What method of flea control/prevention do you use?

[IRescue452]

I chose other. I use no chemicals unless they have more than a few fleas in a short timespan and then I will use frontline. I've used it once on one dog this year.

I do however use a flea comb to check their coats after an outing. Fleas are common where I live I think because I'm across the field from a local dog park. I may find as little as one adult flea on one of the dogs and comb through their whole bodies and find no others. I prefer to catch them early before they can reproduce and before I even find any flea poop on them. I haven't had a full infestation with these dogs ever.

[sallyandsnowx]

When we first adopted Snow, she had a huge flea problem (multiple flea baths, even the house had to get exterminated.. ) Ever since then we've used Advantage for her and it works great! Not a single flea, thank god.

[Kater]

Colorado does not have many fleas or ticks. I have Kirk on Sentinel right now, but when I'm back in Hawaii that will surely change. He will need to be on an adulticide of some kind, most likely topical.

[chocolatepuppy]

Frontline Plus for the dogs. I only use it every other month in the summer.

[Taz_Zoee]

Frontline Plus for the dogs. I only use it every other month in the summer.

Same here. I usually only apply it before they go to my brothers house when we are out of town. They have ticks out there too.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Even though all of my cats are indoor only, I've been using Advantage on them every month for many years. When I didn't, they would get fleas. I live in a condo and there are other animals close by. If they have fleas then my cats will get them too. I have to use it year round because the weather is very mild here in CA. I also buy the largest dog advantage and then I measure it for my cats. This saves me a lot of money and it's been preapproved by my vet. In fact one of my former vets was the one who recommended doing this to help save me money.

[AvaJoy]

. . . I also buy the largest dog advantage and then I measure it for my cats. This saves me a lot of money and it's been preapproved by my vet. In fact one of my former vets was the one who recommended doing this to help save me money.

I'm surprised that a vet would recommend such a practice, as I have always heard that using DOG flea/tick meds on a CAT would cause severe illness and could prove fatal.

For years I have used Frontline Plus exclusively on my cats but only during the mild months. Once the weather turns frigid I discontinue until springtime. It costs a small fortune to do so many cats, but is worth it as I have never had a flea or tick infestation.

[mrspunkysmom]

Originally Posted by krazyaboutkatz
. . . I also buy the largest dog advantage and then I measure it for my cats. This saves me a lot of money and it's been preapproved by my vet. In fact one of my former vets was the one who recommended doing this to help save me money.

I'm surprised that a vet would recommend such a practice, as I have always heard that using DOG flea/tick meds on a CAT would cause severe illness and could prove fatal.

For years I have used Frontline Plus exclusively on my cats but only during the mild months. Once the weather turns frigid I discontinue until springtime. It costs a small fortune to do so many cats, but is worth it as I have never had a flea or tick infestation.

I've had a vet do the same thing also. The large dog flea medicine is in the same percentage as the cat flea medicine. The dog just gets up to 5 times more. I can't remember right now. So I used a syringe sans needle with some left over. I had two cats at the time so I am thinking I might have had one dose left over. The stuff does not evaporate either. It saved me a lot of money when I was out of work.