You let THAT sleep in your bed?!?
Aug. 24th, 2008 12:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krislaughsFirst: HI! It's been a hellacious couple of weeks, but that all ends tomorrow at midnight (or one or two). Almost there.
Second: After this post which... I just had to put out there after stuff I've seen this week. I plan to finish some paperwork from school, check email, check the flist, then if I have any awake left in me at all, write and watch some Arrested Development (OMG, so painfully funny) before bed.
Third (The real point of this post):
So, I've been on emergency service for the past two weeks and of all the cases I've taken and all the owners I've spoken to, I can count on one hand the number who use flea and tick preventatives on their pets (mostly talking about dogs here). I've also seen more fleas (and they are really REALLY gross, guys, this coming from someone who has no qualms sticking her arm up a cow's rear end) crawling around on people's beloved animals than I ever thought I would in my life. I have NEVER seen a flea on any of my pets. So it's just been a surprise. Or maybe I've been really sheltered.
What I'm wondering about (and I know LJ is a limited and biased sampling population) is what YOU all do or think about regarding flea and tick control. Because I'm curious. That's all.
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Don't get me wrong; I don't think every pet needs to be on these products at all. I'm just curious what people think about them.
That is all. Goodnight.
Second: After this post which... I just had to put out there after stuff I've seen this week. I plan to finish some paperwork from school, check email, check the flist, then if I have any awake left in me at all, write and watch some Arrested Development (OMG, so painfully funny) before bed.
Third (The real point of this post):
So, I've been on emergency service for the past two weeks and of all the cases I've taken and all the owners I've spoken to, I can count on one hand the number who use flea and tick preventatives on their pets (mostly talking about dogs here). I've also seen more fleas (and they are really REALLY gross, guys, this coming from someone who has no qualms sticking her arm up a cow's rear end) crawling around on people's beloved animals than I ever thought I would in my life. I have NEVER seen a flea on any of my pets. So it's just been a surprise. Or maybe I've been really sheltered.
What I'm wondering about (and I know LJ is a limited and biased sampling population) is what YOU all do or think about regarding flea and tick control. Because I'm curious. That's all.
[Poll #1247302]
Don't get me wrong; I don't think every pet needs to be on these products at all. I'm just curious what people think about them.
That is all. Goodnight.
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Date: 2008-08-24 03:52 pm (UTC)Ticks are a huge problem, though. A few years ago during the drought we were pulling 30 a day off the dogs, each. The cats don't seem to get them so much, for some reason. I think my mom has lately been experimenting with some natural product on the current dog, but in general, we're very wary of chemical treatments and medications like that.