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Cat Forum / General Topics / July 2005How do you fine bare skin on Coon cat to apply Frontline?
Spread the fur..spread it more..then again. I'm thinking this...you know that commercial that advertises little razor that shaves off hair in small doses? I'm gonna get that. No way can I get Frontline on back of cat by "spreading fur and looking for skin." I applied one dose as best I could. Waited a few days and she's still scratching. That my be due to old bites. Anyways, I just now applied second dose of Frontline to her. Maybe that will soak into skin. I'm gonna by one of those AS ADVERTISED ON TV little razor scrapers and gently scrape her behind here neck area so I can get Frontline to lie on some damn skin! : Spread the fur..spread it more..then again. : [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] : I'm gonna by one of those AS ADVERTISED ON TV little razor scrapers and gently scrape her : behind here neck area so I can get Frontline to lie on some damn skin! As far as I know you should use Frontline only once in four weeks. Did you get the right dose? Carola > As far as I know you should use Frontline only once in four weeks. Did you > get the right dose? > > Carola There is an anti-flea shot you can get at some vets'. I can't remember the name of the stuff--the vet just called it a "Program". Here, the program shot costs $40, and is supposedly good for six months. (Frontline, OTOH, costs about $30 for one month.) I had my four given the "program"--we'll see how effective it is. Apparently, it doesn't KILL the fleas--it makes the eggs sterile. So the present generation of fleas will still be there, but in a week or so they'll have died a natural death--and the eggs they laid will not hatch into new fleas. : > As far as I know you should use Frontline only once in four weeks. Did you : > get the right dose? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] : have died a natural death--and the eggs they laid will not hatch into new : fleas. $ 30 seems a lot. This is what I pay for a set of three which have to be applied once a month. New they have stuff combined for fleas and ticks. It's called Combo and works extremely well. Carola > $ 30 seems a lot. This is what I pay for a set of three which have to be > applied once a month. > New they have stuff combined for fleas and ticks. It's called Combo and > works extremely well. Yes, $30 for a packet of three ampules. And since I'm treating 4 cats, that's $60 for one month, $360 for six months. Compare with $160 to get the same number of cats innoculated for that six months--IF the stuff works as well as the vet claims it does. : > $ 30 seems a lot. This is what I pay for a set of three which have to be : > applied once a month. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] : same number of cats innoculated for that six months--IF the stuff works as : well as the vet claims it does. It works *really* well, but I only treat twice when needed, mostly in early summer, and then the one cat who roams is fine again for a long time. Worming is a different thing. I worm all pets about 3-4 times a year because they sleep in our beds. (Exception: the Pony! But we don't have one at the moment). Carola > Spread the fur..spread it more..then again. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > gently scrape her behind here neck area so I can get Frontline to lie on > some damn skin! I use Revolution but the problem is the same. I find one little hint of skin and plunge it down there. There will be a wet spot on the hair and am assuming that it gets sucked into the skin through the hair as this is what they did at the vet's office when they showed me how to do it. I hold the hair down with one hand and brush the hair away from it with my thumb while also holding the applicator. Luckily the cats do not fight it anymore. Stone Some pic's http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stoneman72/my_photos > Spread the fur..spread it more..then again. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > gently scrape her behind here neck area so I can get Frontline to lie on > some damn skin! electric nose-hair trimmer ? pat |
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