Ticks

Sagz_2

Bravecto gives 3 months flea and tick protection with just one dose, it's what my vet is recommending at the moment.

Slinky

My neighbour got Lymes disease in November a few years back after being bitten by a tick whilst gardening, so they are around late in the year also.

Feral_Moon

Sagz wrote: »

Bravecto gives 3 months flea and tick protection with just one dose, it's what my vet is recommending at the moment.

Have you read about the bad side effects dogs are experiencing with this? Including seizures. I wouldn't feel comfortable giving an animal a powerful insecticide to be taken internally. Far too many of these drugs hit the market only to be withdrawn again several months or years later.

sheramber

britgal wrote: »

If you are worried I would chat to your vet. Ticks bites are very common. Where do you buy a Scalibor Collar and do you recommend it? I have never heard of this before. Thanks!

I search Amazon for the cheapest offer. I tis available without a prescription.

I think this year I bought from Vetuk

I used to use Frontline but as it works after ticks attach i used to find ticks on the dogs and sometimes on the floor where they had dropped off.

A couple of years ago I read a recommendation for the Scalibor collar from someone who lives in the New Forest area.

I have used them for two years now have only found one tick on one dog in the first week of using- they take a few days to have full effect.

I paid something like £16 per collar for six months cover against monthly costs for Frontline.

The collar works through the hair oils. It is not absorbed into the skin as Frontline.

Vets also sell a Seresto collar which covers fleas and ticks but my vet quoted over £50 per collar ( it is a prescription medicine) so I stuck with Scalibor.