The warm weather will soon be coming and flea and tick season will be
upon us once again. I am the proud owner of 2 one year old cats ( 1
male, 1 female ). Last year, I adopted the 2 cats who are brother and
sister and who were left as strays in a cardboard box on a boating dock.
Anyway, even though they are both fixed, the male goes outside now
because he is the bigger of the two, and he is a GREAT hunter because he
catches mice for us that wander near the house and/or garage. But the
thing that worries me is that the people who live next door to us (
about 10 feet separates our houses ), have about 20 sh.t Zu dogs running
around in their yard ( chain fenced ). They also run a dog breeding and
dog grooming service, so there are dogs constantly coming and going.
I have seen both my cats starting to scatch themselves all over the past
few days, and now I am worried. Hopefully its just dry skin, and not
dredded fleas!!!!! But to be on the safe side, I still want to protect
them with fleadops. I have read that "Advantage" is the best, but its
also expensive, like $45 dollars I think. I have seen cheaper ones in
the store such as "Zodiac" flea drops for as little as $7.99 which says
100% satisfaction guarantee or your money back, as well as "Hartz
Advanced Care" flea drops for $12.99 which claims to kill both fleas and
flea eggs.
But are these ones any good??? Do they work or are they a waste of
money??? Are they safe??? I would like to get "Advantage" but I am
currently only working part-time, and can't really afford it, but I
don't want fleas in my home, but from the cats scatching up a storm, it
may be to late??? Do the "Hartz Advanced Care" flea drops work, or do I
need to buy the "Advantage"??? Any info. will greatly be appreciated!!!
Thanks!!!
M.C. Mullen - 09 Mar 2004 18:09 GMT
> But are these ones any good??? Do they work or are they a waste of
> money??? Are they safe??? I would like to get "Advantage" but I am
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> need to buy the "Advantage"??? Any info. will greatly be appreciated!!!
> Thanks!!!
If you want to kill your cats then get Hartz. (Google about it).
If you can't afford Advantage, then it's still better for your cats to have
fleas than Hartz.
Hope you can save a Penny or two for Advantage.
Carola
~*Connie*~ - 09 Mar 2004 22:58 GMT
no.. no no no no no no and no.. let me say that one more time.. hartz is NO
good.. there have been many many cats who have had very bad reactions to the
hartz.
advantage and frontline are both very good, and there are a lot of people
selling them on Ebay at a reduced cost if money is a factor.
> The warm weather will soon be coming and flea and tick season will be
> upon us once again. I am the proud owner of 2 one year old cats ( 1
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> need to buy the "Advantage"??? Any info. will greatly be appreciated!!!
> Thanks!!!
jcooper874@webtv.net - 11 Mar 2004 08:30 GMT
go to www.jefferspet.com they have frontline flea drops 24.95
Earl Lewis - 12 Mar 2004 23:47 GMT
Hartz makes my old cat sick. Matter of fact, I think even Advantage
puts him off his feed for a few days.
Earl
Luvskats00 - 16 Mar 2004 11:44 GMT
There have been a significant number of complaints against a number of Hartz
products throughout the years. 20-20, Dateline or 60 minutes reported on it
once or twice. Incredibly, the company still is in business.