Frontline Plus vs Advantix
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Comments (5)I've not tried the Vectra, but IMHO, Frontline and Advantix were a waste of time and money. The best thing I've found you can get for fleas is Comfortis once a month tablets from your Vet. There's an OTC daily version called Capstar that also works great, but for our multiple dog household, the once a month stuff is the easiest. (Comfortis is not available for cats, not sure about Capstar) Within 4 hours, every flea on your dog will be either dead or dying, and unlike using a dip or a oily drop on the back, the dog is safe for anyone to handle; no poisonous residue. If you also have a tick problem, the Zema Tick Arrest collar, or Preventic brand available at a Vet are the absolute best. Either one is fine to use with the Comfortis tablet. I don't sell the stuff, or own stock in the companies, I just know they work....See MoreHeartworm vs. combo med
Comments (10)Actually neither milbemycin nor lufenuron are metabolized in the liver, so Sentinel will not be "hard on the dog's liver." Both drugs are excreted unchanged in the bile to feces. Also, tapeworms, while common, are mostly harmless. I say mostly because a gigantic infection may cause disease in theory, but I have never seen nor heard of any disease attributed solely to tapeworm infestation. They are gross though. Finally, if you are using Heartgard, Interceptor, Sentinel, or Revolution then you are deworming for intestinal parasites every time you give it. None of the products kill tapeworms, but they all kill roundworms and hookworms, plus Interceptor and Sentinel also kill whipworms. So the statement that "but I dont think regular treatment for intestinal parasites is as necessary as the heartguard" is incorrect because you are in fact treating intestinal parasites every month by using heartgard. Advantage is to be used once monthly, not weekly. Quirky, your vet may be referring to Preventic collar, which is amitraz. It only protects against ticks, but seems to be very effective even for dogs that are exposed a LOT. The major downside is that amitraz is a powerful CNS agent and that if swallowed can cause serious toxicity. I wouldn't allow the Preventic collar near children, and I'd be VERY cautious about cats in the household as well, especially if the cats are known to groom their canine friends. I do know one vet who puts Preventic collar on her dogs only when they are running around in the woods, then she stores it safely out of reach of her pets and neices and nephews. Right now, it appears that Frontline Plus is working well on my dogs, but I do like to watch out for ticks. I am lucky that we don't have a lot of Lyme disease here, but we do have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and having had it myself once, it is awful. So I use Frontline Plus year round. I also use Sentinel, but only because I get it free through school. Once I have to pay for heartworm prevention again, I'll switch to just Interceptor because I think Sentinel plus Frontline Plus is overkill and a waste of money. But for now, free is free :)...See MoreConcerning Frontline
Comments (15)I stopped using any type off flea treatment. Why you might ask?? First of all, the two large dogs I had at the time, about 5 years ago were using the collar (can't remember which brand). Vet said it would work. WELL, my dogs are very close, they play, etc. etc., everything together. While playing, I think they mouthed the collars, THEN they BOTH got the most god awful diarrhea I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing in a dog. They both literally exploded all over my wall to wall carpet. Somehow, the carpet wasn't ruined. I quizzed the vet I had at the time, he said this could not have been the reason. I took off the collars, things cleared up. Since then I have used no treatment. I have since heard/read that all flea treatment is poison, which sort of makes sense, because it has to kill the fleas. Everyone gets a bath about once a month, I vacuum every couple of days, and I never have had a problem. SG...See MoreHeartGuard vs interceptor?
Comments (46)I have purchased my heartworm meds for my dog from this place in Australia for the past 5 years and am very pleased with their service. http://www.pets-megastore.com.au/ I buy Valuheart (which is a generic Heartgard but without the pyrantel that supposedly controls worms.) Their prices are about half that of US pet pharmacies, much less than from the vet, and no prescription is required for any HW preventative or de-worming med in Australia (or in most other countries.) Neither Heartgard or Interceptor are very good at controlling intestinal parasites. I buy Vetafarm Wormout All Wormer (praziquantel and oxfendazole) and administer this preparation to my dogs and cat 4 times a year. It kills ALL worms as the name implies (tapes, rounds, hook.) I treat fleas and ticks in my dogs with Frontline plus, and buy Revolution for my cat to control external parasites and prevent heartworm. I buy all the above from petsmegastore (link above) and the savings are considerable as well as the convenience of not needing a script. A sub-population of collies and related herding dogs have a mutant gene that makes them sensitive to ivermectin, as well as a long list of other drugs. There is an urban rumor that, for these dogs, the ivermectin in Heartgard poses a danger and that Interceptor is safer. However the active ingredient in Interceptor (milbemycin) is in the same class of drug as ivermectin and poses the same risk. Despite this, the active ingredients in all the monthly HW preventative meds are safe for dogs with the mutant gene. They would have to ingest 10 doses of a monthly HW drug to be at risk. From the researchers at Washington State University who discovered the mutant gene: Ivermectin (antiparasitic agent). While the dose of ivermectin used to prevent heartworm infection is SAFE in dogs with the mutation (6 micrograms per kilogram), higher doses, such as those used for treating mange (300-600 micrograms per kilogram) will cause neurological toxicity in dogs that are homozygous for the MDR1 mutation (mutant/mutant) and can cause toxicity in dogs that are heterozygous for the mutation (mutant/normal). Selamectin, milbemycin, and moxidectin (antaparasitic agents). Similar to ivermectin, these drugs are safe in dogs with the mutation if used for heartworm prevention at the manufacturer's recommended dose. Higher doses (generally 10-20 times higher than the heartworm prevention dose) have been documented to cause neurological toxicity in dogs with the MDR1 mutation....See Morecats.and.dog
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