Triangle – While the warmer months, known for bringing an onslaught of flea and tick problems, are nearly over, it is still important to protect your pets from pests. After all, being a pet owner comes with a responsibility to keep your dogs, cats and furry or feathered friends healthy and happy.

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Pest & Pets: FAQs about the Dangers of Fleas and Ticks for Your Pets

Here’s how to keep fleas, ticks and other pests from bugging your dogs and cats this summer. Melinda Miller, hospital director of Smith Ridge Veterinary Center in South Salem, N.Y., advises owners to use natural solutions whenever possible.

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Best practices for thwarting fleas

Here’s how to keep fleas, ticks and other pests from bugging your dogs and cats this summer.

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Don’t let pests bug your pets

Here’s how to keep fleas, ticks and other pests from bugging your dogs and cats this summer.

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Martha Stewart: Pets thrive in summer; so do their pests

HERE’S HOW to keep fleas, ticks and other pests from bugging your dogs and cats this summer. Animals thrive during the warm, active and social summer months. Unfortunately, so do the pests that can affect their health. The good news? There are many preventive options, which means you can customize a safe and effective plan for your animal. “

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Martha Stewart: How to keep your pets’ pests at bay in the summer

Buffy and Luci play and wrestle with each other and Buffy jumps on Luci’s back when they play. They both hug each other around their necks right where you’re supposed to apply the liquid treatment. We didn’t think anything about it until 4 or 5 hours later Buffy was twitching her head and mouth and her eyes were really big. I searched "twitching in cats" on Google and found all types of info where cats had been overdosed or ingested these liquid treatments and one video show a cat doing exactly like what Buffy was doing. Info also said to bath with Blue Dawn to remove the treatment so we did that then took her to an Animal ER. They started an IV with liquids and a muscle relaxer to stop the convulsing and to bring her temperature down and kept her overnight. We picked her up this morning (5/30) at 9am and she was fine. The convulsing had stopped earlier that night and she was eating at midnight. Most of the liquid applied flea and tick treatments for dogs and cats are nothing more than insecticides and are not good being absorbed into your pets skin and they are also HAZARDOUS TO HUMANS!! We will only use Natural Products from now on!! Buffy is 100% recovered with no side effects and back to normal!! Revolution was used on Buffy as given to us by our Vet. Luci had Frontline which contains fipronil and is a manufactured insecticide. We’re pretty sure it was the Frontline that caused the reaction to Buffy and not the Revolution even though we will not be using anything <b>…</b>

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Buffy – Reaction to Liquid applied Flea control from Luci

Catnip, the plant that attracts domestic cats like an irresistible force, has proven 99 percent effective in repelling the blood-sucking flies that attack horses and cows, causing $2 billion in annual loses to the cattle industry. That’s the word from a report published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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Shoo fly: Catnip oil repels bloodsucking flies

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — An enormous victory was achieved for animals when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. Quick work on the part of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), in partnership with the …

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AWI Joins Forces with Shelters and Rescue Organizations: Hundreds of Animals Rescued from Lab Under Investigation for …

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. Quick work on the part of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), in partnership …

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Hundreds of Dogs and Cats Rescued From Lab

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