Seresto Collar

[Hixie]

Originally Posted by legh higgins

I had a puppy client call me to see if any others in the litter had SEIZURES?
No not any- but hers had been using seresto collar and 2 times when putting on a fresh collar the adult dog had a seizure. she went to a topical and no more worries.

Thanks for the warning Legh. I've read that that can happen and other more minor issues too. Grayson has had his Selesto collar on for about 20 hours now and is showing no signs of any change in behavior or other issues. It's easy these days to keep a 24/7 eye on him as we are cooperating with the self-isolation so we'll stay vigilant.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Legh, that clinches it for me. I'll stay with Frontline - it works well enough for me.

Also Google Alpha gal Syndrome from a bacteria delivered by the Lone Star Tick... which by the way, I have found in my area for the last three or four years, in addition to the Texas Red Tick more commonly known as the Deer Tick, which is the predominant carrier of Lyme.





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[Sheepherder]

We used the Seresto collars on our french brittanys a couple of years age. My wife is a vet. tech., so we know we had the real thing. The dogs didn't have any problems with the collars. (The good thing about the collars is if the dog has a reaction you can take it off.) In our case, I'm the one that had THE REACTION. If I fell asleep, with one of the dog's collars against my arm, I'd awake with an itchy red rash on that arm. Quite using the collars, problem solved. Now we are using Revolution (Selamectin topical).

[Harold Pickens]

Hi Eric, yes, the bottle is a 10 % solution that you further dilute 5cc/quart of water. This a very common ingredient in many ticl/flea sprays

[Hixie]

Just an update for those who may have been interested. I put the Seresto collar on the dog near April 1 after a couple of weeks of finding many live ticks on him in the house daily for over two weeks. The next full day I had Grayson out on our property in the brush looking for woodcock but did not find any. When we got back in the house I did find two ticks on him which were removed and properly dealt with.

Since then we've not seen another tick. I have him out regularly in the same areas where he was picking up lots of them and now none. I can't think of anything else that may have changed other than his collar and I can't believe that the ticks are suddenly gone for some reason. And, I've found ticks on myself, but none on the dog.

Grayson's behavior or demeanor has not changed at all and no family member has had any sort of troubling reaction...so far, so good.

[Harold Pickens]

Seresto collars are on all 3 of my setters

[Setter Man]

I heard rumors of dogs having seizures but never from anyone who owned a dog that actually had seizures. I checked with my vet and she had also heard rumors but had not seen it personally and she assured me that my dogs shouldn't have any problems. That was 4-5 years ago and none of my dog have had problems. I put them on in early March and keep forget about them until the first of January. Easy as can be.

There are oral meds that also protect against heart worm and that's tempting but like I said, I haven't had a problem with seizures, ticks, or fleas and so I'm pretty settled.

[Scott Chapman]

I am blessed that I don't currently practice where we have a lot of ticks, but in North and South Texas where we hunt during tick season I use:

Seresto collars (has flumethrin which is a synthetic pyrethrin that repels the ticks)

Bravecto (oral med that kills any ticks that bite the dog; lasts 3 months for deer ticks and 2 months for lonestar ticks -- our Texas ticks are tougher!!). You can use other similar oral products such as Nexgard, Simparica or Credelio, in place of Bravecto, but they are not labeled to last as long per dose. The others are labeled for 30 days.

Adam's flea/tick spray: Apply to the day of the hunt (another synthetic pyrethrin that repels the ticks.)

This is a boot and suspenders plan, but it is everything you can do to get rid of those blood suckers.

I have seen zero problems with seizures either new cases or directly attributed to any of these products, but there are reports. FWIW...

[Dean Romig]

That's great advice Kerilynn from one who is obviously 'in the know'. Thank You!





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