Tick and flea prevention for puppies in Krabi
It was brought to our attention by one of our volunteers that there was a group of around a dozen dogs in a pack in a rather remote part of Krabi has a breakout of fleas and ticks and we sprung into motion to take care of it. This was a rewarding day in the way that the dogs are very loving and were happy as can be to interact with us, but also quite disappointing that the community of humans in this area don't seem to be interested in helping out and we feel as though they are using us for free medical care when they could be taking care of this issue themselves.
Oh well, we can't bully people into doing what is right, hopefully they will have a change of heart after it is explained to them what we are doing here.
These two little lovelies are unaware of the fact that I tricked them into taking medication. ssssshhh! Don't tell them!
They aren't the only ones because when we noticed that a certain area where there are a dozen or so dogs had a breakout of parasites there is really only one way forward and that is to treat everyone in the pack. We are not massively familiar with this area so we can't be sure that we got all of the dogs and this is one of those areas where the locals aren't terribly helpful either. The good news is that you only need to get most of the dogs in order to starve off the flea, tick, and mange issue. Without a source of food (the dogs) the parasites die out.
The pups don't know and I don't think they care that their delicious treat of wet dog food puree was mixed with medication that is going to make them less itchy.
Even though the tablets are designed to be medicine disguised as a treat we like to play it safe and hide the treat under a bunch of meaty goodness. These things are not expensive but they also aren't free and anyone that has ever had a dog is aware of how skilled dogs are at working their way around medication while still managing to eat the ham. We have kind of worked out a system that ensures that everyone gets their medicine.
It consists of a spoonfull of wet dog food that has their mouths watering with the medication hidden in between. These are mostly puppies, some of the more recent ones that we were unaware there was a non-sterilized female in our midst, so they will eat almost anything. But we do have several people around to make sure that one dog does't get 5 doses while the others get none at all.
This sort of anti-parasite will work on any dog that eats it for 3 months or more. The idea here is not just to keep these dogs parasite free for 3 months though. The idea is to starve off the fleas and other parasites so that they die off or move elsewhere because as far as the parasites are concerned, the "food source" IE, the dogs, their blood is now poisonous.
I don't understand how this medication works but I am just really happy that it does work.
I do enjoy the appreciation that the dogs show us for our efforts, now if the people in the community that have these dogs in it would just help out a little bit, things would be a lot better off.
If you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at
http://krabianimalwelfare.org
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