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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2004Flea Control
In your opinion what is the best flea control for cats? My vet recommends Frontline, and adds that all the other products are "junk." Iam wondering if he says this because he has a contract with the Frontline Company or if there is some validity to the statement. The cats are inside cats. I have a dog also but she stays indoors as well except for in the morning, she may be on her leash for no more than an hour. She is also outside for our scheduled walks in the evening. I bring this to mind because I realize that she can bring fleas indoors and spread them to the cats. Iam looking for a safe treatment for all of my pets and would love hear some positive input on the subject. Thank you all. Frontline, Advantage, and Revolution are all good products for fleas. Some of these have uses for "bugs" other than fleas. If you vet recommends Frontline, go for it. ---MIKE--- >In your opinion what is the best flea control for cats? My vet >recommends Frontline, and adds that all the other products are "junk." >Iam wondering if he says this because he has a contract with the >Frontline Company or if there is Advantage definitely isn't junk, and I hear Revolution is very good though I haven't tried it. In fact, I have a cat who reacts badly to Frontline, but tolerates Advantage just fine. We don't have ticks, but it works with fleas very well. Sherry if it is only for flea control, frontline lasts for 3 months, and is one of the better products out there. Any product you get from a vet (advantage revolution frontline) is going to work better than anything you can get OTC, and you know they are much safer. A lot of the OTC stuff is quite dangerous and toxic to pets. > In your opinion what is the best flea control for cats? My vet > recommends Frontline, and adds that all the other products are "junk." [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > of my pets and would love hear some positive input on the subject. > Thank you all. > In your opinion what is the best flea control for cats? My vet > recommends Frontline, and adds that all the other products are "junk." [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > of my pets and would love hear some positive input on the subject. > Thank you all. Plain Frontline or Advantage - I have used both with success. -L. > In your opinion what is the best flea control for cats? My vet > recommends Frontline, and adds that all the other products are "junk." [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > of my pets and would love hear some positive input on the subject. > Thank you all. I don't use any flea treatments on my cat and I only really think they are necessary if your animals associate with lots of other animals. I would think that a dog being walked on a lead would not really fall into this category. This was certainly the case with my dog. I don't think I can remember my dog ever having fleas or ticks apart from once when she had spent time on the farm around sheep. I think it has become common to treat preventatively and I wonder if it's really necessary in a lot of cases. Jeannie >> The cats are inside cats. I have a dog also but she stays indoors as >> well except for in the morning, she may be on her leash for no more than [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Jeannie I don't think preventive flea treatment is necessary, either. I never treat unless I see a flea. But around here, a pet sure doesn't have to associate with other animals to get fleas. They just get them from going outdoors. (But our climate is very conducive to flea infestations) Sherry > In your opinion what is the best flea control for cats? My vet > recommends Frontline, and adds that all the other products are "junk." [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > of my pets and would love hear some positive input on the subject. > Thank you all. We do not treat our cats for fleas unless and until fleas are present, but fleas have not been a problem where we live. (Ticks, on the other hand, are.) IMHO, over-the-counter flea treatments contain pesticides that can be dangerously toxic for your pets, especially the liquid and spray flea treatments. A short while ago, I posted detailed research information about the insecticides used in Frontline and Advantage. Frontline advertises that it controls ticks and fleas, while Advantage only advertises that it is for control of fleas. Advantage has a much longer track record of being a safe flea control insecticide, and is safer for those who handle their pets a lot or have small children. >In your opinion what is the best flea control for cats? My vet >recommends Frontline, and adds that all the other products are "junk." [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >of my pets and would love hear some positive input on the subject. >Thank you all. I use Revolution (prescription med) My cats are in and out of the house. We have fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes. I mainly use the Revolution because of the mosquitoes and heartworm prevention that it imparts to my cats. Not cheap, but what is now. >>Thank you all. >I use Revolution (prescription med) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >prevention that it imparts to my> cats. >Not cheap, but what is now. I also use Revolution for prevention of heartworm. It also happens to protect against fleas, but I've never seen a flea problem in our area. If it weren't for the small risk of heartworm, I wouldn't use a flea preventative, but I was glad our cats were on Revolution when we took in a stray cat with a severe ear mite infestation. Revolution also protects against ear mites. >>>Thank you all. >>I use Revolution (prescription med) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >glad our cats were on Revolution when we took in a stray cat with a severe ear >mite infestation. Revolution also protects against ear mites. Yep it does that too. Good stuff. I have heard of some cats having a reaction to it, but then again some have a reaction to Advantage. >>>>Thank you all. >>>I use Revolution (prescription med) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >ear >>mite infestation. Revolution also protects against ear mites. >Yep it does that too. >Good stuff. >I have heard of some cats having a reaction to it, but then again some >have a reaction to Advantage. All medications have the risk of possible side effects. Our vet is conservative with new treatments and he waited quite a while before deciding Revolution had proven to be safe enough to prescribe. Our cats have had no side effects and it is certainly easier to administer than Heartgard, which we had been using previously. Our cats absolutely would not eat the Heartgard. But yes, some cats may have a reaction to any flea or heartworm preventative. > In your opinion what is the best flea control for cats? My vet > recommends Frontline, and adds that all the other products are "junk." [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > of my pets and would love hear some positive input on the subject. > Thank you all. I use Frontline Plus. My cats act like it's worse than getting a shot. Cody bit me when I put it on him the other day, and Midnight kept running away until I managed to sneak up on him to apply it.  Signaturemike3k <at> suespammers <dot> org You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire. Once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. - Peter Gabriel, "Biko"
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