Posted by Jeff on July 2, 2007, 10:34 am
Those flea treatments which you apply on the back of the neck work
better than anything else. But there's a variety of them and some are
much better than others.
Any sources or recomendations for a frugal treatment. Ever since I
put in a cat door, my local cat population has grown!
Jeff
Posted by Daniel T. on July 2, 2007, 11:25 am
> Those flea treatments which you apply on the back of the neck work
> better than anything else. But there's a variety of them and some are
> much better than others.
>
> Any sources or recomendations for a frugal treatment. Ever since I
> put in a cat door, my local cat population has grown!
Advantage has worked best for me and my dogs. The cheapest I have found
is as www.medi-vet.com in bulk. For example, they have a 12 pack for
cats 9-18 lbs for $107... That's about $9 per month per cat.
If you limit your cats' roaming area you don't have to dose them every
month. For example, my dogs are limited to the back yard only (and no
other dogs can get back there.) After about a year's treatment with
Advantage, we were able to stop using it completely and had no flea
problems for about 4 years. Now that we moved, we have to start giving
them the stuff again...
It doesn't sound like you can limit your cats' roaming area or contact
with untreated cats though... :-(
Posted by Arthur Shapiro on July 2, 2007, 12:30 pm
> Any sources or recomendations for a frugal treatment.
Advantage is an amazing product. I purchase the largest dog size, which costs
marginally more than the smallest cat size, and simply divvy it up into a
syringe (without needle!), measuring out about .5 cc for the smaller cats and
9 cc for the big guys.
There are folks who claim the dog and cat formulations are different, but I
don't believe they are correct. I have quite a few years of positive
experiences as anecdotal proof that my technique is correct.
Advantage is less expensive from a pet supply place than from the vet,
although not all stores seem to stock it.
As an aside, I had little beneficial results when I tried the competitive
product Frontline, although other folks have been pleased with it.
Art
Posted by Jeff on July 2, 2007, 3:30 pm
Arthur Shapiro wrote:
>
>
>> Any sources or recomendations for a frugal treatment.
>
>
> Advantage is an amazing product. I purchase the largest dog size, which costs
> marginally more than the smallest cat size, and simply divvy it up into a
> syringe (without needle!), measuring out about .5 cc for the smaller cats and
> 9 cc for the big guys.
That sounds like a plan. Perhaps with the needle to get it out of the
package. How much do you think for a 5 pound kitten?
>
> There are folks who claim the dog and cat formulations are different, but I
> don't believe they are correct.
I suspect this is a carry over from the other flea treatments that have
pyrethrins (or similar insecticides) in the dog formulations.
I notice that all the cats are sleeping well off the ground!
Thanks to all!
Jeff
I have quite a few years of positive
> experiences as anecdotal proof that my technique is correct.
>
> Advantage is less expensive from a pet supply place than from the vet,
> although not all stores seem to stock it.
>
> As an aside, I had little beneficial results when I tried the competitive
> product Frontline, although other folks have been pleased with it.
>
> Art
Posted by Arthur Shapiro on July 6, 2007, 2:09 pm
>That sounds like a plan. Perhaps with the needle to get it out of the
>package. How much do you think for a 5 pound kitten?
I believe the .5 cc is their recommendation for cats under 9 pounds, if memory
serves. Given a kitten, maybe .4 cc would be a little safer.
Art
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> better than anything else. But there's a variety of them and some are
> much better than others.
>
> Any sources or recomendations for a frugal treatment. Ever since I
> put in a cat door, my local cat population has grown!