Your pets are a huge part of your family. You feed them, groom and train them, play with and spoil them. Most of all, you love them. They are often the subject of your social media posts, and your phone is loaded with adorable pet pictures. Providing them with regular visits to the vet for vaccinations to ward off disease and keep them in tip-top shape is as important to you as your own health care. One of the easiest things you can do to keep your fur babies happy and healthy is often the one most overlooked: monthly parasite prevention. Here’s why your pet needs the comprehensive protection from fleas and parasites every month:
Protection against intestinal parasites
Intestinal parasites don’t live on a schedule. They are present all year and can cause serious illness to your pet. If your dog attends doggy daycare, frequents the dog park, or lives in a rural area where they can come in contact with the feces of both domesticated and wild animals, they run the risk of being exposed to a wide variety of parasitic infections.
Flea protection
While their activity may slow down during the colder months, fleas are year-round pests that can wreak havoc on your dog or cat. The bite of a flea is irritating and can result in allergic reactions and dermatitis on the skin. Fleas also transmit parasites to their hosts, which can cause serious illnesses like anemia and tapeworm.
Tick protection
Another insidious parasite to look out for is the tick. They tend to slow in activity in winter months, but they never go away. The risk of exposure to a tick bite is an everyday occurrence, and the parasites and disease they can transfer to your furbaby is serious. Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Bartonellosis are just a few of the diseases that can result from a tick bite. All are difficult to treat and can result in death.
Heartworm prevention
Mosquitoes are annoying for both humans and pets. The risk of heartworm transmission is always a possibility when your dog or cat is bitten by a mosquito. This is another potentially deadly disease that can be prevented with monthly protection. Heartworm disease can take up to 6 months to become symptomatic. Treatment with heartworm prevention usually protects against hookworm and ringworm, which are transmittable from your pet to you.
Your pet deserves the best preventive treatment every month. Revolt® Topical contains selamectin, an effective and affordable topical medication providing control of both external and internal parasites. It’s the best topical preventive treatment available. Safe for pets and humans, fleas, ticks, hookworm, roundworm, and ear mites in both dogs and cats don’t stand a chance against Revolt®. It’s been clinically proven to be over 98% effective against all of these. Consult your veterinarian and ask about prescribing Revolt® to keep your fur babies healthy and parasite free every month of the year. They deserve the best.
