Canine tick fever
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Sorry, bit late on this. Can you be more specific - and where are you based?
ileso
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Portugal. After a week at the vet he's recovered well. He was diagnosed very early which increases the survival rate.
He was diagnosed with babesiosis
I was worried because I never had this in my dogs... Frontline does not work.
Ah, thanks. Yes, nasty disease and treatment is a bit varied, so my best wishes. I'm afraid frontline isn't very good at protecting against ticks, it will kill them, just too slowly. You need either a isoxazoline product (bravecto, simparica, nexguard) or a permethrin (advantix) or a permethrin collar. I think bravecto is availabe in Portugal
ileso
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Thanks for the tip. Yes we have all those. I usually use one called vectra3d, not sure of the active component. The problem was they ran out and I bought frontline rather than do some extra km to get the other one... Expensive choice.. And almost fatal for the hound
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Quick look, it should work OK, it is licensed for ticks. Permethrin and a neonicitinoid
Free range rob
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Frontline is terrible for ticks, and quite frankly not that great on fleas either, overpriced rubbish in my opinion, I was removing ticks well after two weeks upon returning from Scotland, so I stopped using it.
I thought permethrin was supposed to send dogs loopy and had to be avoided ?
I thought permethrin was supposed to send dogs loopy and had to be avoided ?
On vet's advice my dog wears a Scalibor collar whenever he crosses the channel, apparently it's the gold standard. Supposed to deal with the ticks and sand flies that are a worry where I travel. It slowly releases dimethrin for six months, but that is toxic to aquatic organisms so he's not supposed to swim with it on. Not a problem, taking it off for a few hours I don't think makes much difference, and I feel better knowing that it's not going to leach out of the collar into the water.
It's a steady slow release, not a spot-on type of treatment.
My vet prescribes Advantix for ticks and fleas in the UK, but advised that an additional Scalibor collar was the best for where I travel, such as Southern France, Spain and Portugal. Frontline apparently not so good, even in the UK.
All that I can do is take his advice, and I don't mind buying the Scalibor collars every six months. He gets a good combing every evening also. I think he might be poisonous to cats too, which doesn't bother me.
I've seen a lot of them on dogs over there. Maybe they work, I don't know.
If only there was a similar treatment regime for humans against Lyme, keds, midges, just plain ticks.
It's a steady slow release, not a spot-on type of treatment.
My vet prescribes Advantix for ticks and fleas in the UK, but advised that an additional Scalibor collar was the best for where I travel, such as Southern France, Spain and Portugal. Frontline apparently not so good, even in the UK.
All that I can do is take his advice, and I don't mind buying the Scalibor collars every six months. He gets a good combing every evening also. I think he might be poisonous to cats too, which doesn't bother me.
I've seen a lot of them on dogs over there. Maybe they work, I don't know.
If only there was a similar treatment regime for humans against Lyme, keds, midges, just plain ticks.
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