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New Creepy Crawly Clinics

How often should you worm your dog—are you confused?

There are a wide range of parasites which can affect pet cats and dogs. As well as causing discomfort, some of these parasites can cause life-threatening disease, and some can be a danger to humans. In the past few years many new products have been developed to treat parasites in our pets, and owners are often baffled by the choice of products available.

So what should you use to treat your pet and how often should you administer your chosen treatments? Unfortunately there is no straightforward, one-size-fits-all answer. To choose the appropriate routine treatments for any individual cat or dog , it is necessary to take a look at your pet’s lifestyle and assess which parasites they are likely to be exposed to. Our new ‘Creepy Crawly Clinics’ are designed specifically to make this assessment.

Our trained veterinary nurses will discuss your pet’s lifestyle with you and then recommend a parasite protection plan tailored to your pet’s needs. Some of the factors our nurse will consider when making your plan include the following :-
Your pet’s age
Contact with young children
Hunter or not
Lives in house or in outside kennel
Where exercised
Any travel, especially abroad
Contact with other pets
How easy is your pet to treat (especially tablets)

The point of a tailored parasite control plan is to ensure that you protect your pet against disease, without wasting time and money on unnecessary treatments. We stock a full range of treatments against roundworms, tapeworms, fleas, ticks, lungworm, heartworm, hookworms, whipworms, lice, ear mites, mosquitoes and sandflies. This means we can provide the precise combination of products your pet requires. We can also give you a 10% discount when you purchase your years supply of recommended products!

All the products we stock are the most effective available (and there are many inferior treatments on the market). Our nurses will try to find a formulation you can administer easily, for example an all- round wormer for cats  in a spot-on formulation for those cats which are difficult to give tablets to. So, if you are one of the many  pet owners I suspect are confused about parasites, book your free appointment at the ‘Creepy Crawly Clinic’ today!

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