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Originally Posted by Onni  "Okay, found this for you.....Capstar - 1800PetMeds.com
The price is quite reasonable compared to the 5 bucks I pay for each at my vet. I don't know how petmeds.com works though. I think you have to have a prescription for some things. I'm sure someone else can help you out on that. There's some reviews to read too regarding the Capstar. There's Capstar for kitties too."
Capstar is great...BUT it only works for 24 hours then stop killing the fleas.
They have come out with a new 30 day pill now and it WORKS!!!  All of my dogs are on it and NO MORE fleas.  You give them one pill every 30 days.
Onni cannot be on it because she has to be at least 5 pounds. So we just bathe her, but since we have eliminated the fleas on all the other dogs, she rarely has any on her anyway.
If your Yorky is over 5 pounds though you can use it. Ask your vet about it. It is called Comfortis and is given by weight. This stuff WORKS GREAT! |
Up a few posts, I mentioned that we are going to try out the Comfortis too on both of our dogs. Out of curiousity, do you use anything else along with the Comfortis? My vet recommends we stay on the Sentinel (heartworm/flea pill) also and do them two weeks apart so that each pill is dosed a month apart with the other pill dosed in between... if that makes sense.
Oh, edited to say that my vet mentioned to me today that people are starting to come in and ask for Comfortis. There has been very little print advertising and no tv advertising so people are starting to hear about it word-of-mouth. He said if they come in and say that they are having problems that their normal monthly flea stuff can't handle, he recommends the Comfortis but if they come in just to refill their regular stuff, he doesn't usually mention it. I told him that from the good things I'm hearing, he should think about telling more people about it. So far, just on this thread, I think you're the second person to mention it plus myself but I couldn't remember the name of it at first.