Bobcat Fever Prevention and Recommended Local Veterinarians

Prevention Is The Best Medicine

•Minimize your cats exposure to ticks by keeping them indoors.

•Use a Veterinary approved tick preventative product, all year around. Make sure that your choice will be effective against Lone Star ticks for the entire duration of the medications effective period. Currently in Arkansas, the only effective tick repellants are Seresto Collar and Frontline Gold. Again, please ask your vet.

•Check your cat daily for ticks - it takes several hours after tick attachment for disease transmission to occur, prompt tick removal is crucial

•Start at the head, run your hands over the cat's body, check under the collar, use your fingers like a comb. Make sure to look under the tail, in the ears and armpits. Ticks are drawn to the dark, hidden areas.

Do you know how to properly remove a tick? Don’t be afraid to ask your vet questions and always err on the side of caution.