I’ve had the same experience with the topical stuff. In-laws had never tried it, used it on one of their dogs, and ticks were just crawling off and dying within minutes. Was really gross but fascinating at the same time. Crazy that they thought for years all they could do was wash their dogs and pick ticks off.
In my family, Frontline was a regular purchase for our cats.
Oof that topical stuff is pretty scary, there was a study a few years ago that showed if you applied it to a dog and the dog went swimming before it had been absorbed then it nuked all the small living things in the water and covered a huge area.
Well that’s scary… But I have also always heard you’re not supposed to bathe your dogs for a few days after application. Guess that’s one reason why but I imagine anything they rub themselves on might be a problem
I’ve had the same experience with the topical stuff. In-laws had never tried it, used it on one of their dogs, and ticks were just crawling off and dying within minutes. Was really gross but fascinating at the same time. Crazy that they thought for years all they could do was wash their dogs and pick ticks off.
In my family, Frontline was a regular purchase for our cats.
Oof that topical stuff is pretty scary, there was a study a few years ago that showed if you applied it to a dog and the dog went swimming before it had been absorbed then it nuked all the small living things in the water and covered a huge area.
Well that’s scary… But I have also always heard you’re not supposed to bathe your dogs for a few days after application. Guess that’s one reason why but I imagine anything they rub themselves on might be a problem
Yeah