What method of flea control/prevention do you use?

**chocolatepuppy** · 12-09-2011, 09:22 PM

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

**Taz_Zoee** · 12-10-2011, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy

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** · 12-10-2011, 01:19 AM

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** · 12-19-2011, 09:27 AM

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.

**mrspunkysmom** · 12-20-2011, 02:48 PM

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.

Originally Posted by AvaJoy

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.

**Roxyluvsme13** · 12-25-2011, 01:06 AM

Has anybody tried anything with citrus? I read online about boiling orange peels and then spraying that or dousing it on them... I tried it today because for some reason, the fleas seem to even live here during the winter time, and I didn't have $150+ to go out and buy flea medicines for all 4 so I thought I'd try something natural until I had money...

Anyway, it seems to be working. I had to dilute the mixture for the cats as they can be sensitive to citrus, but they haven't scratched since I put this on them!

**snakemama** · 12-30-2011, 02:11 PM

If you like Frontline but find it too expensive, check out Sentry's Fiproguard. It has the same main active ingredient as Frontline and it's a LOT less expensive.

**Catty1** · 06-22-2014, 12:08 PM

In Canada here there is a product at the vets called Profender. It's a gel that is put on the back of the neck. It gets fleas and worms and anything else in that category.

**Roxyluvsme13** · 06-28-2014, 10:39 PM

Frontline Plus was what I used for a long time, but it doesn't work here now. So I use Revolution or Advantage. Have to use something because fleas are awful in the southeast

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**pomtzu** · 06-29-2014, 09:42 AM

This is an old thread, but thought I would add to it anyway.

Since this is the first full flea and tick season that I have had Wolfy, I was at odds on what to use. When we were in NC for the end part of the season last year - Oct-Nov-Dec - the fleas were vicious and even Advantix II didn't work. When we came back to DE in Jan, I didn't need anything because of the brutally cold winter that we had, but I needed to decide what to use when Spring rolled around. I really wanted to get away from the topicals, and read up on the Seresto collar and decided to try that since it got good positive reviews. So far - so good - no sign of fleas or ticks - and I don't have to remember to apply anything to his skin every month. The collar is good for up to 8 months - just put it on and forget it.