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Ted Davis - 04 May 2004 16:45 GMT

I've been using Frontline for a while now, and sometimes it doesn't
work for long enough - sometimes it seems it works only for a day or
two.

This morning I think I found out why. The drops are put on the back
of the cat's head so the cat can't lick them off ... but other cats
can. I am currently dosing my cats for May, and Millie was one of the
first - she got hers Sunday night. Tuesday morning, Tigger was giving
her a through head wash. Many of my cats groom each other, and that
mutual grooming may sometimes remove enough of the Frontline dose to
make it ineffective.

Any thoughts?

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~*Connie*~ - 04 May 2004 17:54 GMT

another issue is how much the cat weighs. If its more than 10-12 lbs, you
might want to consider using a small dog dose (straight from a FL rep.)

> I've been using Frontline for a while now, and sometimes it doesn't
> work for long enough - sometimes it seems it works only for a day or
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Ted Davis - 04 May 2004 21:58 GMT

>another issue is how much the cat weighs. If its more than 10-12 lbs, you
>might want to consider using a small dog dose (straight from a FL rep.)

Actually, Millie is so small an light I am concerned about the
standard cat dose.

The big ones don't seem to get licked as much as some of the smaller
ones, and they don't seem to have as much difficulty (except that the
tick effect fails after about three weeks).

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M.C. Mullen - 04 May 2004 20:16 GMT

| I've been using Frontline for a while now, and sometimes it doesn't
| work for long enough - sometimes it seems it works only for a day or
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| Any thoughts?

I bought frontline at the vet's yesterday. It's the stuff against fleas and
ticks (Spot On).
The vet said that some spray is actually better and more effective and also
cheaper. I could not be bothered spraying the whole cat though.
But I guess it's worth a try. I assume the stuff puts off cats from licking.
But then maybe that's not exactly what you want.

Carola

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Ted Davis - 05 May 2004 17:34 GMT

>| I've been using Frontline for a while now, and sometimes it doesn't
>| work for long enough - sometimes it seems it works only for a day or
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>But I guess it's worth a try. I assume the stuff puts off cats from licking.
>But then maybe that's not exactly what you want.

Since I use a spray bottle of water for discipline, bringing out any
spray bottle causes all the cats to disappear. I don't think it's
possible to have it both ways.

In any case, Frontline costs only about $1.50 per cat per month ($38 +
tax for two medium-large dogs and twelve cats, with a bit left over).

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Medusa - 07 May 2004 00:47 GMT

>>| I've been using Frontline for a while now, and sometimes it doesn't
>>| work for long enough - sometimes it seems it works only for a day or
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WHere are you buying it that cheaply?

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Ted Davis - 07 May 2004 02:33 GMT

>> In any case, Frontline costs only about $1.50 per cat per month ($38 +
>> tax for two medium-large dogs and twelve cats, with a bit left over).

>WHere are you buying it that cheaply?

Large dog size ... from my vet - 12 ml per package: 5 ml or so for the
dogs leaves 7 ml (14 0.5 ml cat doses) for the cats, waste, etc.

I don't know how the stuff keeps once opened and repackaged in a
bottle, so I can't recommend that approach for lone cats, but at eight
cats per vial, or perhaps a dog and some cats, it starts making good
sense.

With as many animals as I have, buying things in bulk is almost
essential: a twenty pound bag of dog food lasts about a week, and the
cats eat their way through a twenty pound bag of cat food in less than
two weeks. Today I bought fifty pounds of dog food and forty of cat
food. That will hold me for a while. I'll need another pack of
Frontline for next month.

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