Drops from fleas and ticks, along with collars and sprays - the most popular means of combating parasites in pets.
They are universal, easy to use and inexpensive.
Let's try to understand them in more detail.
How to act
All drops are the same.
- Active ingredients accumulate in the epidermis, hair follicles, and subcutaneous fat. Practically not absorbed in the blood.
- Components block flea and tick nerve impulses, in parasites coordination is disturbed, paralysis occurs, and they die.
What are they made up of?
Preparations are conventionally divided into:
- preparations based on the insecticides of the phenylpyrazoles group (fipronil and pyriprol);
- preparations based on pyrethroid insecticides (permethrin, phenotrin, etofenprox, cypermethrin) or organophosphate compounds (diazinon).
Drops of vegetable components stand apart (tea tree oil, eucalyptus, citronella, aloe extract, tansy, ginseng). They are safe have anti-fungal, antiseptic effect. Perfectly deter parasites.
Important! Drops, monocomponent of which is fipronil, can not scare off parasites, but prevent infection with piroplasmosis. Ticks die before they have time to introduce blood into the animal with piroplasma.
How to use
- Apply, parted wool on the skin animal between the shoulder blades or in the neck.
- Detailed dosage and safety information is provided in the instructions..
- HCan not be used if skin is damaged or wet..
- Cannot be used with flea sprays and collars..
- If the drops are applied for the first time, the animal may experience drooling, hypersalization. The animal may be anxious, look depressed.
- In case of violation of the dosage or improper application (animal lick means) possible overdose. It is expressed in frequent breathing, drooling, shivering, anxiety. Vomiting and diarrhea may occur.
- In case of overdose, you need to wash your pet with soap.. Signs of overdose should disappear in two days.
To spread the drug on the skin surface will take 2-3 days. After that, the protection of the animal will work in full force.
Precautionary measures:
- Working with the drug can not smoke, drink and eat.
- Empty packaging is recycled..
- After work, wash hands with soap and water..
- If you are allergic to the drug you need to see a doctor. It is advisable to bring instructions.
- Exclude contact of the animal with young children for at least a day.
Against worms
Pharmaceutical companies, other than flea and tick drops, release complex antiparasitic drugsthat affect not only fleas and ticks, but also remove worms.
In preparations two active substances. One thing fighting arthropods (fipronil, imidacloprid), and the second (moxidectin, ivermectrin, cidectin), penetrating the body through the skin, spreading through the blood through the body, concentrated in the intestine and stomach, infects round and tapeworm worms.
Rules for applying drops exactly same as for flea and tick drops.
Duration of anthelmintic action from 8 to 12 days.
Choose the best
On the shelves of shops and veterinary pharmacies presents dozens of drugs. Their cost fluctuates from 50 rubles per packdeveloped in Russia by BlokhNET, up to 1500 rubles for the import of lawyer.
It all depends on the dosage and prestige of manufacturers. For example, Bayer made in Germany is much more expensive than popular domestic brands. But this does not mean that domestic ones are less effective. Import is always more expensive, it is pegged to the Euro.
Ectoparasites can carry dangerous infections (plague bacillus, salmonella, infectious hepatitis). In order not to put themselves at risk you need to fight parasites in pets. And it will help easy-to-use, inexpensive and effective drops.
