How do dogs and cats get ticks?
Ticks love wooded areas and areas with high grasses. A tick will hang on a branch or blade of grass in an area like this and wait for a passing animal such as your dog or cat. When your dog or cat passes, the tick will drop off onto your dog or cat’s skin, crawl around on the skin until it finds a satisfactory feeding area and then use it mouthparts to puncture your pet’s skin to allow the tick to feed. Effective tick control methods for dogs Following these tips can help you control ticks more effectively for your dog and cat. • There are many products available to help control ticks in dogs and cats, such as Frontline Plus (for dogs and cats), Advantix (for dogs) and Promeris (for dogs). With most of these products, ticks still have the ability to attach to your pet and begin to feed for at least a few hours. This does not mean that you should not use these products or that they are not effective. However, you still need to take additional precautions relating to tick control in addi
