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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Cate wrote:
But that's preventive, right? Not to kill them? it paralyzes their mouths so that unattached ones cannot attach and attached ones detach. they do die, and pretty quickly. i'm tick phobic and if amitraz didn't kill them, i wouldn't bother with it. I'm figuring if the vet can't get them off then we'll be switching to Frontline today (which I think will kill them) rather than waiting until my supply of Advantage runs out, as previously planned. Frontline is okay (especially if fleas are also an issue), but it doesn't work as effectively as amitraz. with Frontline, i was still finding *attached* ticks (both dead and alive, ugh!). with amitraz collars, i find occasional dead, dried up ticks lying on the floor but never live ones. amitraz collars can be used in conjunction with Frontline or Advantage and are available OTC. Tick Arrest are usually cheaper ($5-6 each) and last 75 days. last time i had to buy one, i was in a time bind and stopped at the vet: $17 each for Preventic collars. yowza! -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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"Sharon" wrote in message
... I'm figuring if the vet can't get them off then we'll be switching to Frontline today (which I think will kill them) rather than waiting until my supply of Advantage runs out, as previously planned. Our clients have had great success with Advantix. But Frontline will also help to prevent the tics. Thanks for the heads up. I'll ask when we go in this afternoon. Cate |
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"Sharon" wrote in message
... I'm figuring if the vet can't get them off then we'll be switching to Frontline today (which I think will kill them) rather than waiting until my supply of Advantage runs out, as previously planned. Our clients have had great success with Advantix. But Frontline will also help to prevent the tics. Thanks for the heads up. I'll ask when we go in this afternoon. Cate |
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Sharon wrote:
Our clients have had great success with Advantix. But Frontline will also help to prevent the tics. K9 Advantix has permethrin in it, so i wouldn't suggest using it in a household that has cats. OTOH, Cate's cat and dog don't hang out together, so it might not be an issue. -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Sharon wrote:
Our clients have had great success with Advantix. But Frontline will also help to prevent the tics. K9 Advantix has permethrin in it, so i wouldn't suggest using it in a household that has cats. OTOH, Cate's cat and dog don't hang out together, so it might not be an issue. -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Cate wrote:
Is that the brand name of something? Or the generic name of the pesticide on the collar? the name of the active ingredient. the two brand names i know of are Tick Arrest (generally fairly inexpensive) and Preventic (generally about 3x as pricey as Tick Arrest). Oh for god's sake. Although I'd rather have dead ones than live ones, I do notnotnot relish the idea of picking up dozens of dead ticks from the floor. hork heh. i'd rather pick the occasional dead ones off the floor than pick 'em off the dog. believe me, there is nothing drosser than a dead, engorged tick that's still attached. they get weirdly soft and pop when you apply enough pressure to pull the mouth out. HTH! I'm not sure why she recommended it and I'm not sure why I bought it. I never even did use it. weird that she would've recommended it, then. we've got them pretty bad here, and all summer long, too! they usually start showing up in early spring and come in waves throughout the season. they're pretty well gone by the first frost, though i've found ticks on my dogs in January -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Cate wrote:
Is that the brand name of something? Or the generic name of the pesticide on the collar? the name of the active ingredient. the two brand names i know of are Tick Arrest (generally fairly inexpensive) and Preventic (generally about 3x as pricey as Tick Arrest). Oh for god's sake. Although I'd rather have dead ones than live ones, I do notnotnot relish the idea of picking up dozens of dead ticks from the floor. hork heh. i'd rather pick the occasional dead ones off the floor than pick 'em off the dog. believe me, there is nothing drosser than a dead, engorged tick that's still attached. they get weirdly soft and pop when you apply enough pressure to pull the mouth out. HTH! I'm not sure why she recommended it and I'm not sure why I bought it. I never even did use it. weird that she would've recommended it, then. we've got them pretty bad here, and all summer long, too! they usually start showing up in early spring and come in waves throughout the season. they're pretty well gone by the first frost, though i've found ticks on my dogs in January -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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"buglady" wrote in message nk.net... "Cate" wrote in message ... .......Just ran across a good paper evaluating the current commercial tick removal tools: http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~acarolog/tickgone.htm Unfortunately none of them are able to remove whole nymphs (seed ticks) successfully. We had a bunch of the "Ticked Off" tick removers, however, we called them "Tick Spoons." I found them very handy and easy to use. I was able to even get young deer ticks off without much effort. Chris and her smoothies in relatively tickless Ithaca NY (uh oh - is this another "neener" I feel coming on?) Zeffie & Pablo |
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"buglady" wrote in message nk.net... "Cate" wrote in message ... .......Just ran across a good paper evaluating the current commercial tick removal tools: http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~acarolog/tickgone.htm Unfortunately none of them are able to remove whole nymphs (seed ticks) successfully. We had a bunch of the "Ticked Off" tick removers, however, we called them "Tick Spoons." I found them very handy and easy to use. I was able to even get young deer ticks off without much effort. Chris and her smoothies in relatively tickless Ithaca NY (uh oh - is this another "neener" I feel coming on?) Zeffie & Pablo |
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"shelly" wrote in message
arble.net... On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Sharon wrote: Our clients have had great success with Advantix. But Frontline will also help to prevent the tics. K9 Advantix has permethrin in it, so i wouldn't suggest using it in a household that has cats. OTOH, Cate's cat and dog don't hang out together, so it might not be an issue. Glad you mentioned this, because I know jack about it. And my new vet doesn't even know about the cat yet, so she probably wouldn't have thought to ask me. Cate |
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