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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - Tick Prevention
| We will be taking Henri over the mountains to the dry part of our region. I understand it is tick season there now and we do not have Henri on any tick medicine or other preventives. We want to avoid anthing that could possibly make his IMHA worse. The internal medicine vet working with Henri recommended Frontline and said that we should avoid any systemic treatments. I also know that there are a couple of tick collars that might work well to protect him just for the three days we will be away. Any recommendations would be most appreciated. Thanks, Ella, Jeff, Bella and Baby Henri |
| Ella Seattle |
| I should have searched the threads first. I found the recent discussion of ticks. Looks like no Frontline for us. Sounds like the best approach is to just be vigilant for those few days, keep him out of the grass and bushes, and brush him out to inspect for any ticks. Thanks again everyone for the great information and discussions on this site. Ella, Jeff, Bella and Baby Henri PS: Baby Henri is doing great and all his numbers are strong. Two months out now and still early in the weaning stage. Hopefully we will be able to cut the prednisone down soon. |
| Ella Seattle |
| The FDA list only contained Frontline Plus which has added ingredients for fleas. Frontline is not on this list. Preventic collars are also widely used and are highly recommended. There are cautions with these collars in multi dog houses due to the fact that dogs playing may mouth the collars on another dog. This would be inappropriate. They also will "weep" in water so shouldn't be worn if the dog will go into water. The product in these collars is harmful to fish so we can't use them at our house because of our pond. A simple technique is to immediately bath the dog in Ivory dish soap when returning from an outing in a wooded, grassy area. Allow the soap to sit for a bit. Then rinse until you are sick of rinsing. You should see ticks in the tub. Dry carefully and hand inspect. Some ticks (nymphs) are the size of this period(.) You could never see them with the naked eye. Brushing and visual inspection cannot remove all ticks. Keep property clean of all garden junk, grass short and apply beneficial nematodes yearly or twice yearly. If there are wooded areas or open fields adjacent to your property, build a wide strip of area around your property that doesn't have vegetation on it, use something like stones to fill this area. Fence it off as a barricade to ticks. Visiting dogs or wildlife can carry ticks to your property. Don't let this happen. One pregnant tick can hatch enough ticks to infest your property for years to come. If you live in an area that does have a reported high tick disease caseload, have a Snap 4DX test done yearly or bi yearly. This will catch 3 tick diseases and heartworm early. Talk to your vet about other tick diseases that may be special to your area. Your vet is the best person to talk to because they interface with the community of dogs in your area and know what kind of diseases they are contracting. my best patrice |
| Patrice NYS |
This thread was discussed on 18/04/2009
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