Your pet is at risk for many parasites and small insects. Common parasites like ticks, fleas and heartworm carrying mosquitos feed on your pets, potentially infecting them with many dangerous diseases. 

Fleas

Fleas can become a big problem quickly, both on your dog and in your home. Female fleas can begin laying eggs within 20-24 hours of their first blood meal and can lay up to 50 eggs in one day. Flea infestations often spread throughout your home living in your carpet and furniture and making them tough to eradicate.

Ticks

Ticks are more than just creepy; they can spread a number of different diseases that affect both pets and people. And each year, thousands of dogs become infected with serious diseases transmitted by a number of different ticks. Ticks can transmit Lyme disease, Ehrlichia, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, anaplasmosis, tularemia, and babesia. 

Heartworm

Heartworm-carrying mosquitos represent a lethal danger to your pet. The mosquito’s bite transmits the heartworm larva to your animal, it then slowly develops over many months and makes its toward the heart. Once there it multiples within your pet’s pulmonary artery and right ventricle, leading to constricted blood flow, heart and lung disease and major organ failure. This is a very easy disease to prevent however treatment is difficult.

Parasite Prevention Plan

Regular use of anti-parasitic medication is a proven way of keeping your pet parasite free. Dr. Aris will help you to come up with a parasite prevention plan tailored to you pet. 

Our Preferred Parasite Preventatives:

Nexgard Combo for Cats:  “ Next-Level Protection That’s Easy to Apply”

It’s no fun to pill a cat so that’s why NexGard COMBO topical solution is designed to deliver broad-spectrum parasite protection in a topical solution that’s applied just once a month. 

• Protects Against Fleas and Ticks
• Prevents Heartworm Disease
• Treats and controls Roundworms and Hookworms
• The First & Only Broad-Spectrum Parasite Protection that kills Tapeworms

 

Nexgard Plus for Dogs:  “ The One You Want For One-And-Done Monthly Protection”

NexGard PLUS is a once monthly, delicious beef-flavored chew that provides protection against roundworms, hookworms and prevents heartworm disease. Keep up with monthly dosage to ensure year-round protection. 

• Protects Against Fleas and Ticks
• Prevents Heartworm Disease
• Treats and controls Roundworms and Hookworms

 

Vectra 3D: “ There’ s a name for dogs without fast-acting protection from hungry parasites. . . Dinner”

There’ s nothing like petting your dog and feeling the nasty lump of an engorged tick! It gives you goose bumps just thinking about doesn’ t it? Luckily for all of us, there is a way to keep hungry ticks, as well as fleas and other nasty parasites off our beloved dogs. Ticks are most active during the spring and fall months, and that’ s why it’ s more important now than ever to give your dog the prevention it needs. Along with preventing your dog from fleas and ticks, Vectra 3D also prevents your pet from contracting diseases passed on by mosquitoes, sand flies, lice and mites. Now that’ s “ mite-y” impressive! Just like advantage multi for cats, Vectra 3D also comes in an easy-to-apply topical solution, which is administered monthly. You don’ t need special 3D glasses to see that Vectra 3D is the serious 6 way solution for all your parasitic problems!

Seresto Collar: “The new alternative to topicals”

With its innovative delivery system, Seresto™ offers a breakthrough in flea and tick protection for dogs or cats for eight months.

Features and benefits:

• For dogs or cats
• Kills fleas
• Repels and kills ticks
• If a tick is repelled or killed, it can’t attach and
  transmit the organisms that may cause disease
• Non-greasy, odorless, easy-to-use

 

Interceptor Plus: “For Tails, Trails And 5 Worm Protection”

Interceptor^® Plus is a monthly chew that protects dogs and puppies 6 weeks or older and 2 pounds or greater against heartworm disease, adult hookworm, roundworm, tapeworm and whipworm infections.