As pet owners, we all want only the very best for our beloved furry friends. One of the most important things we can do to keep our pets in good health is to ensure they have the best flea medicine available to help protect them from flea’s. No one wants their pet to have fleas or to have fleas in their home. Preventing flea outbreaks is easier than dealing with a flea infestation after it happens. One way to prevent fleas from taking up residence on your pet is to make sure your pet’s flea medicine is proven to be effective at doing just that. While there are many different chemicals and compounds used as flea prevention, not all are created equally. Flea prevention and treatment has been around for many years, and there are solutions that have a proven track record of helping to prevent fleas. For example, the ingredients used in Revolt®.
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When it comes to being a pet owner all of us want the best for our beloved furry friends. One of the things that help to keep our pets in good health is to ensure they have working flea medicine to keep the fleas and the scratching at bay. No one wants their pet or their homes to have fleas around. It takes a lot of chemical products to get rid of fleas once they are around, so it’s always better to prevent them before they are around if it all possible. One way to ensure this happens is to make sure your pet’s flea medicine is continuing to do its job. Another thing to keep in mind is sometimes there are flea medicines that just don’t work for our pets. Perhaps a pet is reactive to the medication in a negative way. If that happens, then your pet would need to use a different kind of medicine. The following list are six different examples of ways to know if you need to switch your pet’s flea medicine.
What are Flea Medicines Made From?
Flea medicines are made from a variety of active chemicals that help to get rid of fleas. These ingredients are non-harmful or non-toxic to your pets. The only thing is that sometimes the ingredients do not mesh well with your pet’s individual body chemistry. This is almost like a situation where your pet is allergic to the medicine. Your pet’s metabolism or skin would be negatively impacted. If you notice a change in your pet’s metabolism or skin after trying out a new flea medicine, then you would have to switch your pet to a different medicine.
If You Notice Fleas on Your Pet or In Your Home
The most straightforward example of knowing that its time to switch your pet’s flea medicine is if you notice there are fleas on your pet or in your home. This means the medicine you had been using either didn’t work or stopped working. There is never a good time to notice a flea. Usually once you notice a flea somewhere that means there is already an infestation of them. They typically will have already laid thousands and thousands of eggs in your home. Switching your pet’s medicine won’t fix the problem if you already have an infestation. So make sure you treat all of your pets with medicine and clean everything that could be infested with fleas or their eggs.
Red Rashes and Itching on Your Pet
If you notice any redness on your pet, that means they probably are suffering from a rash. Sometimes this means they are having a reaction to their medicine. Especially if they have a rash where you applied the medicine onto their back. Another sign that your pet may be reactive in a bad way to their medicine is if they itch the area you applied it like crazy. This is a sign that the medicine just isn’t agreeing with their body. You will have to switch medicines to something else. Make sure when you switch your pet’s medicine that you choose a product with a different active ingredient in it to the one that they were using that made them negatively react to it.
Fur Loss
Fur loss in the area that your pet’s flea medication was applied is a sign that the medicine isn’t agreeable with them. This isn’t an emergency situation, but vets still advise that you switch what they’re using to something else so your pet won’t have unsightly bare fur patches that might have skin discomfort along with the bald patches.
Pets Biting Their Tails
Another key sign that your pet needs a different medicine is if they have some signs of suffering from allergies to having a flea issue. The first place that dogs tend to have a noticeable sign of suffering from flies is at the base of their tail. They will chew on their tail if fleas are starting to aggravate them. Another thing to keep in mind is that they will start biting their tail when the medicine is wearing off for them. Sometimes medicines that claim to be for 30 days are actually only effective for up to three weeks. Some dogs may just go through a medicine faster compared to other dogs. In that situation, you would need to get a medicine that lasts for three months or eight months possibly.
Vomiting, Lack of Energy, and Exhaustion
Your dog noticeably showing signs that they are ill or suffering from a loss of energy can be a sign that there is something wrong with the medicine that they are using. Sometimes dogs will lick their topical medicine and have a number of negative side effects to the product. Usually these side effects are vomiting and a lack of energy that isn’t typical for your dog. They may also be foaming from the mouth if they licked their medication from their back. This isn’t good and you will have to select a different product for your beloved cat or dog. Oral medications can also cause a dog or cat to have a reaction like this. This would happen if your pet is allergic to the animal proteins used in the flea medication that your pet would eat. In both scenarios you would have to find some new medication options for your pet.
Seizures and Muscle Tremors
