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Our
Mascot: Beefy!
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Ask us about our
first rate boarding and playday facilities! |
| Leaving your pet to board while you go on summer
vacation can be worrisome; let us make help make it less stressful,
by showing you how much fun they can have while you're away!
By boarding your pet with us, you can rest assured your pet
will have a safe, fun vacation themselves. |
Spring is here,
and allergies along with it! |
| Give us a call if you think you pet has seasonal
allergies. We have suggestions to help! |
Flea season in Austin lasts almost year-round,
but summertime is the worst of it. Flea control has truly gotten
easier and safer in the last 10 years; now it is no longer necessary
to bomb the house, spray the yard, and dip the dog and cat!
Using the new oral flea control products make it easy and safe,
and if you use them regularly, as directed, and on all the pets
in the household, you will have freedom from fleas!
Oral flea medications-(Program, Sentinel)-This is given monthly
by mouth, and serves as a flea birth control and inhibits the
maturation of the flea, safely working only on the insect. These
are by far the best products out there these days for many reasons:
1. Safety-no insecticides to expose
the environment, you, your pet, your children to, and side-effects
in your pet are extremely rare
2. Efficacy-this stuff works!
3. Cleanliness-it is very easy to administer; no messy liquids/sprays
Topical "spot-on" flea medications -- (Advantage and TopSpot/Frontline)
These are very effective products that consist of a small amount
of liquid placed in one spot between the shoulder blades that
kills adult fleas (98% of them within 24 hours) and repels them
for about a month. If you have a flea allergic pet and one flea
makes them break out, a "spot-on" product may be best for your
pet. Two points to beware of: first, if your pet gets wet during
this month, each bath or swimming decreases the efficacy of
the product; and secondly, there are a lot of cheaper products
out there that are NOT effective and have had many bad reactions
occur, especially in cats. You definitely get what you pay for
with these products; spend the money to buy them from a reputable
pet shop or a veterinary hospital.
Daily flea sprays and dips-not as commonly used these days because
of the more effective, safer monthly spot-on products.
Ask your veterinarian for advice
on flea control today!
Martha Kleypas, DVM Four Paws
@ Four Points Veterinary Hospital & Pet Boarding 512-258-7447
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