Rural mystic
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Well if I lived in an area that the mosquitoes were not that bad I would consider other options perhaps. But here we have mosquitoes year round and during the spring and summer months they are horrific. It's the perfect climate for mosquitoes, warm, often wet, multitude of lakes, rivers and ponds and high humidity. From what I have researched even if you keep your dog inside most of the time in Florida they are not safe from the possibility of infection cause mosquitoes even get in your home to a degree. They are worse of course at night here and it doesn't take long to get bitten multiple times. And when its really wet or if near a body of water it doesn't matter what time of the day it is in summer and spring they are manifest. There are standing jokes round here about the size and voraciousness of the mosquitoes such as the one where two mosquitoes are overheard talking about a human they have their eyes on so one says " should we eat him here or carry him back home?"
I have been giving my now 6 month old bully Trifexis for three months now and he seems to be doing fine on it. It must only be given on a full stomach though because it will cause vomiting other wise. The second time I had given it to him it was between breakfast and lunch and he did throw up once only 3-4 hrs after i had given it. I called vet to see if that meant I needed to give something else or another one but they said no that it would of already gotten in his system and that he'd be fine. Sure enough he was but this month I made sure to give it to him immediately after I saw him finish all his food and he didn't throw up so that's how i will continue to give him his Trifexis.
