Flea Treatment. - Cheap (but very affective)

[Chrissie]

Aug 10, 2014 1:16:07 GMT Q said:

Chrissie whatever you do DONT USE THE DOG TREATMENT ON YOUR CATS IT CAN BE FATAL

Q, Helen is right, unlike some other flea treatments, Advantage dog & cat are exactly the same % ingredients per ml. Have a read of the article I linked to -

www.pet-informed-veterinary-advice-online.com/advantage-flea-control.html#advantage-cheap

However, you are right - you can not use most dog flea treatments on cats

Yes Helen, I did them about 3 weeks ago with the first extra large dog pack I bought from Pets at Home - before I realised how much cheaper it was from Vet UK.

[Q]

I'm still VERY concerned, read this article by the manufactors, it clearly states

DO NOT USE ON CATS Keep cats away from treated dogs for 24hours, If apllied to or ingested by a cat contact your veterinarian

Also if you read the spec sheet the active ingredients Imidacloprid and Pyriproxyfen are indeed of the same percentage, but they only constitute a miniscule 9.56% of the ingredients, I cant find what the other 90.44% are ANYWHERE.

I'm not saying that you're wrong but I am saying that I WOULDN'T use any treatment on my cats that was specifically noted as being harmful to them.

We had one instance at the cattery a few years ago, a customer collected her 3 cats after her holiday, then phoned me the next day saying that one of them was being sick, my first question was had she given them treats that might upset their stomach, she said NO, all she had done was treat them and their dog for fleas, I questioned if she'd used the same for both and she said no, but the cat that was sick had been grooming the dog, they were best friends. I told her to get to the vets IMMEDIATELY which she did, her cat had been poisoned by licking the flea treatment from the dogs neck, it was touch and go but the cat pulled through, the vet said that had she left it until next morning the cat would have died.

I dont know which 'spot on' treatment it was but I'm sure they dont put these warning up for the fun of it.

[clairea]

Advantage is the best. it's cheaper than frontline and it actually works unlike front line keeps my cats tick and flea free for months, only had to do it once every couple of months and not every month like frontline,
although one of my cats really really hates having it on him 4 are really good when you put it on them it's just the one cat it's like a military operation trying to get advantage on him,
case of closing all windows trapping him in one room, wrapping him in a towel having the pipette ready to go one holding tightly the other administers while you try and avoid the deep scratches as he tears your skin apart trying to excape
with the other cats its a case of parting the skin and popping it on, easy peasy one person job, or one woman hubby can't do it alone but i can,

would recommend advantage to anyone, but if your new to it watch cats very carefully for a few hours, as it has been known to cause bad allergic reaction in animals,

[clairea]

most things will take the colour out of leather if left and not wiped off, even just plain water damages leather, and leaves water marks, having a flea infestation is no joke esp if like me you are allergic to bites,

treat the animals every few months, and use RIP on the house, at least once a year if not twice, they catch fleas from birds, mice, hedgehogs, and from mixing with other animals,
ticks are a big problem in my area as well, with a forest up the top of the road, but at least with advantage they don't seem to have had a tick for a couple of years, i had a lost cat coming to us for food for a few months, before i found his owner and we were constantly taking ticks off him, they i put advantage on him and no more ticks,

[Chrissie]

Aug 10, 2014 12:19:19 GMT Q said:

I'm still VERY concerned, read this article by the manufactors, it clearly states

DO NOT USE ON CATS Keep cats away from treated dogs for 24hours, If apllied to or ingested by a cat contact your veterinarian

Also if you read the spec sheet the active ingredients Imidacloprid and Pyriproxyfen are indeed of the same percentage, but they only constitute a miniscule 9.56% of the ingredients, I cant find what the other 90.44% are ANYWHERE.

I'm not saying that you're wrong but I am saying that I WOULDN'T use any treatment on my cats that was specifically noted as being harmful to them.

We had one instance at the cattery a few years ago, a customer collected her 3 cats after her holiday, then phoned me the next day saying that one of them was being sick, my first question was had she given them treats that might upset their stomach, she said NO, all she had done was treat them and their dog for fleas, I questioned if she'd used the same for both and she said no, but the cat that was sick had been grooming the dog, they were best friends. I told her to get to the vets IMMEDIATELY which she did, her cat had been poisoned by licking the flea treatment from the dogs neck, it was touch and go but the cat pulled through, the vet said that had she left it until next morning the cat would have died.

I dont know which 'spot on' treatment it was but I'm sure they dont put these warning up for the fun of it.

That link is to Advantage II - it has an added ingredient in it that isn't in the Advantage that I am using.