You let THAT sleep in your bed?!?
Sunday, 24 August 2008 00:32![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krisomniacFirst: HI! It's been a hellacious couple of weeks, but that all ends tomorrow at midnight (or one or two). Almost there.
Second: After this post which... I just had to put out there after stuff I've seen this week. I plan to finish some paperwork from school, check email, check the flist, then if I have any awake left in me at all, write and watch some Arrested Development (OMG, so painfully funny) before bed.
Third (The real point of this post):
So, I've been on emergency service for the past two weeks and of all the cases I've taken and all the owners I've spoken to, I can count on one hand the number who use flea and tick preventatives on their pets (mostly talking about dogs here). I've also seen more fleas (and they are really REALLY gross, guys, this coming from someone who has no qualms sticking her arm up a cow's rear end) crawling around on people's beloved animals than I ever thought I would in my life. I have NEVER seen a flea on any of my pets. So it's just been a surprise. Or maybe I've been really sheltered.
What I'm wondering about (and I know LJ is a limited and biased sampling population) is what YOU all do or think about regarding flea and tick control. Because I'm curious. That's all.
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Don't get me wrong; I don't think every pet needs to be on these products at all. I'm just curious what people think about them.
That is all. Goodnight.
Second: After this post which... I just had to put out there after stuff I've seen this week. I plan to finish some paperwork from school, check email, check the flist, then if I have any awake left in me at all, write and watch some Arrested Development (OMG, so painfully funny) before bed.
Third (The real point of this post):
So, I've been on emergency service for the past two weeks and of all the cases I've taken and all the owners I've spoken to, I can count on one hand the number who use flea and tick preventatives on their pets (mostly talking about dogs here). I've also seen more fleas (and they are really REALLY gross, guys, this coming from someone who has no qualms sticking her arm up a cow's rear end) crawling around on people's beloved animals than I ever thought I would in my life. I have NEVER seen a flea on any of my pets. So it's just been a surprise. Or maybe I've been really sheltered.
What I'm wondering about (and I know LJ is a limited and biased sampling population) is what YOU all do or think about regarding flea and tick control. Because I'm curious. That's all.
[Poll #1247302]
Don't get me wrong; I don't think every pet needs to be on these products at all. I'm just curious what people think about them.
That is all. Goodnight.
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2008-08-24 14:39 (UTC)I don't get not using preventatives, unless you're absolutely sure your pet won't be exposed to fleas and ticks. What about self-interest, if nothing else? Fleas are horrible, if they get on you and your furniture. Tick-borne diseases are dangerous to people as well as pets.
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2008-08-24 15:18 (UTC)Heh, and though the drug companies definitely "talk" to us about their products, I really do believe in these particular ones. You're not just preventing fleas and ticks, but preventing the secondary diseases (like Tapeworms, and all the tickbourne ones) that they carry.
I've had a surprising number of clients explain that they don't want to use unneccessary medication on their animals which... I appreciate and try not to pass judgement on. But for my animals, I feel safer using a monthly than I do with some of the more risky treatments for the diseases the bugs would give them.
*highfive*