Skin careQ: My blk. lab has white flaky skin and it looks like dandruff also once a year she gets an allergy from mold in the fall and it starts in the tail area and spreads to the back ,they are sores with hair loss my vet will no longer give her prednisone . she is 11 yrs. old and starting to scratch her undr belly and getting a sore at the base of her tail ..is their anything i can get without prescription. i'm 80 years old and can no longer lift an 85 pound dog into my suv as she is to old to leap in and everytime i take to my vet he charges over 150.00 to 200.00 and i am on afixed income can you help??? thanks A: Try giving you dog diphenhydramine (benadryl) 3 of the 25mg tablets 2 or 3 times daily. you can purchase them from us very inexpensively and it does not require a prescription.
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Cat mosquito repellantQ: Are there any flea and tick treatments that also repell mosquitos for cats. i know it is k-9 advantix for dogs. can you give this to your cats in a smaller dose? A: The ingredient used to control mosquitoes in dogs is potentially deadly to cats even in small doses. there is no mosquito control product for cats.
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Flea problemQ: I have a puppy he goes in side during the day. and inside during the night so he has fleas my cat had fleas and they had loss of hair i so i took them to the vet i was wondering would the fleas still come back on the cat (because they started to loses a little weight but there gaining it back now.)do i need to have flea medication on the puppy still . if so please tell me what kind he needs and wouldn't coast to much. please e-mail me back an answer back. A: If your puppy is going outdoors he needs flea protection, and because a flea could hop off the dog in the house i would use something on your cat as well.|you can get information on the flea products on our website, they go accoring to weight.
Flea, and heart worm controlQ: Is it ok to use both "interceptor" and "program" monthly. for example, i would use the interceptor on the first of the month and the program on the 15th of the month. i want to know if there is any harm that will come to the pet using the combination. the dog is a 5 month old heeler mix, weighing 22 lbs. frank A: It should not create any problems, but may i suggest switching to a single combination product like sentinel.
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Tape wormsQ: We have 3 dogs and 2 cats. the cats are never outside. 2 of the dogs have been around a dog that very possibly has fleas and lives with 7 or so other cats. this "other" dog also likes to catch mice. our dogs have been known to eat droppings in the litter box, however, we also have corrected that with a new type of box and a gate on the room it is in so the dogs can't get to it, but the cats can. our groomer found tapeworms in one of the dogs 2 times now and both times we immediately treated all of our animals. since the last treatment we have not had our pets around this other dog. ok, now the real questions, how do they get tapeworms? what do you think we should do. A: Tapeworms are gotten from ingesting fleas that carry them or ingesting stool from pet who is shedding tapewormsegments. as long as not seeing any tape segments, i would not worry
Droncit -tape wormQ: I have a large male dog 14+ years old (chico) and he is quite feeble and is ailing. fleas are a problem. i normally and routinely give all my animals (3 cats & two dogs)droncit at least annually. if i see evidence of tape worms then i re-treat as necessary but not more than twice a year. i control fleas as best i can using sentinel for the dogs. i have administered sentinal to chico but am wary of the droncit. i have seen no evidence of tape worms and feel unless i do it's better to forgo the treatment. please advise if i'm on track, also advise consequences of sentinel for chico. also if i do find evidence of tapeworms should a risk the droncit? txs. jane hilsabeck A: Droncit is very safe drug so i would not worry
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