How to apply front line correctly?

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Every time i try to apply frontline it all gets soaked up in the hair instead of on the skin, it seems like i cant part the hair enough to keep the frontline from getting in the fur more than on the skin...

does it matter? I was thinking i could clip a little hair off if i have too...
 
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It is tricky, but I've discovered that the secret is to press the vial of liquid firmly against the skin between the parted hair, and don't be tempted to lift it even a fraction until you've completely emptied it and stopped squeezing. I used to end up getting it on the fur and I think I was inadvertently lifting the vial a fraction while squeezing to see if it was all applied. I now make sure that I squeeze and release while it's firmly pressed against the skin, and dont relax my grip on it at all until it's emptied. That seems to have solved the problem and I now generally avoid the making them look as though they're wearing hair gel.
 
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Originally Posted by urbantigers

It is tricky, but I've discovered that the secret is to press the vial of liquid firmly against the skin between the parted hair, and don't be tempted to lift it even a fraction until you've completely emptied it and stopped squeezing. I used to end up getting it on the fur and I think I was inadvertently lifting the vial a fraction while squeezing to see if it was all applied. I now make sure that I squeeze and release while it's firmly pressed against the skin, and dont relax my grip on it at all until it's emptied. That seems to have solved the problem and I now generally avoid the making them look as though they're wearing hair gel.
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thanks! ill try this next time
 
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Glad I'm not the only one with this trouble! I've applied it many times in dogs, and never had a problem. We do Belle and Delilah, and their necks are covered. We did Delilah second, and hers was a little better because we did try to put the vial right against the skin!

Come to think of it, the cat one (we used Advantage) seemed to be more of a gel, rather than the dog one (revolution, I think) was a liquid.
 
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this is what my vet taught me. It depends on which parasite you want to get rid off.

For lice you need to spray the hair. Because lice lives there.

For flea you must spray the skin area. You might need to do a comb and spray at the same time.

For both method you need to do this for couple of week because you only kills the adults parasite not the eggs
 
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Frontline Combo - what we use - does kill the eggs.

I know what you mean about problems getting it on, though! I have done dogs numerous times, but we just did our cats for the first time last week. What an ordeal! Paddington HATES to have anything against his skin like that, so we had some difficulty getting it directly on his skin. Conor was fine with it (though, she managed to lick it so the hypersalvation set it...), but Steve was impossible. But, it seemed to work - no fleas or eggs for the past week (though, it is disturbing to find dead flea bodies around the house...).
 
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Originally Posted by marjan

this is what my vet taught me. It depends on which parasite you want to get rid off.

For lice you need to spray the hair. Because lice lives there.

For flea you must spray the skin area. You might need to do a comb and spray at the same time.

For both method you need to do this for couple of week because you only kills the adults parasite not the eggs
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Generally, most of us use Advantage or Revolution which is a liquid that is applied to the back of the neck (up high) so the cat cannot reach it to lick. These topical solutions work for about a month, so needs to be re-applied monthly. Spraying any insecticide directly onto an animal would not be something I would do. The cat would be able to lick itself and ingest the insecticide. I'm also not in favour of over-the-counter products as they are usually ineffective and some are very dangerous.

I appreciate that you are in a different part of the world than most of us, but I would not recommend spraying anything on a cat.
 
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The vet said that the treatment would still work, even if some of it ends up rolling down their neck. It just makes me nervous when it gets in an area they can reach to lick!
 
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Oh, zoeysmom! I know what you are talking about! We applied the Frontline to our three cats about two weeks ago and Conor is much more flexible than we bargained for (I applied it EXACTLY where our vet told us...) and she managed to lick it. It was horrible watching our sweet little girl drooling like that.
 
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If some of it does get on the hair, which just happened to me, doesn't it eventually work it's way around the cat anyway?
 
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