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Frontline or Advantix Wondering about what product is better and which one you use. Do you use Frontline or advantix? |
Didn't vote because it's dependent on the area. If you need tick protection, I'd try Frontline first and then go to Advantix. Advantix contains permethrin which I don't like. I use Frontline Plus when I see fleas. We have used Advantix in the past with no problems. |
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Different products seem to work better for different pups in different areas. Very frustrating... I'm going to say that Advantix has more of a claim for tick protection, but Frontline is worth a try. |
I've always used Advantix and it works well for us. Neither one of my boys have had ticks or fleas. :) To Ellie May: What is permethrin? (Perhaps I should do some googling. :p) The only thing I do not like about Advantix is that it is highly toxic to cats, and I have a cat, so I have to keep them separated for a few hours. |
permethrin is a cancerigen (sp?) |
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Permethrin has some unfavorable reports. You can Google it to find some info. All these products are terrible honestly, but this one just really doesn't appeal to me. Besides a few reports of death from permethrin, it is supposedly known to make animals feel like something is crawling on their skin. |
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Frontline Plus only It's all that the 3 vets here sell so we don't get a choice other than the cheap supermarket brands which I wouldn't use on my worst enemy;) |
I've only ever used Frontline, and Bandit only got ticks one time at the end of the month when we were at my parents house playing in the woods. |
Here are a couple of links - you can read/compare products and their ingredients: Dog Fleas: Compare Flea Medications and Other Flea Control Products The Mutt Report |
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Thank you for starting the thread. I stopped using anything on Kaji in November. I haven't had a problem with fleas but I worry he isn't protected. I also worry the pesticides in the repellents can hurt him also. I don't think I can win. :( I will read up on the links provided and I might change my mind. Anyone try a wholelistic method? I've been told to use essential oils to help repel fleas and ticks.:confused: |
There is this powder called diccatomous earth (I have no idea how to spell it) and it kills and repels fleas and you can leave it in your pets bedding even. However, I'm not sure if it would kill them instantly enough to prevent them from being bitten for a second and possibly getting Lymes:confused: |
I found this on essential oils if anyone is interested. Essential Oils as Flea repellants Plus I voted Advantix as this is what I was using before I was spooked about pesticides. I never had a flea/tick problem with that. |
Misslissa just posted this on the flea and tic meds. Small Dogs Prove Susceptible to Flea Poison: Scientific American And I posted this.............again: Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia - Ticks, fleas, bees, flies, snakes and other gremlins! And how to deal with them! |
I wouldn't recommend either one Why would anyone put these poisons on their pet. Why would you want to make your pet so toxic that contact with them can spread poison. The directions even say to wash your hands after handling the product and not to let it come i contact with your skin. Duh. Before i knew better, I put Frontline on my Yorkie (when she was a puppy). Each day following the treatment, she would be deathly sick. Retching and having diarhea. It wook me three months to figure out that it might be the Frontline. I discontinued the drug. I really think that stopping the Frontline saved her life. I believe the kidney damage she has today may have resulted from using that produc. |
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I am going to try frontline. I used advantix, however, Levi still came down with Lymes on Advantix. Also, lately I find Levi extremely itchy after applying the advantix. So, I will be switching to Frontline..hopefully with better results. I still find it difficult for the product to "dry" in on Levi because his coat is so straight and thin. It's tough on a dog with no undercoat. |
While the holistic methods sound good I personally am afraid to "test" them on my yorkie because I have seen no real science behind them and if they were not to work I would have only myself to blame. I am going on my vet's advice here and I am willing to admit he knows more about these issues than a layman like myself. I use Frontline on Sophie because we have a large deer population where we live and I fear lyme disease. I used Frontline on our first yorkie "Baby" and she lived to be 16 years old with no side effects and Sophie has never had a flea, tick or any other issue either using Frontline.:animal-pa |
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