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[Cinnamon]

I was horrified to find a couple of fleas on Chillis ears last night.

I picked them off & squished them,then gave him a spray with some flea sprey I found in the cupboard - he was NOT amused, & sulked for the rest of the evening.

 

I am a bit cross, as when we had Pip she wore a flea collar & never had a flea.I changed it every 6 weeks like clockwork.

With Chilli the vet recommended Frountline Combo which are drops you put on the back of the neck & no flea collar as you are not supposed to do both.I bought a years worth at considerable expense & have been regularly doing him on the first of every month......& he gets a flea

 

Just wondered what everyone else did?

[Helly Welly]

My cat, Henry, wears a flea collar all the time and only gets treated with Frontline or something if i actually find a flea. We think he picks them up from the scraggy cat next door. When we got our bucket of Diatom, the accompanying leaflet said that you could rub in to the pets fur and sprinkle on their bedding, its supposed to be good for fleas.

 

I'm assuming that we are talking about a dog or cat!!

[Jools]

I think the Frontline combo treatment contains something to stop any new flea eggs hatching so you shouldn't have an infestation! Could Chilli have picked up fleas from elsewhere? They could just be passengers and the Frontline means they should die pretty quickly anyway. Hope so anyway.

[The Dogmother]

That's right Jools; the Frontline Combi will only kill them when they have BITTEN the animal, it also renders them sterile so that you don't get any flea colonies in the house. Both my cats tend to be flea magnets, so they have Frontline and flea collars - they don't get fleas now!

 

The vet says that you can extend the Frontline to every 6 weeks rather than just 4, but buy it online - it's tons cheaper than from the vet!

[Cinnamon]

Clare, I bet you knew I was going to ask this, but where online do you get it from?

 

My vet said that frountline & flea collars shouldn't be used together,but I think I might slap one on him anyhow.

Shame,as I have just bought him the mose adorable silver glitter collar with dingly dangly bits from Accessorize

 

One thing that confuses me is that the Frountline goes on the skin on the back of the neck,yet the little fleas were on his ears....so how would it kill them?

[The Dogmother]

It kills them by getting absorbed into the bloodstream, so that when the fleas drink the blood it kills them.

 

I can't remember where I got it sarah, but if you Google for Frontline Combo you'll find loads of links, I just bought it from the cheapest.

[Cinnamon]

Ahhhhhhhhh - I see

It makes perfect sence....don't know why I didn't think it worked that way

[The Dogmother]

It works the same way as the anti-parasitic stuff I use on my chooks.

 

I've probably got the receipt somewhere at home. But it was about £10 cheaper than the vet.

[Cinnamon]

Did you have to get a prescription for it from the vet?

[The Dogmother]

Nope, I understand that it's non-prescription

[Cinnamon]

Thats odd.

I have looked & looked & they all say the Combo one is prescription only - you need to fax them the prescription before they will take an order.

Doesn't matter - its still cheaper & I can get the vet to write one out.

 

The normal non-combo one is non-prescription though

[The Dogmother]

That's odd because the one I got them from didn't need a prescription. OOoo, perhaps they were being naughty!

[Louise]

Your vet will charge more than the difference to write a prescription Sarah

 

It is dodgy ground here as there is an ethics thing with vets where they will only treat an animal in emergency if it is registered with another vet

 

Frontline breaks the lifecycle by stopping them reproducing so they will still get fleas I would use a collar as well because if they get bitten it increases the chances of them getting tapeworm

[bellekatz]

The frontline Combo which does ticks as well is perscription only, but ordinary frontline for fleas is not. You can get it here:

http://www.bestpetpharmacy.co.uk/search_results.asp?sec=22&category=Flea_Treatments

or here

http://www.gjwtitmussshop.co.uk/acatalog/FREE_DELIVERY_ON_FRONTLINE_CAT_FLEA_TREATMENTS.html

Hope this helps

[chelsea]

Ive had 2 german shepherds (only 1 now), always used Frontline - easy to apply and never had any fleas on dogs or in house *touch wood*

 

I've never used flea collars.

[chelsea]

Oh and I use Drontal wormer. huge one dose tablet but its very good.

[Jools]

We've just switched from Frontline Combo to Advantix for our two dogs as it provides better protection against ticks, which are rife here.

 

So I have one sachet of Frontline Combo for dogs 2kg - 10kg going spare If anyone is interested, pls pm me.

 

Thanks

 

Jools

[SeramaSilly]

One of my cats has a flea allergy and even though I'm on the ball with Frontline spot-on he still gets flea dirt on him. My vet says you need to spray the carpets too as because we all have central heating now they don't get killed off. If you have fish though you need to cover the tank because it will kill them too!

[Louise]

Thats right Sophie fleas don't actually live on the animal they live in the animals environmet and that usually means the carpet

 

Places next to radiators are where to find them and keep pet bedding nicely washed as fleas can't swim

[The Dogmother]

Using either the new Frontline Combi or Program plus a flea treatment like a collar will stop the fleas making a home and breeding in your home.

 

My vet says that using the new Frontline means that i don't need to use both a flea treatment AND Program as it does the job of both. But being a bit paranoid and becasue my cats are flea magnets, I use Frontline and collars.