As a pet owner, one of the last nuances you want to find on your beloved animal is a tick. These parasites are known to carry a variety of diseases, which can cause your furry friend serious harm. Unfortunately, you don’t have to be on a hiking trail or at the dog park for your pet to be exposed to ticks since they can also live right in your own backyard. For this reason, it’s essential to be proactive about tick control at home. Below is an overview of how ticks affect animals and what you can do to keep your pet safe.

What Pet Owners Need to Know About Ticks 

Why Are Ticks Dangerous to Pets? 

When ticks attach themselves to an animal, they’ll begin feeding on its blood, which can cause the skin to become red and irritated. Even more important, they can transmit different diseases that have the potential to make your pet severely ill.

Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are two of the most common tick-borne diseases. Symptoms may include lethargy, rash, fever, joint pain, stomach pain, and vomiting. An infestation can also lead to anemia and paralysis. As such, it’s crucial to practice proper tick control. 

How Can I Keep Ticks Out of My Yard?

There are several steps you can take to minimize the number of ticks found in your pet’s everyday environment and reduce the risk of bites. Along with using preventative tick treatments on your animal, it’s vital to make your landscape less tick-friendly. This includes mowing regularly to eliminate tall grasses, keeping your yard free of trash, woodpiles, and any debris that give ticks a place to hide, placing a rock or gravel border between your lawn and wooded areas, and removing plants that attract deer onto your property. Treating your yard with professional tick control applications will also help decrease the pest population.

If you’re concerned about your pet’s exposure to ticks, turn to A to Z Property Maintenance, LLC for help maintaining a tick-free yard. They offer effective and non-toxic tick control applications that will make your property a less attractive place for these pests to reside. Backed by more than 25 years of experience, they’re equipped to provide residents throughout Danbury and Brookfield, CT, with a full range of high-quality landscape solutions. Call (203) 775-9174 to request an estimate, or visit them online to learn more about their services.