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Originally Posted by y0rkiesR0ck  okay, so what i'm understanding is that the ingredients of the medication are the same for both dogs and cats, but the amount of medication is different for the different weights... regardless of species.
so, revolution offers 6 different dosages for dogs:
< 5 lbs (you buy the same box for cats)
5-10 lbs (you start buying different boxes for each specie)
10-20 lbs
20-40 lbs
40-85 lbs
85-130 lbs
and only two dosages for cats:
< 5 lbs (you buy the same box for dogs)
5-15lbs (you start buying different boxes for each specie)
apparently, according to revolution, cats don't grow to be more than 15 lbs?? i'm assuming this is pretty accurate but there are overweight cats... my bf's cat is probably about 13 lbs... she's almost at the cut-off! lol. so, i gues that means if she gains 3 more pounds i just need to use the dosage for dogs between 10-20 lbs? |
How confusing.
I would not use the dog dose on a cat that is more than 15 pounds because dogs and cats probably require different amounts of the Selamectin. So while a dog may require 1 mg/kg, a cat might require 2 mg/kg (pulled these figures out of the sky...they aren't real). You could ask the company though. I don't know what the difference would be if they are five pounds and under though.