Flea, tick and worm prevention!
An awful lot of pet owners seem to do whatever their vets recommend when it comes to flea, tick and worm prevention. A pill seems to be the main choice but did you know, if you buy a prescription from your vet, you can send it away and more often than not, get the pills far cheaper? I guess it depends whether your vet is willing for you to buy the script (around £8-£12) from them and whether you can be bothered or financially need to do so.
Someone I know gets charged £50 per quarter for the one flea/tick and one worming prevention tablet. Yet a prescription would be, at the most £12. The tablets would cost at the most £23 a total of £35. I don't know if the prescription would cover just one quarter or more. If it was just for one, you would still be saving £15 every quarter, an annual saving of £60. That could help towards pet insurance.
I guess it would depend on how much you could buy, if I could buy say 12 capsules with the one prescription it would be cheaper. I've bought mine now but I will ask the reception next time I'm there if they do this.
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Prescription only medicine needs a script, which generally makes it cheaper to pay for one and buy online. Ruby has no prescription items but we still buy them cheaper online than in the shops.
DeleteWe use the flea treatment that you put on the dog's neck once a month but we usually go 6 weeks or until we see fleas. Last summer we had no fleas at all. I do not trust the pills and I don't know why if an owner is careful in watching the dog's stool that so much worming needs to be done. I think too many meds make dogs sick. Just my opinion mind you.
ReplyDeleteWe worm her 3 times a year and she has a 4 or 5 weeks spot on flea stuff. We were a bit late this month and found a couple on her:(
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I do not have my dog's teeth cleaned - they never have tartar build up because the chow on large, raw bones and joints. I do the full set of vacines at 8 wks, the follow up at 12 weeks, and again at 1 year. After that, nothing but rabies shots and those every third year (in case of serious risk or injury, which has only happened once, I will bump the tetanus). Parvo is a serious risk only to the very young, the very old, or the compromised health dog - therefore, after the one year booster I never give it again. I believe that we are encouraged to over-vaccinate our pets because the drug companies do not do the type of testing required to prove the longevity of efficacy (on drugs meant for pets) because there is no financial incentive to do so when, in the absence of proof one way or another, vets and owners are compelled to over-vaccinate ($$$$$). Just my opinion, no judgement for anyone who so chooses to vaccinate as often as they like.
Terrierman is a professional in Washington by day & a dogman all the time; his research is very reliable. I hope you find something of interest to you.
Thanks. I shall continue to do parvovirus etc because so many people over here don’t pick up their dog mess, some don’t vaccinate at all.
DeleteI must look into this, thanks for sharing. That is a big saving to make.
ReplyDeleteCan be depending on what you use. Hopefully your postage won’t be too high.
DeleteIt definitely pays to shop around in all areas of life doesn't it!
ReplyDeleteCertainly seems to. I think. Also, whether we need to do so or have to do so. Still doing my Brexit box!
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