I tried to post this under "best flea preventative for cats" but for some reason it never went through, so I figured I'd re-post it here in case anyone else was interested.
My husband and I have run a dog rescue for the past three years (off and on) and have learned quite a few money-saving tricks as we go. One of the best things we've learned is how to save a LOT of money on Frontline (which you can get off the internet, usually for less than what you pay at the vets office.) We order the frontline for XL dogs, and portion it out for the smaller dogs. It is much less expensive that way. So when we got our first cat, we called the Frontline company to find out whether the cat formula was the same as the dog formula. They let us know that it is the same (only packaged differently), and also told us how much of it to use on a cat. As it turns out, one XL frontline application will treat a cat NINE times.
We buy our frontline from "digitpet" (www.digitpet.com) for about $15 per tube ($40 for a 3-pack) which comes to about $1.50 per application for a cat!!!
That is obviously a huge savings over regular cat-frontline (at about $10 per application.) I've listed the amounts to give below (and included the amounts for dogs, in case any of you also have a dog and want to buy a single dose of frontline to treat everyone.) You can use a regular syringe (you can buy them at any feed and grain store) and just draw up the amount you need.
Hope this helps!
Cat:
0.5cc (I use a little more than this on our Maine Coons)
Dog:
0-22lbs - 1cc
23-44lbs - 1.5cc
45-87lbs - 2.7cc
88-130lbs - 4.5cc
My husband and I have run a dog rescue for the past three years (off and on) and have learned quite a few money-saving tricks as we go. One of the best things we've learned is how to save a LOT of money on Frontline (which you can get off the internet, usually for less than what you pay at the vets office.) We order the frontline for XL dogs, and portion it out for the smaller dogs. It is much less expensive that way. So when we got our first cat, we called the Frontline company to find out whether the cat formula was the same as the dog formula. They let us know that it is the same (only packaged differently), and also told us how much of it to use on a cat. As it turns out, one XL frontline application will treat a cat NINE times.
Hope this helps!
Cat:
0.5cc (I use a little more than this on our Maine Coons)
Dog:
0-22lbs - 1cc
23-44lbs - 1.5cc
45-87lbs - 2.7cc
88-130lbs - 4.5cc