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Ok please bear with me. When frontline came out onthe market several years ago the instructions given by most vets were to place half the tube at the base of the neck and half at the base of the tail. I only had dogs then so that is what i was told by vets. Since i only had hairless dogs, i couldnt use the spot on and had to use the spray so it didnt really apply in my circumstances anyway

Now it seems that only at the base of the neck is sufficent. ( i still use the frontline spray for my hairless dogs and haired ones
). Yet when i put advantage, purchased from my vet, ( i know they are differnet products) on PB a couple of months ago for fleas, it didnt even make a dent in the fleas for PB. My home has been treated several times very very recently. My hairless dogs dont have fleas nor do my German Shepherds who are inside outside dogs. PB is the only animal we have that has fleas. I am going to get a months worth of Frontline plus from the vet friday and put it on PB to see if it will make a difference.

So my question is... how do yall apply frontline to your kitties? Just on the back of the neck or at both places. Im hesitant to put it at the base of his tail due to him possibly ingesting it, but i will get an e collar if thats what works best.
 
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Originally Posted by amitya

Ok please bear with me. When frontline came out onthe market several years ago the instructions given by most vets were to place half the tube at the base of the neck and half at the base of the tail. I only had dogs then so that is what i was told by vets. Since i only had hairless dogs, i couldnt use the spot on and had to use the spray so it didnt really apply in my circumstances anyway

Now it seems that only at the base of the neck is sufficent. ( i still use the frontline spray for my hairless dogs and haired ones
). Yet when i put advantage, purchased from my vet, ( i know they are differnet products) on PB a couple of months ago for fleas, it didnt even make a dent in the fleas for PB. My home has been treated several times very very recently. My hairless dogs dont have fleas nor do my German Shepherds who are inside outside dogs. PB is the only animal we have that has fleas. I am going to get a months worth of Frontline plus from the vet friday and put it on PB to see if it will make a difference.

So my question is... how do yall apply frontline to your kitties? Just on the back of the neck or at both places. Im hesitant to put it at the base of his tail due to him possibly ingesting it, but i will get an e collar if thats what works best.
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Only put it in between their shoulder blades, so they can't lick it!!!
 
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thank you-- is this what yall do at your clinic? Have yall had any problems with the frontline not working well?
 
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Both the instructions on our Frontline and the Vet says to put half at the base of the skull on the back of the neck and the other half about an inch further down (just about between the shoulder blades). Both halves in places where the kitties can't lick it off.

Hope that helps.
 
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Originally Posted by amitya

thank you-- is this what yall do at your clinic? Have yall had any problems with the frontline not working well?
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Yes. I have had ALL my cats on Frontline for many months. We have a huge flea problem!!! So for me, Frontline is a waste of money. Sorry to say this. I hope you have better luck. We are actually going to be trying the Advantage and ?Program? to see if that helps.
 
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I Work at a vet hospital in Sydney and we don't recomend frontline to anyone anymore. The top spot simply does not work! The spray is great but stinks to high heaven.
I personally use Advocate as it does fleas, heartworm, gut worms, and lice and mange.
We use Advantage on the cats in the cattery and have not had a flea problem since switching to it.
You could use program for fleas too but I would say Advocate and Advantage are the best on the market right now.
 
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ok so what about revolution? is it ok for cats? do they even make it for cats? is it a spot on? what is it price wise compared to frontline/advantage?

i want the least amount of chemicals on PB to do the job safely and effectively.
 
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Frontline right between the shoulder blades at the base of the neck. I have used it for years - works very well - never a flea here!
 
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Revolution is great too. It does wonders with fleas because it controls the whole cycle.
It does all the same things that Advocate does but its just made by Pfizer insted of Bayer. It's a bit more expensive when compared to Advocate but it gets the job done and dries in about 2 hours.
Yes it's for cats too and is spot on.
 
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And the frontline spray can be used on cats too!!!! just incase you wanted to use that on everyone
 
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