Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | 4 years and 4 months old | 50 lbs
Hi I gave my dog capstar yesterday and today she's scratching and biting her tail alot today is that normal.
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Published on May 15th, 2020
Hello and thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Excessive skin itchiness is listed as one of the potential side effects of Capstar. The symptoms are supposed to be mild and transient. Sadie should be back to normal within 24-48hrs, if not please, take her to your local vets for a check.
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I should have mentioned that if Sadie is scratching a lot you may have to change the flea treatment to a different product. If you want to continue with tablet flea treatment you can go for Bravecto - this is a long acting anti-flea and tick prevention.
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