Pets: Dealing with allergy season

For many, along with the blooming flowers and the chirping of baby birds of warmer weather, comes sniffling, sneezing and itching.
This goes for our pets, too.
According to holistic veterinarian Dr. Kathy Wentworth, who owns PetPoint Medical Center & Resort in Irvine (petpointmedicalcenterresort.com), pollens, grasses and a variety of plants are a common cause for allergies in pets and can make both cats and dogs very itchy.
Add to that, parasites like fleas, ticks and mites, and it can make