Your pet is the most precious family friend, in fact she is part and parcel of the family in many respects. To some, she is like the last born of the family and is treated as such, she makes the family complete. When she gets sick, the whole family is affected and is not well.
The summer season comes with a whole of rain and joy, but in most parts of the world it also comes with fleas, tick and various parasites that can not wait to latch on our lovely pets. No parent would leave their child in pain, so it is with every pet owner who loves their pet, that they would try and relieve their pet from ailments.
One of the dangers that pet lovers face, are the over counter medications. Every summer there are reports of cats and dogs suffering adverse effects from the application of certain medications. It is sad, but the pets will be exhibiting symptoms like lethargy, vomiting, confusion, or seizures, due the wrongful application of medications. This happens too many times during the summer period. It is a sad horror story when a pet owner loses a pet in this way. One set of these flea medications are the flea treatments that contain some form of Pyrethroids.
The pyrethroid Allethrin, is a some what synthetic version of pyrethrin, which coincidentally is the insecticide used in the famous home bug killer Raid. Most people would never consider spraying Raid on a dog or cat, so as such you should not use pyrethrin or its synthetic versions, pyrethroids. Wikipedia lists them as:
Allethrin
Bifenthrin
Cypermethrin
Cyphenothrin
Deltamethrin
Permethrin
Prallethrin
Resmethrin
Sumithrin
Tetramethrin
Tralomethrin
Transfluthrin
Imiprothrin
Pyrethrin or pyrethroids
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has more than thousands upon thousands reports of products that have caused harm to pets that contain pyrethroids and pyrethrins. The best thing is to try and avoid buying untried and tested flea treatment medications from grocery or drug stores. Considering the resultant cost of paying for medical bills if your cat or dog gets sick, it would be cheaper to get the vet recommended medications from a pet med store or site.
As always, when in doubt, consult your vet before applying any treatment, these pesticides can lead to a level of toxicity in your pet which can kill them.
Lastly, Enjoy the beauty that summer brings with the love and company of your pet.
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