Ticks, New York, Treatment?

[Mrs.K]

I just found the first tick on Indra and we don't even have the weather for ticks.

So what is it like during summer time? What kind of treatment do you use? I read that HARTZ ist dangerous.

Advantix is what got recommended on here quite a lot. So what works, what doesn't?

[onyx'girl]

I just got my Springtime catalog in the mail and will probably order the bug-off from there....buy 2 get 2 with no shipping $.
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Price is a bit high, but if there is success in the product, worth it!
I know many have touted the bug off garlic for a few years so it must be good.

[Whiteshepherds]

I use Advantix and it works well.

Spring and fall are normally the two worst times of year for us, and we're only a few hours east of you. Did you have ticks or Lyme disease in Germany?

[Lucy Dog]

I use frontline plus and in the three years I've had Lucy, I think I've found a total of 2 or 3 ticks on here.

Some people don't like frontline, but i've always had very good results with it.

[GSDElsa]

I posted this on Facebook too. Vectra 3D. Swear by it and won't use anything else.

P.S. Tick season here starts in March really. FYI for you.

[Mrs.K]

Thanks everybody.

Even though it's still freezing temperatures? That's crazy.

I will look into Vectra and the rest of the stuff too.

[VomBlack]

I've had alright luck with Frontline but i'll have to look into Vectra 3D. I found 3 ticks on Odin last season, with the last being October/November-ish if I remember correctly. Living out in the country doesn't exactly help matters either.

[JakodaCD OA]

I just found a new spray I'm going to try, I love Vet's Best products, and they've just come out with a new tick/flea spray.. Don't have fleas, but ticks are rampant around here

[GSDElsa]

Just a couple days of thaw is enough.....

Frontline doesn't work at all for us anymore. I starting using it in Mar last year in the spring and by May I had found about 6 ticks on Elsa. Haven't found one since using Vectra....started in about June with that. so prime tick season. I don't think it's safe for cats, though (like Advantix).

[DnP]

I have found that one decent warm up will bring out the ticks, no matter if you've had subsequent freezes. We've seen them as early as early March and as far into late November. At my old house, I had a decent deer herd that would cross/camp out on my property. One night in November, I picked nearly 17 deer ticks off Phoenix. This year, we just saw our first tick on him last week and we have even more deer where we live now.

I used to use Frontline Plus on him and tried Bug-Off last year but am trying Vetcra 3D on him this year. I didn't like that a tick had to bite him to be killed by Frontline Plus, in addition that I was still finding live, bloated ticks on Phoenix. I used Frontline for most of Dakota's life with never. But since getting Pheonix, I have found it to be useless. From what I was told by my vet, they are finding Frontline Plus less effective for ticks, even when used every 28 days as instructed. Unfortunately Bug-off, for us, didn't do a thing with repelling or killing ticks. I wish it had as I prefer to keep Phoenix's expose to chemicals to a minimum with his allergy issues.