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03-27-2017, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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| flea medicine for 8 week old morkie Hey guys, my girlfriend and I are all relatively new to this. We have a 1 year old morkie and just today were blessed with an 8 week old morkie. My 1 year old is on Trifexis for flea and heartwork. We have an apartment and the complex we live in seems to be pretty prone to fleas. Basically after about 3 weeks the trifexis seems to stop working and we notice he will start getting fleas again. I personally haven't seem them on myself or my girlfriend. We vacuum and keep everything very clean, I feel like they are more so isolated to him, and it's literally just that last week. I really don't want the new pup to get fleas and was curious about how early can I get him started on something. He barely weighs anything right now so he's definitely under 5lbs. The 1 year old gets prescribed trifexis from the vet, but I I was planning on ordering a 6 month supply for him. He gets the trifexis for dogs over 6 lbs. I was thinking about ordering the same thing for the pup but for the pups under 5lbs. Does anyone know if this is okay to do or if there is a better option for a pup so small and so young? God I love these little guys |
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03-27-2017, 01:09 PM | #2 |
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| Absolutely stop giving trifexis it is deadly for all dogs but even more so for small dogs! I'm not sure there is much you can give at 8 weeks but within 48 hours of getting a pup they need a vet appointment so speak with the vet about it. At 8 weeks they really shouldn't be using other areas where dogs and wild life got outside until he has at least 2 sets of shots.
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03-27-2017, 09:07 PM | #3 | |
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They prescribe nexguard (I think that's what it's called, it does fleas/ticks) verus the trifexis doing fleas/heartworm. I haven't gone with it yet though. Would this be safe to switch the 1 year old over to? I'm going to call and make an appointment for the new pup tomorrow. Or if there is any other flea meds ya'll could recommend? All I know is buying the flea meds from the actual vet ends up being way more expensive than ordering so i'm trying to make the transition to ordering it, I just don't know which is the right one. That freaks me out that you say it's deadly, my vet seemed to think this was the best thing for him, but obviously i'm not going back to that vet anyway. They're really nice, but the quality of the place just doesn't seem up to par with what I want for my dogs. The new place i'm going was voted best clinic in town. | |
03-27-2017, 09:09 PM | #4 |
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03-27-2017, 09:13 PM | #5 |
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| I'll type this again, because i dont know what went wrong. Okay thank you. Why would the vet prescribe him that if it was deadly? I recently started taking him to a new clinic where the 1 year old was neutered. They prescribe nexguard (I think that's what it's called, it does fleas/ticks) verus the trifexis doing fleas/heartworm. Would this be safe to switch the 1 year old over to? I'm going to call the new clinic tomorrow and make an appointment for the pup. He has had shots, but he needs his 12 week shots. If anyone has any other recommendations on flea meds for puppies that would be great. The vet seemed like trifexis was the best thing for him, but i'm obviously not going back their anymore because the new clinic is veryyy very nice and I want the best for my puppies. I know each clinic is preferential to which medicine they prefer to give dogs. The first clinic prescribed him trifexis, this new clinic will prescribe him nexguard... either way it's a whole lot cheaper to order flea medicine online than it is to get from the vet, so I don't necessarily have to even go with either of these choices if anyone can think of something better. Thank you everyone. |
03-28-2017, 02:54 AM | #6 |
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03-28-2017, 03:32 AM | #7 | |
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