Flea/heartworm prevention for 2# Winnie

[chickensmith]

Hi everyone! I have been trying to post pictures of little Miss Winnie but it says my files are tok big but my question here is about flea/heartworm prevention. I have two different vets for our animals. They all go to both....and both have recommended trifexis or revolution for our household because our weenie dog has severe (I mean SEVERE) flea allergies. Our two older dogs are on trifexis and have been for a while. The kittens are on revolution. Winnie is now 12 weeks and just hit 2# so its time for her to get her shots today and I would really like to start her flea/heartworm prevention.....I worked for a vet for 6 years and heartworm scares the bejeepers out of me....and keeping her flea free has been a chore. But i have also been a stay at home mama for the last 7 years so my inside line to info isnt there anymore! The trifexis has kept our house clear for so long....but im confused now because of all the new info. I have to wonder a lot of the reports say the dogs died of heart related issues so I wonder did they possibly have heartworms already when they got their dose? That would surely cause illness and death....im just very confused. I know trifexis has been talked about but I was wondering what might be used here. Frontline and sentinel simply sterilize the fleas so thats not an option as we cannot have any fleas in the house for Chloe. They must be dead. Is revolution ok for a 2# baby? Does anyone have experience on what to use for our babies when one has a flea allergy?

[Lovetodream88]

Trifexis is not safe I would not give it to my dogs. Many dogs have seemed to do fine and great and then all of a sudden there dead or almost dead. It's not a safe medicine and the death totals just keep raising. I hope they pull it soon. I use heart guard and nexguard.

[TxVicki]

Your baby is too small for trifexis, they must be at least 5 lbs or larger to take that.

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by chickensmith

Hi everyone! I have been trying to post pictures of little Miss Winnie but it says my files are tok big but my question here is about flea/heartworm prevention. I have two different vets for our animals. They all go to both....and both have recommended trifexis or revolution for our household because our weenie dog has severe (I mean SEVERE) flea allergies. Our two older dogs are on trifexis and have been for a while. The kittens are on revolution. Winnie is now 12 weeks and just hit 2# so its time for her to get her shots today and I would really like to start her flea/heartworm prevention.....I worked for a vet for 6 years and heartworm scares the bejeepers out of me....and keeping her flea free has been a chore. But i have also been a stay at home mama for the last 7 years so my inside line to info isnt there anymore! The trifexis has kept our house clear for so long....but im confused now because of all the new info. I have to wonder a lot of the reports say the dogs died of heart related issues so I wonder did they possibly have heartworms already when they got their dose? That would surely cause illness and death....im just very confused. I know trifexis has been talked about but I was wondering what might be used here. Frontline and sentinel simply sterilize the fleas so thats not an option as we cannot have any fleas in the house for Chloe. They must be dead. Is revolution ok for a 2# baby? Does anyone have experience on what to use for our babies when one has a flea allergy?

I have two tiny little girls that each weigh just a tad over 2#....I use Revolution on them....I use the puppy strength on them....they tolerate it just fine, no fleas....be sure and separate the hair at their shoulder/neck area so that the med drops directly onto the skin.

[chickensmith]

Hi everyone! Thanks for your input! Winnie did great at the vet....the scale teetered between 1# 15 oz and 2# exactly lol she did recieve her DHPPV today but I wouldn't let them do the rabies vaccine. They give a free sample of sentinal but I didnt take that either....the vet did recommend revolution with her being so small and Chloe having flea allergies..... so thats the one I bought. And we are going to start our old girls on revolution as well with their Sept 3rd dose so I may try to wait until then to do Winnie's also so they are all on the same schedule. . Although they have never had any adverse reactions to it I would rather not take any further chances. The vet did say I was doing a great job keeping the fleas off her since she saw no evidence of fleas at all so that made me happy! She is her normal bouncy self tonight though she cried when she got her poke! Thanks again!

[Cat2861]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I have two tiny little girls that each weigh just a tad over 2#....I use Revolution on them....I use the puppy strength on them....they tolerate it just fine, no fleas....be sure and separate the hair at their shoulder/neck area so that the med drops directly onto the skin.

Revolution for puppies and kittens. It's a mauve color box. It also protects against heartworms, fleas, ear mites, ticks and sarcoptic mange.

[chestermama]

rabies and shots together are too much for yorkies, my vet has never done them together, good deal for not doing it