Posts Tagged: Ticks and Pets April 24, 2020 by Animal Medical Hospital & Urgent Care What You Should Do if Your Pet Has Fleas or Ticks Fleas, ticks, and other parasites are terrible hosts for your pet. Not only do they create havoc on the skin and cause a variety of serious diseases, they are also problems for human family members. This is because what they carry can be zoonotic, meaning that they can pass the disease on to humans. Aside […] Read More Why You Never Want to See a Tick on Your Pet We were lucky to have such a beautiful, mild winter this past year, but we’ll be paying for it throughout the summer. Without freezing temperatures, ticks were given a second chance to wreak havoc on our community, and experts are predicting that this year could be one of our state’s worst tick seasons. Finding a […] Read More