Heartworm and Flea Control

  HEARTWORM DISEASE 

           Canine heartworm preventatives                          Feline heartworm preventatives

DID YOU KNOW?

• Heartworms are transmitted from mosquitoes.
• Outdoor AND indoor cats can get heartworm disease.
• By the time your pet shows clinical signs of heartworm disease, the disease can already be in advanced stages.
• Preventing heartworms is EASY, treating heartworms is expensive and a very long process.
• By keeping your pet on a monthly preventative, such as Heartgard, and performing a heartworm test yearly the manufacturer guarantees it's product's effectiveness.  If your pet is on a preventative, has had it's yearly tests, and is diagnosed with heartworms, the manufacturer will pay for your pet's treatment.
• If you miss more than two doses of prevention, your veterinarian recommends testing BEFORE resuming preventatives.

For more information on heartworm disease in dogs and cats visit the American Heartworm Society's website.

FLEA/TICK CONTROL

            Feline flea/tick preventatives                         Canine flea/tick preventatives 

 DID YOU KNOW?

• In Florida, we have fleas year round.
• Female fleas can lay up to 2,000 eggs in their lifetimes. 
• The adult fleas you see on your pet represent approximately 5% of the total flea population, and are only the tip of the infestation iceberg. (http://frontline.us.merial.com/fle_disfleas.asp)
• Frequent vacuuming of your car, carpet, and furniture can help control fleas. Also frequently wash your pet's toys, blankets, and bedding in the hottest water possible.
• By ingesting a flea, your pet can become infected with tapeworms.
• Severe flea infestations can cause anemia.
• Keeping your lawn mowed short, raking up leaves and brush, and avoiding areas of tall grasses and bushes can help minimize tick infections.
• Ticks can pass diseases like rocky mountain spotted fever and lyme disease onto your pet.

We recommend monthly flea/tick prevention even if you don't see any of these parasites.  By the time you do see fleas/ticks you already have a widespread infection.  Treating your house and your yard is extremely important in prevention of these parasites.

Visit the Companion Animal and Parasite Council's website for more information on these parasites:

For instructions on application, to learn how Frontline works, if you're still having flea trouble, or for more answers to your flea and tick questions please visit Merial's Frontline Plus website: