Can I use frontline spray and frontline plus on my cats/dogs?
Oct.05, 2011 in
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I bought frontline spray about a week and a half ago. It did NOT work. My cats/dogs are covered in fleas. Now, I’m gonna go buy frontline plus for my cats/dogs. I want to know if it’s a bad idea to use the frontline plus because I just used the spray. I don’t want to overdose my cats.
I found this on 1800 pet meds under frontline spray:
Tip: Use Frontline Spray to control existing flea and tick infestations. Use Frontline TopSpot or Frontline Plus every month to prevent flea buildup or reinfestation.
Are they saying its okay to use both? I used a lot of the frontline spray on them..completely saturated them. Sooo, idk.
I’m gonna ask my vet to but no one is ever helpful there!
How about frontline spray and ADVANTAGE?
October 6th, 2011 at 12:36 am
I don’t know about using them so soon together but I can tell you what I tell others about fleas -
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First get Frontline, Advantage, or Revolution from the vet to treat the cats.
Then, if you need to treat the house, use a product which not only kills adult fleas but also prevents eggs from hatching.
When we have bad flea years (haven’t had one in along time – knock on wood
we use Raid products for the house.
They make a fogger called Raid ® : Flea Killer Plus Fogger
http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_fkpf.asp
They also make an area spray called Raid ® : Flea Killer Plus Carpet & Room Spray
http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_fk_pc_rs.asp
We have had very good results with those products.
Remember, you want a product that not only kills adult fleas but also prevents eggs from hatching. If you use something that does not prevent the eggs from hatching, when they hatch you are back where you started.
There is a product, Capstar which is a pill you give the cat. It kills all of the fleas on the cat within about 5 hours.
http://www.capstar.novartis.us/
It does not provide long lasting protection – it merely kills all the fleas on the cat.
You can use it to kill all the fleas on the cat and then treat the cat with Frontline, Advantage, or Revolution, and then treat the cat.
Ask your vet about Capstar and using it in combination with other products.
Capstar is available only by prescription.
We have used it to kill all the fleas on feral cats who we could not handle to apply something else. We transfer them to another cage or carrier, move them out of the room, fog the room, give them the Capstar in food, and then put them back in the main cage.
Capstar is like magic – it really will kill all of the fleas on a cat very quickly and it is safe enough that you could use it every day, if need be – though that would be an expensive way to control fleas, day to day.
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As to no one at the vet’s ever being helpful – sounds like it might be time to find another vet who provides the services a vet should provide. Like answering questions about things such as flea control
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October 6th, 2011 at 1:36 am
Don’t combine the two – if Frontline hasn’t worked for you, move on.
I found neither of those worked, and went over to Revolution – and it works 100%.
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