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Originally Posted by mblab  We went to the vet's office Wednesday. She said I should worry about ticks for only 2 reasons: if Zoë is in or near by a heavily wooded area or if our house is somehow a tick zone. Well I have some grass, trees, and the tiniest bit of man made woods between houses but nothing I think that would qualify as woods.
The vet didn't give me very convincing info on anything really. I'm assuming that I shouldn't be concerned about ticks so I'm thinking I can use a product that works against ticks but it's not necessary.
So back to the drawing board, as the vet basically said use whatever works. Ugh, I'm not liking this vet.  (Between her less than stellar input on what I should and shouldn't use for this AND the whole "there's no such thing as an all life stages food" she doesn't exactly instill confidence when we see her....) In fact Zoë's last booster shot(s) are scheduled this week with another vet in the practice...
Anyway, if I'm not necessarily concerned about ticks and I could use whatever I wanted (as the vet said Advantage, Advantix, Frontline, and Comfortis are all good options) is there a "best" or "better" option?   |
I agree....I don't think she'd be my favorite either. I'd be inclined to find somebody I really love (for me it's like finding a good pediatrician...I don't want just some old doctor. I want to feel like they are excellent at what they do and keep me informed and give me good advice for every single thing!!)
As for as "best" or "better", as I said before, I didn't have good luck on my CATS with Advantage (Advantix adds in tick protection). However, I hear from other people that Advantage and Frontline are pretty equivalent in flea protection (not taking into account my bad experience...maybe I just got a bad batch or something?? still, that's not good....) I would say if you don't care about tick protection, go with either Advantage or Frontline....but if you care about ticks, go ahead and go with Frontline. I think they're basically the same price, and if it were me I'd go for broke and go with the Frontline. I would NOT go with Comfortis because it's protection is limited--adult fleas only and only if they bite
!! For me, that's inferior to the other 2 options. Everyone has their opinions, but mine are: Frontline > Advantage > Comfortis. (I don't know/hear enough about Advantix to be confident in that product, but I'd say it probably rates the same as--or possibly a little better than--Advantage. I think I remember too that Advantage doesn't get one of the life stages of the flea that Frontline does get....larvae maybe?? Check me on what I wrote before--I've slept since then!
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