,293
S. Illinois
|
On a hunting dog forum I used to frequent, a lot of the guys used the repellent cow tags. Never tried it but a lot of guys said it worked. Not sure if they just used them while the dog was in the field or left them on all the time.
Your entitled to oxygen. Everything else is earned.
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: wildflights]
#6982677
09/04/20 04:36 PM
09/04/20 04:36 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 22,136 SEPA
Lugnut
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 22,136
SEPA
|
You have to get a prescription for chewables from the vet. Ours will do it but they don't like it. Beware vets that have impulse merchandise at the counter.
On a side note, there have been reports of dogs getting seizures from the chewables. Seizures that can continue after dosages stop. Lots of info online on this. This is why I went with the Credelio. I did a lot of research before going to a prescription chewable. There are lots of bad reports of seizures, deaths and other non-desirable symptoms with Nexguard. That seems to be the worst one. I read the clinical trials and aftermarket reports on Credelio and it seems to be the one with the least bad reactions. And it works.
Eh...wot?
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6982757
09/04/20 06:12 PM
09/04/20 06:12 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 476 Oregon
SpottedOwl
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 476
Oregon
|
We don’t have a huge tick problem here but they’re definitely around. Since we put them on that Bravecto stuff, not a single tick and no fleas. No ticks even when we go into tick country. It’s a chewable that they actually like and I don’t have to fight and pin the buggers down. Vet prescribed though, but cheap I think $40 for the year, and give it every three months, $10 a dose is good for me.
Owl
Spend time with your kids while THEY still have time
Your life is an occasion ..... Rise to it
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6983169
09/05/20 07:07 AM
09/05/20 07:07 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 555 IL
goatman
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 555
IL
|
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: larrywaugh]
#6983183
09/05/20 07:25 AM
09/05/20 07:25 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,651 indiana
wamp
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,651
indiana
|
I get a pill from my vet that kills. Fleas and tiicks for 3 months how ever we found that it doesn't work as well on the lone star tick. All the other are usually dead on when found.
Last edited by wamp; 09/05/20 07:26 AM.
"Keep your traps free"
|
|
|
Re: What to use to keep ticks off dog
[Re: Pike River]
#6983473
09/05/20 03:36 PM
09/05/20 03:36 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,935 SE WI
DuxDawg
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,935
SE WI
|
spray them down with permethrin. Absorbine's UltraShield EX is awesome. Spray twice a month, waterproof, effective, $20/dog/summer.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand
|
|
|
|
|