Good question. No, they cannot. It is kind of interesting. I'm going to give a little bit of inside here....
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Flea allergy dermatitis is an adverse reaction or reaction to a flea bite, causing your dog to have excruciating biting, scratching, licking, itchi...
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Good question. Ideally, every day. We realize that could be a challenge for some pet owners and also some pets, but every day would be ideal....
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Not effectively. However, I mentioned using Greenies, which are sometimes shaped like chew toys. But no, no chew toy can be effective for that....
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It depends on the part of the country. In this part of the country in the Southeast, unfortunately, we do see heartworms....
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Not cause harm so much as maybe cause some intestinal distress. Nothing that would be permanent or lasting....
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When you think of toxic foods, you're not thinking about dog foods. We're thinking about inappropriate food that you and I would feed our dogs....
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Good question. That gets more into food allergies, and food allergies are a whole other subject....
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You can. I don't really have any problems with that. I am concerned about what food you're giving to your dog....
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The best way is if your dog gets sick, either through vomiting or diarrhea. Granted, there could be a lot of reasons. It may not just be food....
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I generally find with kittens and old cats, meaning those that are not as thrifty as they once were, they don't clean themselves as much, or those ...
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Primarily from going outside. If you have an exclusively indoor kitty, can they get fleas and ticks? Absolutely, because we can be a source....
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The main diseases we see in cats with fleas come from tapeworms. They get the tapeworms from ingesting the fleas....
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You would think that just because they have thicker hair, they're going to be less of a target....
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Good question, because we get this asked a lot. A lot of people have the perception that, well, my cat never goes outside. He can't get fleas....
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I think we addressed that a moment ago, but it's still worth repeating again....
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It depends on the time of year and what part of the country you live in. Welcome to North Carolina....
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Let's talk about the origins of some of the problems. Let's talk about flea allergies because that is such a common problem in cats....
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If we get an itchy cat, we're always going to be thinking allergies first and/or fleas because sometimes they play hand in hand....