advantage or frontline?

[ASammy1]

We use Frontline Plus around here, but I know that our vet recommends Revolution.

[Norse]

We have ticks all over the State, including our neighborhood. For some reason, they have increased their numbers this year and they carry some very nasty diseases. Our vet has always recommended Frontline Plus, which is what we use. Knock on wood, our dog - who gets frequent walks and hiking outings - has never had a tick on her. Just walking around our area our neighbor said her tiny terrier acquired 2 ticks. Oh, our pup has never had fleas either.

[Norse]

Another one to avoid like the plague is bioSpot. This stuff is awful. We lost one of our cats to it - seizures, ... and then a coma that he did not recover from. Drs. Foster and Smith gleefully sells this stuff and they hold themselves out as vets recommending that it is safe. I think that is disgusting. I tried a one woman campaign to get them to stop carrying this product but the company could not have cared less. It's cheap and therefore a lot of people buy it. Not only is it harmful to pets, but the emergency vet that saw our poor kitty said that it can also harm babies or small children if they touch or rub a pet that just had it applied. Its active ingredient is some inexpensive, harmful chemical

Unless we go out with them (with harnesses) our cats do not go out anymore and we don't use anything on them, just the dog. Pay more for the Frontline or Advantage, don't go for the cheap crap.

[Tuckervill]

If you use Advantage, you can use it on both dogs and cats, which is great, because....you can buy the super large dog size and treat about 3 cats with it for only a few dollars more. A single dose for one cat is about $12. The large dog size is about $15 at my vet.

You have to measure it out right, though!

Karen

[emily_in_nc]

No flea problems here in the woods, but we do have many, many ticks of all sorts (deer, lone star, and dog). My DH even ended up with ehrlichiosis last summer after a lone star tick bite! We use Frontline Plus on Paisley and used it on Pepper before her. Never a single bad reaction whatsoever.

[Blueberry]

If you use Advantage, you can use it on both dogs and cats, which is great, because....you can buy the super large dog size and treat about 3 cats with it for only a few dollars more. A single dose for one cat is about $12. The large dog size is about $15 at my vet.

You have to measure it out right, though!

Karen

Be careful with this. My mom's vet was doing this, and, despite careful measuring, had several cats die from it. I wouldn't mess with it - not sure if they changed the formula, or what....