Advantix/ Andvantage

sigh....its so NOT straightforward. I will alternate the frontline with advantix. and use a topical spray during warm months (which with global warming is more and more!).

 

found one last night on the outside of his ears. It was latched but sooo tiny so not fed at all.
only reason I found it was because Pico was scratching his ears. Took third search to find it!
Now I know why primates (monkeys, gorillas, bonobos) spend so much time grooming each other looking for fleas and ticks.
I had to break out a headlamp to spotlight the area to even see it.

we have morning/evening/other times routine of finding the creepy crawlies, and don't get me wrong, it's goof for pico to get handled like that. I only got one squeel from him during the tick removal so that is improvement from my drama queen.
But finding those suckers is worse than a needle in a haystack.

Never had this issue with Gavin, and we did hike almost daily when he was last able (about 6 years ago). So the tick population has really exploded around here in that time.

 

I seem to find 1-2 every time we go hiking. I can only imagine how many I don't find.
and this is with staying out of the weeds and on marked well maintained trails.
I did buy a spray...Tropiclean. it says its good for 2 weeks but that sounds kinda optimistic.