The weather is warming and the ticks are swarming. It’s time to get your dog on their tick preventive.
If you walk your dog in Toronto parks or ravines or take them up north to the cottage, don’t forget that Ticks are a serious health risk for you and your pets.
We recently took all the ticks in the picture above off of one dog!
Spring is here. The parasites that seek out your pets are waking up and questing for food in the form of your pet’s blood. Now is the time to test and protect your pets from the dangers of ticks and the diseases they carry.
Though there is little evidence that cats develop Lyme disease, they can get other severe tick-borne diseases such as Tularemia, Haemobartonellosis, and Ehrlichia.
The spring flowers are out, and so are the parasites. The news isn’t good-we urge you to test and protect your pets from Ticks and Heartworm.
We recommend all dogs, even ones that had a Heartworm test last year have a 4DX test this year and every year to test for Heartworm and tick-borne disease.
It’s time to think about tick prevention. For dogs we now have a second prevention option. In addition to the topical tick preventive we have used in the past, we now have an oral preventive, new to Canada.
While we’re all grateful for the longer days, sunshine and warmer weather, the higher temperatures mean that mosquitos won’t be far behind, and with mosquitos come the risk of heartworm.
Dog owners, it’s spring and that means it’s time to think about protecting your pet from Heartworm. What is Heartworm? Heartworms are exactly what they sound–3-6 inch worms that live in the heart and vessels that lead to the lungs. Baby worms called microfilaria circulate in the blood of an infected dog. These microfilaria are…
We usually think of robins as the first sign of spring, but the new reality in Toronto seems to be that ticks are also one of the first creatures to reappear as the weather warms. As soon as the temperature sneaks above 3 degrees celsius for more than a day or two, ticks start questing…
It may seem like it’s too late, too cold, nearly Christmas. But just this morning, Dr. Eaglesome found a tick on her cat. We usually think of dogs when we think of ticks, but outdoor cats are just as vulnerable. There’s no tick preventative that’s safe for cats–in fact the one we use on dogs…