Pampered Dog Blog

There are probably levels of threat to pet health, and heartworm disease ranks among the top contenders. While fleas are not often categorized under ‘life-threatening,’ they do pose a serious discomfort to pets.
A serious flea infestation can lead to your pet’s intensive self-scratching, and not many pet owners can take the suffering their pets undergo when this happens.
Left untreated, fleas can lead to allergies and even lead pets to scratch themselves hard enough to leave patches of raw skin.
Since there are parts of a pet’s body it cannot reach with its paws, chances are the pet will rub its back against furniture or the ground, leaving their raw skin patches open to more infection, if it hasn’t already been infected.

In the foregoing scenario, you may be seeing tufts of hair all over your home – it’s more painful to be reminded of how these got there.
You can actually save your pet from such discomforts, as it’s easy to purchase pet remedies and treatments that treat both fleas and heartworm in one package.
Revolution is one of the often recommended treatments.
Another is Advocate Flea and Heartworm Treatment.

Revolution – one dose is all your pet needs, for a month-long relief

Pfizer, manufacturer of Revolution, is confident their treatment for dogs and cats works – many pet owners concur.
It protect them not just from heartworms and fleas, but also from other pesky bugs like ear mites and other intestinal parasites. You can get Revolution only via veterinary prescription, so you might as well buy it from your vet. Revolution is known as one the easiest to administer topicals on the market; it comes in multipacks of single dose vials.
The color of the package indicates how strong the dose is.
One vial per month is all your pet needs to get a month-protection from the parasites and worms listed here.

Advocate Flea and Heartworm Treatment – no more tablets to handle parasitic infections!

It comes in a convenient tube and eliminates existing parasite infections (such as fleas, heartworm, gastrointestinal worms, ear mites, demodex, and Sarcoptic Mange), gives continuous protection (up to a month), and prevents re-infestation/re-infection.
Most of the flea larvae in your pet’s vicinity are killed off by Advocate; that means a lower chance of both Flea Allergy Dermatitis and consequent reinfestation.

Remember, when buying flea and heartworm control treatment, to get one that fits your pet’s type and weight. If you’re buying this from your vet you’ll probably get a free sermon on how to administer each dose, and what to do in case there maybe complications (as when your pet is undergoing another treatment or has other conditions).

Also, don’t let your pet or other animals it comes into contact with lick the topical treatment of its coat. Let the treatment settle on your pet’s coat for 30 minutes after treatment.
Pets that ingest such treatment usually show any of the following signs – pupil dilation, diarrhea, tremors, loss of appetite, and poor coordination.