Protecting Your Pet from Spring Parasites

Our goal is to give Pet owners tools for providing preventive care that helps their Pets live longer, healthier lives. With the onset of warmer weather in some areas of the country, the following information will keep your Pets healthy, happy and flea and tick-free, especially during the coming months.

Speaking of fleas and ticks, they aren’t merely a nuisance for you and your Pet. Fleas on Pets can lead to other, serious medical problems, such as, flea bite allergies, skin and systemic infections and even anemia. Monthly flea and tick control products are a safe, reliable way to keep your Pets and family flea and tick-free. Ticks, which can carry Lyme disease, hide easily on Pets and can be picked up from tall grass, pastures or wooded areas. Inspect your Pet’s skin and coat carefully after spending any time outdoors.

In addition to fleas and ticks, Pets can develop serious health problems from mosquitoes. In fact, Pets can become infected with life-threatening heartworm disease as a result of just one bite from an infected mosquito.

Contact your Banfield veterinarian about how you can best protect your Pet from parasites year-round through heartworm testing and appropriate preventive treatment. If your Pet is enrolled in one of our Optimum Wellness Plans, you can bring him or her in free of charge any time you have a health concern.