Parasites (lice, fleas, ticks) on dogs and cats are a troublesome thing, so how do you know whether there are parasites on dogs and cats? Especially dogs who often go out, they are easily infected with ectoparasites. If you accidentally bring the insect home, it will be very troublesome if it gets into the room and gets on someone's body or on the sofa or bed. Below we introduce some tips on how to detect parasites in dogs in time.

First of all, due to surface parasite bites, toxicity or allergic reactions will occur. Most dogs and cats will experience itching, irritability, and hair loss. At this time, you need to check carefully!

1. White and light-colored dogs and cats

1. Direct observation with the naked eye: lice, fleas and ticks are generally black or flesh-red. Due to color difference and the activity of lice and fleas, they are easily found on white and light-colored dogs and cats.

2. If there are very few external parasites, it is actually easy to find external parasites in white and light-colored dogs and cats. Because the food for external parasites is the dog's blood, they will always make stinky diarrhea after eating it, leaving small black spots on the dog's body. It's easy to spot if you groom your dog. If you want to distinguish between dirt on your dog and bugs on your dog, it’s easy to do. Just put the little black dots into the water, melt them and see if there is blood. Bloody stools are definitely the result of external parasites, so you should deworm your dog as soon as possible.

2. Dark and black dogs and cats

1. As for dark and black dogs and cats, it is less easy to find external parasites and their feces. There is a small tool called a flea comb, which is a very dense and very fine comb. It cannot comb out the external parasites on the dog, but it can comb out the poop on it. You only need to comb it out and tap it on a white paper. Then the method to identify whether it is dirt or external parasites is the same as above.

2. There is a trick. For dark and black dogs and cats, you can mainly check the face, auricles, around the anus, abdomen, front and rear legs, elbow joints and below the knee joints. Due to short hair, it is easy to find parasites and stinky odors. of.

3. How to find ticks

Ticks are generally relatively large, and their adult size is dozens of times that of lice and fleas. They are mainly likely to grow on the footpads, auricles, face, and neck, so dogs who often go to the grass should pay special attention when checking these places!