Continuation of free kittens in Butler

[krazyaboutkatz]

I just wanted to add that the vet that I used to take my cats to was the one that suggested that I buy the large dog advantage because the ingredients are the same as the cat advantage. He did this to help save me money. I only had 4 cats back then. Since I live in CA, I have to treat my cats year round and so far so good. You can also probably get free syringes from your vet or any other vet office when you buy the advantage from them. The numbers will eventually wear off of the syringes so I use either masking tape or surgical tape to mark off the right amount that is needed. I also have an empty plastic test tube with a lid that I squeeze the advantage into so then I can measure it out and save whatever is left over for next time. Good luck.

[Moesha]

I have a friend whose pack of critters got fleas last summer. She has 5 dogs and 4 cats. The dogs were given their own dosages of Advantage, but he gave her the large size dog dosages with the instructions for breaking them up for each of the cats.

[MoonandBean]

I received this response from Advantage. I will certainly call! If anyone else wants to call; it might be the more the better...




Thank you for your recent email regarding the Advantage.

In order to best address your concerns, please contact Bayer Product Information at 800/255-6826 and ask for Jill or Annette. We will be happy to answer all your questions at that time.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards,

Bayer HealthCare

[Emeraldgreen]

I received a PM from Rebecca yesterday and she is reporting that the spayed and neutered cats all seem happy and healthy! She is so grateful to everyone here on PT who has offered support through their posts and with donations.
She is also so thankful that the Suburban Animal Clinic was there for her and able to work with her despite her difficult financial situation. They've really gone the extra mile for her and it is awesome!! She is really looking forward to continuing to work with them next month to get the remaining 3 cats fixed.

As far as the donations go, I confused things, sorry about that. The total of donations received by Suburban Animal Clinic thus far is indeed 355.00 and includes the donations sent by Kuhio, Moesha, myself and MoonandBean. Rebecca will find out how much of this amount is left over that will go towards the feral spays in May. We'll post a 'financial' update once she has that total from the clinic. And hopefully some pics of the recovering patients too!!.

Rebecca is going to use the Drontal that was mailed to her but is passing on the Siphotrol Spray because she doesn't think she will be able to get all the animals and all the kids out of the house at one time for a few hours. She is going to continue vacuuming alot and is looking into ways to get the cats treated for fleas.
She is going to follow her vet's advice and pass on the dog flea treatment option because they have really helped her and she doesn't want to go against his suggestions. But she is going to try and either treat them with feline Advantage or look into other alternatives (especially for the ferals as she won't be able to catch them each month to apply a topical treatment anyway). Does anyone know if there is a product that a person can put in a pet's food that helps tackle fleas? I think I've heard something about garlic. Have to look into it.

MoonandBean, thanks for posting that phone number for Bayer about Advantage. I will call them too! You never know!

p.s. Rebecca, a friend of mine gave me two single Advantage tubes for cats (not dogs) and I will send them to you tomorrow. It's not much but it will treat two cats for one month.

[Moesha]

Did that $355 amount include the original amount that Rebecca said she could put toward the surgeries in April?

[krazyaboutkatz]

For the ferals she could buy program flea control for cats. It's a liquid that you have to give with food. Some vets don't carry this though. Here's a link that tells more about it: Program Flea Control For Cats.

I remember that used both program and advantage when I first adopted Storm and my RB Pepper because they both had fleas. If it's a lot less than the advantage then she could also use this after she used the advantage to help keep the fleas under control.

[carole]

I know a few people have used the dog advantage on here without any problems, but my vet also was strongly opposed to it, i think you should stick with the cat stuff, you would feel terrible if it all went wrong, i was looking into a new product advertised at the pet store, took it to my vet, who said forget, it really bad stuff, and one cat has died from it, it is called bodyguard plus and claims to rid them of fleas for three months, so please choose carefully.

I have used advantage on all my cats with no problems, their is also advantage plus which does the worms i believe, i am looking at that for my ash, as he is really hard to pill even with a piller contraption we bought.

