Yes, there are holistic options for dog allergies. For example, if your dog has allergies related to grass or other outdoor allergens, washing their feet with Dawn dish soap can help remove a significant amount of allergens. For airborne allergies, such as cats with asthma, you can nebulize your cat by placing them in the bathroom with you while taking a hot shower.

The common treatments for dog allergies include steroids, which are quite popular. There are also monoclonal antibody treatments, with Cytopoint being the current patented option. Apoquel is another option in pill form, but its effectiveness can vary, and it can be expensive. Additionally, you can try over-the-counter antihistamines like Benadryl and Zyrtec to manage your dog's allergies.

Endoparasites are one example, most prominently tapeworms. Cats are rampant with carrying tapeworms, which are spread by fleas. The cat has to eat a flea in the process of scratching with their mouth predominantly. The fleas carry tapeworm eggs, and that's how tapeworms become infested in the cat.

The life cycle for ticks goes from adult to egg, larva, nymph, and new adult.

The life cycle for fleas goes from mama flea to eggs, larva, pupa, and adult flea. This process takes about a week.

Yes, because they're all going to go to whatever is the most available food source. If you bring in a stray cat with fleas and you have other pets that you haven't had on flea prevention, it won't take more than about three days before everybody is infested. They can also affect people, but humans don't have a lot of hair, so we don't have a whole lot of ability for them to create skyscrapers on us.