Submitted by GreenBeginning3753 t3_10b04vt in vermont
What tick preventative do you all use? My 14 year old corgi just tested positive for anaplasmosis. While upsetting, I’m not entirely surprised since ticks are insane around here. Historically I’ve used Seresto collars but it looks like those might not do the trick anymore. I do the Lyme vaccine but worried about preventing the other tick borne illnesses.
Thank you! She’s a tough one to check for ticks with all the fuzz. I’ll ask my vet about the pill! I’m anticipating a worse tick situation this year given the mild winter. Is it OTC or rx?
I used to have 'Lassie' Collies. I can feel your tick-check pain.
That said..
a quick way to check for ticks in a thick dog coat is to take doggo outside with a hair dryer and use the forced air to part the hair to check for ticks.
That made my life as a Collie mama a whole lot easier during tick season.
Hope this helps!
I’ve been using Bravecto. It’s every 12 weeks and it’s been great.
Bravecto has also worked for me. And it doesn't kill dogs like Seresto
I can't find the chart directly from the Vermont Health Department, but this is a VPR article showing early-March and mid-September as the start of semi-annual peaks for human encounters.
Bravecto is awesome, but watch out because the ticks will leave your dog and go everywhere.
Chewy.com was founded by a Canadian. They can sell you generic antibiotics at a reasonable price.
A Vet or Human Pharmacy might try to price gouge you 5-10x for generic antibiotics, in this epidemic that we're in.
I highly recommend Seresto collars. I was initially skeptical, but they work great. My dogs have been tick and flea free since I have been using them (a few years). Just make sure you purchase from a reputable dealer like Chewy. I have heard of counterfeits from some sellers.
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Seresto but only get them from your vet.
I’ve used both bravecto in the past and I think most recently mine has been on credelio, which seems to work well and she tolerates it fine. My corgi girl is also a little too furry for the seresto collars to work, and has a lot of skin sensitivity to stuff which makes me hesitant to try them on her. I did find a tick crawling on her last week when it was so warm out, so I guess it’s a good thing that she’s getting the tick stuff year round.
We use once a month Andvantix topical liquid drops. In 2 years with our very outdoorsy dog we have not seen one tick on her nor in our house - but we live in Lamoille, an area with fewer ticks.
Whether you use a chemical t/x or not, the best thing is to be observant; checking for ticks upon coming indoors.
Only a small % of ticks are carriers and they must engorge before they deposit their infectious saliva (to keep wound open). It may take a tick over an hour wandering around before they find a place to bite and it takes more than a few hours to engorge.
I get using chemicals but even w/out there's not too much risk of infection for the overly cautious.
My vet recommended Bravecto and it's worked well for us.
Interesting. I guess I never thought about certain areas having more or less. Do you know what areas in general have fewer/more ticks?
Generally
Southern VT = more
Northern VT = less
Bravecto
Bravecto. Every three months. Fleas, ticks and mites.
Simparica trio; it’s flea tick and heartworm in one pill!
Hello from Missouri! 👋 Ticks are horrible here. My dog gets a NexGard chew once a month. It doesn’t prevent fleas and ticks from getting on her but it’ll kill them as soon as they bite.
We use Nexgard for our pup, no ticks so far!
Nexguard is by far the most effective that I have used. Unfortunately, quite expensive. Currently using Seresto collar, but admittedly not as effective. 58 Lb Chocolate Lab
A hair dryer is GENIUS!!!
Interesting take! I never would have thought about the northern/southern Vermont discrepancies. We live in Rutland county and they’re out of control 🫠
The doxy I picked up from the vet today was 59.40. Checked chewy after leaving and it was 12.60 for the same drug/mg/quantity 🫥
Seresto, Costco has the best price I’ve seen at 47.99$
I use simparica trio, I was a bit leery at first but my dogs have been on it 6 months now and doing great. It’s a 3 in one combo, flea, tick, and heartworm.
As someone who works in the veterinary field, Bravecto absolutely can still kill dogs, just like any flea and tick medication that works on the nervous system of the fleas and ticks. The pros of these meds just beat the cons of having tick borne disease and fleas, it doesn't mean they don't come with risks. If anything the negative reaction Seresto cases we have seen have been less severe b/c you can take the collar off and the active ingredient begins to leave the body. If animals have a bad reaction to Bravecto they are stuck with it for 3 months and it makes it more likely to be fatal.
yeah same here
Yep, same
Our vet recommended NexGuard (monthly pill for fleas and ticks). Our dog sometimes gets ticks but if they latch on they die. We also do the Lyme vaccine
Same here. Never found one latched to my dog. Have seen them crawling on her, but never found one attached
Get yourself an Opossum. The average possum eats about 5,000 ticks a year.
Holy smokes 🤯
We use a monthly flea / tick pill (nextguard). The ticks die as soon as they bite, so we sometimes find dead ticks attached to him. I believe it’s prescription, not OTC, could be wrong though.
I use this on the dog, the kids, myself. Right on the skin at every clothing seam and all over the dog. We also use bravecto (for the dog).
Came here to say this. My vet calls it the “Hermès of preventive medications.”
Haha it’s great! I think it tastes good to the dog too because mine just eats it right up
Yes! Love this, it’s what mine uses too
We double up and use a seresto collar and simparica trio. Never found a tick on our girl and she’s quite adventurous.
Vectra 3D. Theres been studies proving it works better than other topical treatments. The problem with ingestibles is that the tick has to bite to die. Vectra repels them from even hitching a ride.
Why only from the vet?
Seresto collars did not work well for me at all (golden retriever). I live up in Essex Junction and the ticks were terrible last season… switched to Bravecto chewables and that seemed to do the trick
Frontline topical also sucks
There are counterfeit collars apparently. Vets are a reliable source for them though
I have a German shepherd so it’s hard to use a topical because of the double coat. So a oral works better. I switched to Bravecto because my girl is awful at talking medicine. It’s a three month dose, so I only have to deal with it once every 90 days, instead of 30.
+1 to Simparica. Ticks that manage to latch die and fall off within about 2 hours from my observation.
Check out Bravecto, it's a 90 day chewable that's rx only. It doesn't stop ticks from getting on your dog but it kills them if they bite.
Seresto collars. On my dog and two cats. We had horrible tick problems until we started using them; now nothing.
My aunt's lab ended up catching anaplasmosis as well, after having used Bravecto. Jade ended up having to be put down a few months ago and Katie has now joined the family. I'm keeping my eye on these comments.
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We do a flea/tick pill monthly for our corgo… most ticks we find are dead within her thick coat