Fleas and Ticks again

[last5oh_302]

I thought Revolution worked on the dog tick, but not on deer ticks?

It doesn't work on the dog tick either, even if it's supposed to.

[Cass]

I used Revolution and must have pulled 50 ticks off my guy last fall before switching to Advantix

[Fenelon]

I checked the drug monogram for the pack of Revolution we have for our dog. It kills two species of tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus - dog tick, and Dermacentor variablis - wood tick). Our area around Fenelon is filthy with wood ticks. I check every one I find, and they've all been dermacentor. I know the Ixodes deer ticks are here, just haven't picked one off anything yet. The Rev also does heartworm and dog roundworm. Might not have to worry this year, as it's April 4 and we still have over three feet of snow!

[pearcey]

ordered it from Petmeds and now I'm reassured it will be better thanks to Sharon. Much appreciated on the explanation.

[pearcey]

they charged me 14.99 for global priority shipping. not bad but better than ebay.

[Sharon]

I checked the drug monogram for the pack of Revolution we have for our dog. It kills two species of tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus - dog tick, and Dermacentor variablis - wood tick). Our area around Fenelon is filthy with wood ticks. I check every one I find, and they've all been dermacentor. I know the Ixodes deer ticks are here, just haven't picked one off anything yet. The Rev also does heartworm and dog roundworm. Might not have to worry this year, as it's April 4 and we still have over three feet of snow!

Definitely believe you , but even their own site doesn't mention any kind of tick. I don't get it.

It does say it kills heartworm, but once a dog has heartworm, the treatment is very particular, and a blood test is required in Canada before heartworm meds can be used, so I don't get that either.

Going to ask the vet next time just for my own education.

http://www.revolution.com.au/how-it-works.aspx

[pearcey]

Definitely believe you , but even their own site doesn't mention any kind of tick. I don't get it.

It does say it kills heartworm, but once a dog has heartworm, the treatment is very particular, and a blood test is required in Canada before heartworm meds can be used, so I don't get that either.

Going to ask the vet next time just for my own education.

http://www.revolution.com.au/how-it-works.aspx

That's correct, Its weird because last year i walked in without the dog and bought it off the shelves behind the lady so maybe different practices at different Vets?

[Sharon]

Or a lousy vet....Bizarre.
It's your dog pearcey , but personally I would never use heartworm meds without a cheap bloodtest to tell me if the dog already had some immature worms. The meds could kill the dog.

[bdog]

I see Advantix ll on Amazon.ca 6 month supply 21-55lb dogs $93CDN free shipping

[Cass]

I checked the drug monogram for the pack of Revolution we have for our dog. It kills two species of tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus - dog tick, and Dermacentor variablis - wood tick). Our area around Fenelon is filthy with wood ticks. I check every one I find, and they've all been dermacentor. I know the Ixodes deer ticks are here, just haven't picked one off anything yet. The Rev also does heartworm and dog roundworm. Might not have to worry this year, as it's April 4 and we still have over three feet of snow!

Good luck with that. I will tell you from experience it repels no species of tick.