In summer, you must deworm your cats and dogs! But how to use toxic deworming medicine?

Summer is here, remember to deworm your pet regularly.

The deworming program recommended by veterinarians is to deworm your pet once a quarter under normal circumstances, and monthly in summer. If your pet particularly loves outdoor sports, monthly deworming is recommended. As a pet owner, everyone knows that you need to deworm your pet regularly. Today, I will share some tips on external parasites.

Prevention: Take precautions before they happen

Regardless of whether your pet is often exposed to the outdoor environment, the best way to repel insects is prevention.

If you treat a parasite after it is infected, sometimes the eggs will remain on the fur ball, making it difficult to cure. Repeated treatment is required, which is time-consuming, costly, and laborious, and will also affect the pet's physical and mental health. Preventive deworming can not only effectively control the infection of internal and external parasites, but also saves time and effort compared to treatment. In addition, some skin parasites are contact-transmitted zoonotic diseases, such as fleas, so ensuring the health of the pet is also a prerequisite for ensuring your own health!

External parasites of dogs and cats

Ticks and fleas are common external parasites on hairballs, and other mites and lice also need attention.

External parasites are related to the region and the type of hairball. For example, hairballs living in the south are more likely to be infected by ticks. Some ticks carry some pathogens themselves. After being bitten, the hairballs will be infected with these pathogens and suffer from serious diseases. For example, after being bitten by fleas carrying roundworm eggs, the hairballs may be infected with roundworms, leading to a series of gastrointestinal symptoms. After being bitten by ticks carrying Babesia, the hairballs will cause babesiosis. Babesia parasitizes in the blood of the hairballs, destroying red blood cells and causing severe anemia.

flea

For fur balls, one of the most important issues to pay attention to is flea infestation.

If a hairball is infected with fleas, the infection period will last for a long time and treatment is not easy. So... prevention is important! Prevention is important! Prevention is important!

Fleas live by sucking blood and are photophobic. They like to stay in damp, warm, dark corners. If your pet often likes to roll around in the dirt or grass, you must pay attention to the problem of fleas, especially in summer.

Even if you don't see fleas on your fur balls, they may still be infested with fleas (fleas hide in thick hair). If your pet is scratching its skin a lot, has a lot of hair loss, and has small white or black particles on its tail and back, be sure to check carefully for fleas. The small black particles may be flea feces, and the small white particles may be flea eggs.

If a young fur ball baby has a serious flea infestation, the blood will be sucked in large quantities, causing severe anemia, and even life-threatening. So don't treat flea infestation as an insignificant skin disease!

How to Get Rid of Fleas

There are many flea repellents in pet supermarkets. If the fur ball at home has been infected with fleas, you should pay attention to thoroughly clean all items that the fur ball has touched, such as toys and nests. If necessary, you can use some disinfectants. Fleas are hosts for some intestinal parasites in dogs and cats, so when treating fleas, you should also pay attention to expelling internal parasites! In addition, whether it is the ingredients or dosage of anthelmintics, cats and dogs are different. Before using, you should consult a veterinarian in detail to ensure that the anthelmintic procedure is correct.

Ticks

Ticks can cause a series of skin problems in hair balls. Ticks are hosts to certain blood parasites and tapeworms. After biting hair balls, they can spread some troublesome diseases, such as Lyme disease, Babesiosis, etc., causing serious diseases such as anemia.

However, being bitten by a tick does not necessarily lead to infection with these serious diseases. If you find a tick on your pet, do not be overly nervous. You should take your pet to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible to prevent further infection and worsening of the disease.

How to Remove Ticks

Once a tick infestation is discovered, be sure to take the hairball to the hospital for a thorough examination to see if there is any blood parasitic disease. The veterinarian will determine the appropriate medication and dosage based on the hairball's symptoms. If the tick does not pierce the skin with its mouthparts, it can be easily removed with tweezers. If the tick's mouthparts are found to be piercing the hairball's skin, be careful not to forcibly pull out the tick, as this will cause the mouthparts to remain in the skin, causing symptoms such as dermatitis or allergies.

It should be noted that cats are more sensitive to many tick repellents. After all, "all medicines are poisonous". For the health of your pet, you must consult a veterinarian in detail before using the medicine to ensure safe and rational use of the medicine.

Other external parasites

Lice: parasitize on the surface of hair balls, causing symptoms such as hair loss and itching; the eggs are small white particles that may adhere to the hair or skin;

Mites: including ear mites, scabies mites, demodex mites, etc., parasitize in the ear canal, subcutaneous tissue, and hair follicles, which can cause hair loss, itching, odor, etc.;

Introduction to some external insect repellents

Great Support: Suitable for cats and dogs aged 6 weeks and above, to treat scabies, fleas, lice, roundworms, hookworm infections, and to prevent heartworm disease

IWok: Suitable for cats over 9 weeks old and dogs over 7 weeks old (note that IWok has special products for dogs and cats, don’t make the wrong choice), for preventing and treating fleas, lice, ear mites, scabies, demodex mites, heartworms, roundworms and other nematodes.

Baichongshuang: Suitable for dogs over seven weeks old, not for cats. Prevents and treats fleas, ticks, and lice.

Nopsi: Suitable for cats and dogs over four weeks old, used to kill fleas.

Kenford: Suitable for dogs over 14 weeks old, used to kill fleas.

Frontline: Suitable for cats and dogs over 8 weeks old (Frontline also has special products for dogs and cats, don’t make the wrong choice), used to treat flea and tick infections.

Tips

No matter what kind of external anthelmintic it is, it is toxic to hair balls (otherwise how can it kill parasites?). If used improperly, it is likely to cause hair ball poisoning.

When giving medication to hairballs, you must pay attention to four points:

1. Do not blindly choose anthelmintics, follow the veterinarian's instructions;

2. The dosage of the drug should be appropriate. Too large a dosage or too frequent deworming may cause poisoning.

3. Do not take a bath for 1 to 3 days after taking the medicine to ensure the efficacy of the medicine;

4. The anthelmintic should be dropped in places where the fur ball cannot lick. Accidental ingestion may cause poisoning. If your fur ball is very flexible... well... it is better to put on an Elizabethan collar!

Author: M.

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