Advantage for fleas?

[Joszacs]

Have any of you used Advantage for flea control? I use flea meds on Charlie, 12 yr old, for a couple months of the year. That's all it's needed. I use to use Frontline Plus on him but the last batch I bought caused him to develop 2 bald spots where it was applied. The vet sold me 1 dose of Trifexis but when I got home and read about it I do not want to give him that. We do not have heartworm here and they did not test him for heartworm before giving it to him. I don't want to put poison in his body when we live in an area it is not needed. So I'm trying to find the best topical for him. K9 Advantix also covers ticks and we don't have those here either so I'm leaning towards the Advantage. Anyone used it? Has anyone had a negative experience with it?

Thanks!

[Joszacs]

I guess I'll just give it a try

[Dudley's Mom]

Sorry, haven't been on lately. Yes I use it for my puppies for the same reason. they are 2 years old and very seldom have a flea on them but when they do, that is what I buy. To be specific, Advantage 2 for small dogs.

[Lilah Charm]

I use advantage II for small dogs also. But 'knock on wood' we have never had fleas. We recently applied it because we have been pretty darn social lately. We also treat for heartworm, it didn't used to be in our area but there are a lot of people importing infected dogs from other parts of the country and it is spreading up here. My local vets office had two cases come in last month- I didn't think it was here a few years ago either. These spot on applications are all neurotoxin insecticides, that is how they kill fleas. There are some alternative options to keep parasite populations down and they are best used in a very preventative, holistic, conjunctive and consistent manner.

[Joszacs]

Sorry for the late reply!

Thank you both for your replies I found the one flea Charlie had and called it good with no meds BUT, always a but, now he has at least one more flea and I can't find the little bugger so will need to get flea meds. I'm still leaning towards the Advantage II (NOT Advantix II) because it is only for fleas and lice. I live in WA state not far over the Portland, OR border. Does anyone else live in this area? Has anyone heard of, or know of, any cases of heartworm here?

Dudley's mom & Lilah Charm...do you purchase the Advantage II online or from a store? Have you had any bad experiences with any online purchases of this? My last batch of Frontline plus was purchased from Amazon and because it caused baldness on the application sites I quit using it but wonder if maybe online is not a good idea OR if Charlie just developed some sort of allergy to it after years of use(couple times a yr only though).

Thanks again!

[Dudley's Mom]

i have purchased it both ways without any problems. My vet first sold it to me and then I bought it at 1800petmeds, then Chewy's. Chewy's was the cheapest.

[Joszacs]

Thank you that's good to know I hadn't heard of Chewy's but just checked and it's $10 cheaper than where I get it for four doses! Now, to check out their food costs, lol. Thank you again!

[barneysmommmy]

I have been using Nexguard, but am a bit frustrated. Hubby had a flea hop on him last night. I just had one hop on me. Can't tell that the pups have any though. Lady across the street has a dog and it is covered in fleas. I don't know if we can get them from there or not?

Also, hubby got rocky mountain spotted fever earlier in the summer from ticks. So, I feel that Nexguard is not as effective as I would like.

Thinking about Advantage but my vet doesn't sell it.

[bjh]

I have used Advantage II for years with no problems. I order mine from RevivalAnimalHealth.com. They have the best prices around.

[Lilah Charm]

Originally Posted by Joszacs

Sorry for the late reply!

Thank you both for your replies I found the one flea Charlie had and called it good with no meds BUT, always a but, now he has at least one more flea and I can't find the little bugger so will need to get flea meds. I'm still leaning towards the Advantage II (NOT Advantix II) because it is only for fleas and lice. I live in WA state not far over the Portland, OR border. Does anyone else live in this area? Has anyone heard of, or know of, any cases of heartworm here?

Dudley's mom & Lilah Charm...do you purchase the Advantage II online or from a store? Have you had any bad experiences with any online purchases of this? My last batch of Frontline plus was purchased from Amazon and because it caused baldness on the application sites I quit using it but wonder if maybe online is not a good idea OR if Charlie just developed some sort of allergy to it after years of use(couple times a yr only though).

Thanks again!

Hey we are almost neighbors! I live twenty minutes from Portland, OR in Corbett, by Multnomah falls area. My local vet in Gresham had two/three? Cases of heartworm in July at their specific clinic even though heartworm used to not be an issue in our area, it has spread up here- especially with all of the rescue trafficking from the lower states. We buy our advantage from the feed store and have not had any problems.

[Joszacs]

Originally Posted by Lilah Charm

Hey we are almost neighbors! I live twenty minutes from Portland, OR in Corbett, by Multnomah falls area. My local vet in Gresham had two/three? Cases of heartworm in July at their specific clinic even though heartworm used to not be an issue in our area, it has spread up here- especially with all of the rescue trafficking from the lower states. We buy our advantage from the feed store and have not had any problems.

I hate to hear heartworm has made its way here but good to know, thank you. I think for now I will stay with the Advantage II and when Charlie goes in next talk to them about the heartworm meds again. I will definitely insist they do a heartworm test before I will give him that medicine though...IF I ever give him that medicine. Since Charlie is 12 I hesitate to put more toxins in his system than is absolutely needed.