Frontline Spray - Anyone use it?

[PrincessDiana]

Well ladies and gentlemen, it's about that time of year again... it's going to be warm soon! I'm so excited! Which means we are probably going to start flea/tick preventative in the next month or so. I've been doing some research on the Frontline Spray and I really want to start using it if I can find out some more information first. With 3 dogs, flea/tick treatment can get pretty expensive. I figure the $45 bottle spray will last at least a month which is less than the $60+ I would pay otherwise.

Does anyone use this and have you had success with it? Does it smell bad? For some reason I have this fear that saturating their coat in it will make them smell horrible for the whole month.

Thanks in advance!

[Ladymom]

I have used Frontline spray for years and years, before most people knew about it. I used to have to buy it directly from Merial.

Don't get a big bottle. A small bottle will last for years. I have Lady and two cats and I usually have to throw mine out when the date expires.

Frontline Spray

The best way to apply it is to saturate a cosmetic puff (not cotton ball - too absorbent) and rub it on. I use half the number of pumps suggested by weight and it is plenty.

[ilovelily]

What about if you have a licker?Lily licks her self all the time,would it be safe?

[Ladymom]

Originally Posted by ilovelily

What about if you have a licker?Lily licks her self all the time,would it be safe?

It's safe for cats and they all the time!

[chestermama]

I found some stuff on the internet called cedarcide and people have had good success, and it is not as toxic, I think I will try it this summer

[mimimomo]

My vet uses it & so do groomers (the frontline spray), they just spray directy on the skin at the back of dog's necks. I buy the biggest size of frontline plus (dogs 89-132lbs) & transfer it to a glass vial & draw up .67ml with a syringe for my babies (dosage is for up to 22lbs).

[PrincessDiana]

Originally Posted by Ladymom

I have used Frontline spray for years and years, before most people knew about it. I used to have to buy it directly from Merial.

Don't get a big bottle. A small bottle will last for years. I have Lady and two cats and I usually have to throw mine out when the date expires.

Frontline Spray

The best way to apply it is to saturate a cosmetic puff (not cotton ball - too absorbent) and rub it on. I use half the number of pumps suggested by weight and it is plenty.

Thanks! Does Lady's coat smell like Frontline for a couple of days or does the scent pretty much disappear once it dries?

[PrincessDiana]

Originally Posted by mimimomo

My vet uses it & so do groomers (the frontline spray), they just spray directy on the skin at the back of dog's necks. I buy the biggest size of frontline plus (dogs 89-132lbs) & transfer it to a glass vial & draw up .67ml with a syringe for my babies (dosage is for up to 22lbs).

That's a good idea! I may have to look for something like that if the spray doesn't work out.

[Ladymom]

Originally Posted by PrincessDiana

Thanks! Does Lady's coat smell like Frontline for a couple of days or does the scent pretty much disappear once it dries?

The smell goes away once it dries.