{"id":11626,"date":"2021-07-27T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/?p=11626"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:37:44","slug":"flea-tick-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/blog\/health\/flea-tick\/flea-tick-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Flea and Tick Preventatives: Topical, Oral or Collar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many tick and flea preventatives available, it can be overwhelming to decide which are the best options for your cat or dog. To help understand the differences between topical, collar and oral preventatives, we\u2019ve listed some of the pros and cons for each application method. However, your pet\u2019s veterinarian is always the best person to ask about which tick and flea prevention and control methods are appropriate for your pet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pros-cons-of-flea-tick-preventative-applications-infographic-072721.jpg\" alt=\"Pros and Cons of Flea and Tick Preventative Applications Infographic | Diamond Pet Foods\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pros-cons-of-flea-tick-preventative-applications-infographic-072721.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pros-cons-of-flea-tick-preventative-applications-infographic-072721-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pros-cons-of-flea-tick-preventative-applications-infographic-072721-706x1024.jpg 706w, https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pros-cons-of-flea-tick-preventative-applications-infographic-072721-768x1114.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RELATED POST: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/blog\/health\/safety\/giving-pet-medicine\/\" title=\"7 Tips and Tricks for Giving Medicine to Your Pet\">7 Tips and Tricks for Giving Medicine to Your Pet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RELATED POST: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/blog\/health\/flea-tick\/facts-fleas-ticks-dogs-cats-2\/\">Fleas, Ticks, Dogs and Cats: Separating the Facts from Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many tick and flea preventatives available, it can be overwhelming to decide which are the best options for your cat or dog. To help understand the differences between topical, collar and oral preventatives, we\u2019ve listed some of the pros and cons for each application method. However, your pet\u2019s veterinarian is always the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Flea and Tick Treatment Guide | Diamond Pet Foods","_seopress_titles_desc":"Overwhelmed by so many flea and tick treatment options \u2014 topical, collar or oral? Check out our handy infographic to help you decide. Learn More!","_seopress_robots_index":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[245,28],"tags":[100,69,12,134,10,70,54,659,85],"class_list":["post-11626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flea-tick","category-health","tag-cat","tag-cat-health","tag-cats","tag-diamond-pet-foods","tag-dog","tag-dog-health","tag-dogs","tag-fleas","tag-ticks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondpet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}