Flea & Tick Prevention

Keeping Your Pets Safe from Fleas and Ticks

When you have pets, it's important to keep them safe from fleas and ticks. Both fleas and ticks have dangerous bites that can lead to several diseases in your pet. Your vet can help you with parasite prevention.

Call Veterinary Outpatient Treatment Center in Medford, NY, to make your appointment with our veterinarian today. Our animal hospital provides health exams and prescription flea and tick prevention medication.

Tick Bites

When ticks bite a cat or dog, it can cause bacteria to get into your pet's bloodstream through that bite. This can lead to a host of diseases, some of which can be deadly. Tick bites can spread Lyme disease as well as bartonellosis, anaplasmosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. It's vital you keep your pets safe from these parasites with parasite prevention medication.

Flea Bites

Flea bites can cause anemia and allergic reactions like flea allergy dermatitis. Fleas multiply quickly, and a pet can be quickly overwhelmed by fleas and their bites. If your pet chews on an itchy spot and swallows a flea, they can become infected with a tapeworm. Flea and tick medication is highly effective at keeping pets free from fleas.

Getting Flea and Tick Medication

If your pet is not currently on parasite prevention medication, they need to see a vet for a full health exam. A health exam from a vet will determine if your pet is healthy enough to take flea and tick medication. Then, your veterinarian can choose a flea and tick medication that will be right for your pet. This may be a pill, a chewable tablet, or an injection. Many of these medications last for a few months at a time, and some will last for a full year.

See Our Veterinarian Today

To make your appointment for a health exam at our animal hospital, call Veterinary Outpatient Treatment Center in Medford, NY, today at (631) 730-6929. Our friendly staff will get your pet scheduled for an appointment with our veterinarian.