flea/tick preventative question

[Jenn218]

I started Mojo on K9 Advantix because I liked the fact that it helped against misquitoes (whereas I don't think Frontline Plus does). BUT it just didn't seem to work. We are now on Frontline Plus...we just started using it.

My vet said that Revolution is not recommended in my area because it does NOT cover all the ticks we have in our area.

Also.....no Heartz products...there have been so many problems w/ their flea/tick products in the past...there was once a site about it, I don't know if it is still up or not.

There is a spray Orvitol (sp) that works great! I use it on the big dogs and the vet had me spray some in a rag and wipe on Mojo's face when he got into those little tiny seed ticks once (YUCK)...the ticks just feel off dead, but I don't use it on Mojo....but will again if he gets into those tiny ticks.

Good luck!

[LucyNTuckersMom]

We use Frontline on the dogs and Advantage on the cats. Frontline kills ticks, and Advantage does not. The cats don't leave the back yard, and we really don't have ticks in our yard. The dogs go all over the place, and could get ticks.

We used BioSpot once a cat years ago, and she had a horrible reaction. Foamy mouth, running around like crazy, it was horrible. I don't even know how they can still sell the stuff.

When our cat was diagnosed with kidney disease, a holistic vet suggested spraying a combination of oils (citronella, peppermint, lavender and a few more, mixed with water and vinegar). The cat got fleas anyway, we caught it early and put her back on Advantage.

Teresa

[Superstarkba]

I need to switch, I have been using Revolution, which helps out a lot, But this past week I found two ticks on Aubrey. I do not think the Revolution is killing the ticks, because both of them were still alive.

[Yorkies-Mom]

anyone ever tried the Zema??? i saw it in my issue of G.W. Little that came in the mail today.

[kalina82]

Originally Posted by Superstarkba

I need to switch, I have been using Revolution, which helps out a lot, But this past week I found two ticks on Aubrey. I do not think the Revolution is killing the ticks, because both of them were still alive.

Revolution isn't the best at preventing and killing ticks. The tick prevention it does have doesn't last for the full 4 weeks. Frontline Plus is a better way to go if your in a high flea and tick area.

[kodibear]

Originally Posted by genie

Last week my neighbors boxer was acting very weird, he was running around like he couldn't see and he looked funny in his eyes. We noticed he had a flea collar on and he has never wore one before. We took the collar off him. He is fine now but I think that the flea collar caused that reaction. It was really hot out and I think that his sweat glands absorbed too much of the toxic chemicals. My dad always told me to never put a flea collar on my dogs. I seen first hand what they can do last week and I would never put one on my little babies. Can you imagine what that could have done to our little yorkies if it caused that reaction in the big boxer.

I know! We used a flea collar on our lab mix one time and he got a horrible skin reaction and was acting funny the whole day so we took it off and ended up only putting his collar on him for walks after that even though he was used to wearing one all the time. If it affected our 70 lb lab/brittany so horribly, I can't imagine putting one on Cody. Cody is sensitive as it is!

We have used one dose of Frontline Plus but that's because our vet gave us a free dose and some coupons for future purchases

[Superstarkba]

I going to have to def. get something else. I order my stuff through Dr. Foster and Smith, they have so far been the cheapest place that I can find.