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Originally Posted by Winstin07  Thank You for all the info. The thing that puzzles me is, he does not scratch all the time. He has a vet appointment in a week or two but I may check with her sooner. I just want him safe. I guess it could be a flea thing and they would die as soon as the bite because as soon as he hit three pounds he was given flea stuff. We have had crazy weather here, from a drought to a record flood and back to no rain again. So, the fleas are nuts as well as mosquitos. Could he be having issues from the mosquitos? |
Yeah, the way the flea preventative works is it kills fleas within a few hours after they get on the dog. But the fleas still get a chance to bite before they die, which doesn't help those with flea-allergies. It's just important to keep the environment as flea-free as possible and keep that preventative on so that any fleas that do get on your dog will die and not have a chance to lay eggs and produce more fleas.
I've never heard of mosquitos making a dog itch. The problem with mosquitos and dogs is that mosquitos transmit heartworms to dogs.
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