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OMG! Please help me choose flea meds!! I just can't choose. I had a poll up but it got sided before I had enough responses. I hear Frontline can kill, don't like goop persay but will use it if it's the best. Snickers is on heartguard but I will stop that if I get a combo med. Please help me, I hate this, I don't want something hazardous for my babe. He is 3.5lbs and 8.5months old. Sentinel?? Revolution? Advantage?? Hmph!!!!!!! I need to do this soon, it's getting warmer. |
Hey Vivian, I put my 2 outside dogs on advantage multi, as that is for fleas, ticks, heartworm, ear mites, etc. So, it does the whole thing. You have to apply it once a month, but, from talking to a lot of people, you can actually go like 6 weeks in between. I have my inside dogs on k9 advantix. I don't use heartguard on them, as they're strictly inside(potty pads) if they do go outside, it's during the day for maybe 5-10 minutes just to run, and luckily we don't have a problem with mosquitoes around here. I had all of mine on sentinel before, which is a monthly pill for heartguard and fleas, but, not ticks. I really liked it, but, it was very costly for me with 6 dogs |
i too use advantage multi on all 3 of my dogs....I have on allergic to mosquitos and that is the only thing that they can't include in her allgery shots, so that is the one the vet said to use for her. So now i use it for everyone! |
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I don't like the combos that treat both fleas and heartworms. Don't forget these products are pesticides and we have to be especially careful with toy breed dogs. I use Interceptor for heartworms and Frontline or Advantage for fleas. I do them separately, one on the 1st and one on the 15th of the month to be safe. |
I also use Interceptor and Advantage...and never at the same time. |
Thank you all...but PLEASE more people chime in!!!!!! |
I use revolution on chester for a long time, it is good for fleas, heartworm, american dog tick, and sarcoptic mange I do believe. I have heard it is considered a drug and not a pesticide, and the small does is 5-10 lbs. |
I think revolution is good for ear mites as well |
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I use K-9 Advantix on my 5 and give them heartguard. Never had a problem. Vet was out once and I tried Promeris on my bigger female.....but I couldn't take the smell! :eek: Advantix is good for fleas and ticks, which we definitely have in Louisiana!:D |
Thank you all, this is helping many who are confused!! I am going to go with the Sentinel and also cont the heartguard but use them on seperate days. Sentinel does have a tab for 2-10lb doggies. I hate the applying the goop so this works for me. Much appreciated!!! |
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They are both heartworm preventatives. You could use Heartgard and then Program (the part in Sentinel that makes it so fleas can't reproduce without the heartworm med). I like Interceptor or Sentinel for small dogs depending on what you want to accomplish and Frontline Plus or Advantage if absolutely necessary. Heartgard is also okay. |
Thanks Crystal, I will make sure not to use the heartguard while I use the Sentinel. I will start up heartguard again when the cold weather starts and stop the Sentinel at that time. |
hi there, we use frontline here in the uk, but also use spot on which kills fleas ear mites and ticks, it is very good, also a tip for you, lavender oil kills fleas too, if you put a drop in a jug and add warm water to it then get some cotton wool and rub your dog over with it, you will see them die off, just thought this might help. |
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Can you get K9 Advantix online or do you need a prescription from a vet? Approx. how much does it cost? |
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I am planning to get Revolution for Mimi. its both heart worm and flea med. hope its good |
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Welcome to Tropical Traditions It is fattening so you might want to limit your consumption. |
My Snickers is 2-1/2 and 6 lbs. I have used BioSpot on him the last two summers and he has had no reactions. I have never seen a flea or tick on him so I think it works pretty good. I get it over the counter and it is $10-$12 for 3 doses. He loves it outside and when it is nice, we are out all the time. We live by a river and timber so I watch for "critters" on him very closely. So far so good! |
My vet recommended Comfortis and Sentinel. By tremendous luck he also owns Yorkies (he has 3) and its what he uses on his. Where he and I live we don't get many ticks so I'm not sure how it works with them...he mentioned it but I don't really remember what he said. I gave Nemo his first dose of Comfortis this morning and he has pretty much stopped scratching so I'm very excited and I know he's relieved. |
We have used Nature's Guardian by Seageant's (very light green box) that you can purchase at Wal-Mart. It is a bunch of essential oils that you put on them. Our outside dogs used to get ticks all the time off our several acre, mostly woods, property. Now it is rare and we put peppermint or clove pure essential oil on a tick if they get one. The Nature's Guardian isn't like the one month stuff, you might have to put it on them a few times a month during the summer if your dog is in an infested environment. (I suggest you dust your yard with DE if you have an enclosed yard, not an option for us.) We don't even put it on our dogs in the winter here in Central Texas. |
im confused.. i have bella on revolution and found a flea today!! whats the best thing i can do for her shes only 3.6 lb and 7months ?? |
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