I am so happy to hear that you are getting these kitties seen to, you are an angel, shame on that vet scolding you, little do they know what you are doing for these animals,we need so many people like you in this world.

I hope you get some sort of response from bayer and they can help, only thing is fleas is an ongoing problem, every season, so it is not just a short fix is it,? the cost will always be ongoing.

I wish you all the best of luck in the world and may your furbabies heal nicely and continue to do well.

[Emeraldgreen]

For the ferals she could buy program flea control for cats. It's a liquid that you have to give with food. Some vets don't carry this though. Here's a link that tells more about it: Program Flea Control For Cats.

I remember that used both program and advantage when I first adopted Storm and my RB Pepper because they both had fleas. If it's a lot less than the advantage then she could also use this after she used the advantage to help keep the fleas under control.

That's right! I completely forgot about Program! I know that it deals with the larvae and egg stage of the flea life cycle and works well in conjunction with Advantage that kills the adult fleas. I wonder if Program would work alone though for a feral cat with fleas. Eventually, all the adult fleas would die of old age (lol!) and then eventually the Program would keep the eggs and larvae from becoming fleas. I think!

Moesha: Did that $355 amount include the original amount that Rebecca said she could put toward the surgeries in April?

Yes, the grand total of all funds received by the clinic was 355.00 and includes all the donations. I don't know how much of it was used for the 3 surgeries and how much is left but Rebecca is going to find out from the clinic.

[rebeccahowes]

For the ferals she could buy program flea control for cats. It's a liquid that you have to give with food. Some vets don't carry this though. Here's a link that tells more about it: Program Flea Control For Cats.

I remember that used both program and advantage when I first adopted Storm and my RB Pepper because they both had fleas. If it's a lot less than the advantage then she could also use this after she used the advantage to help keep the fleas under control.

That sounds awesome. I will definitely look into it. I was hoping that there is something out there in cypber space that knows about flea control in the cat food. I definitely feel that I can handle it, although, it will be hard to trap each cat one at a time. It is doable though. I will let you know what I find out and what I do to handle this situation.

[MoonandBean]

I received this response from Advantage. I will certainly call! If anyone else wants to call; it might be the more the better...




Thank you for your recent email regarding the Advantage.

In order to best address your concerns, please contact Bayer Product Information at 800/255-6826 and ask for Jill or Annette. We will be happy to answer all your questions at that time.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards,

Bayer HealthCare

Hi everyone,

As Rebecca knows through our PM's, I will take care of the cost for the 7th cat to get spayed. Regarding the fleas, if anyone has time to call Advantage at the number above...I think the more people that call, the better. I personally haven't called yet but will today. I asked Rebecca to call too. Maybe they will be able to help her with this situation. If anyone calls, post the responses...so we can all see how it's going.

Thanks to everyone who has been helping with this...I see the pot at the end of the rainbow

[rebeccahowes]

I received this response from Advantage. I will certainly call! If anyone else wants to call; it might be the more the better...




Thank you for your recent email regarding the Advantage.

In order to best address your concerns, please contact Bayer Product Information at 800/255-6826 and ask for Jill or Annette. We will be happy to answer all your questions at that time.

I contacted Advantage and they told me to call my vet and have the sales rep make a recommendation for my cats to get donations of advantage. If the sales rep agrees I have a flea problem at my house, donations of Advantage will be sent to the vets and I can pick them up. That is great news!

[rebeccahowes]

Thanks moonandbean for your last donation to help the final cat in my home. I never expected to ever have all of my cats fixed. I would have been in big trouble since four of my cats were prenant when they got to the vets. That would have been a nightmare. Thanks to everyone who has helped my dream come true. My cats seem happiers and do not want to go outside as much. Alls I have lefts to worry about is taken care of the kittens eyes and getting them good homes. Then I can concentrate on flea control.

[MoonandBean]

Awesome! I hope your vet and the Advantage rep will help you. You're welcome for the help...thanks for all you've done too