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View Poll Results: Which do you prefer.. Frontline plus or k9 Advantix | |||
Frontline plus | 27 | 71.05% | |
K9 Advantix | 11 | 28.95% | |
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll |
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03-22-2010, 08:22 AM | #1 |
Pixie and Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CT USA
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| Frontline or Advantix Wondering about what product is better and which one you use. Do you use Frontline or advantix?
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03-22-2010, 08:28 AM | #2 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| Didn't vote because it's dependent on the area. If you need tick protection, I'd try Frontline first and then go to Advantix. Advantix contains permethrin which I don't like. I use Frontline Plus when I see fleas. We have used Advantix in the past with no problems.
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03-22-2010, 08:35 AM | #3 | |
Pixie and Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CT USA
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03-22-2010, 08:40 AM | #4 | |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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Different products seem to work better for different pups in different areas. Very frustrating... I'm going to say that Advantix has more of a claim for tick protection, but Frontline is worth a try.
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03-22-2010, 09:42 AM | #5 |
I ♥ my boys Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sturtevant, WI
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| I've always used Advantix and it works well for us. Neither one of my boys have had ticks or fleas. To Ellie May: What is permethrin? (Perhaps I should do some googling. ) The only thing I do not like about Advantix is that it is highly toxic to cats, and I have a cat, so I have to keep them separated for a few hours.
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03-22-2010, 10:13 AM | #6 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| permethrin is a cancerigen (sp?) |
03-22-2010, 01:07 PM | #7 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| Hey Nicole, aren't there reports (or rumors) of Frontline causing thyroid cancer too? Permethrin has some unfavorable reports. You can Google it to find some info. All these products are terrible honestly, but this one just really doesn't appeal to me. Besides a few reports of death from permethrin, it is supposedly known to make animals feel like something is crawling on their skin.
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03-22-2010, 01:11 PM | #8 | |
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03-22-2010, 01:20 PM | #9 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| It's my choice too for the same reason and I'd use it in your situation also. I just hate them all.
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03-22-2010, 04:36 PM | #10 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: new zealand
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| Frontline Plus only It's all that the 3 vets here sell so we don't get a choice other than the cheap supermarket brands which I wouldn't use on my worst enemy
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03-22-2010, 04:43 PM | #11 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Crofton, MD, USA
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| I've only ever used Frontline, and Bandit only got ticks one time at the end of the month when we were at my parents house playing in the woods. |
03-23-2010, 09:54 AM | #12 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| Here are a couple of links - you can read/compare products and their ingredients: Dog Fleas: Compare Flea Medications and Other Flea Control Products The Mutt Report
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03-23-2010, 09:58 AM | #13 | |
Pixie and Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CT USA
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03-23-2010, 03:41 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Thank you for starting the thread. I stopped using anything on Kaji in November. I haven't had a problem with fleas but I worry he isn't protected. I also worry the pesticides in the repellents can hurt him also. I don't think I can win. I will read up on the links provided and I might change my mind. Anyone try a wholelistic method? I've been told to use essential oils to help repel fleas and ticks.
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03-23-2010, 03:54 PM | #15 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Crofton, MD, USA
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| There is this powder called diccatomous earth (I have no idea how to spell it) and it kills and repels fleas and you can leave it in your pets bedding even. However, I'm not sure if it would kill them instantly enough to prevent them from being bitten for a second and possibly getting Lymes |
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