Flea treatment?

[BFG TERRANO]

Front line seems to have stopped working on the cat, any recommendations people?

[bexVN]

Are you treating the house and where are you getting the fronting from?

[BFG TERRANO]

We're not treating the house. All we've ever done is use frontline on the cat every 3 months but it's suddenly not working?

[eggchaser1987]

Use treatment the house as well as the animal. We had fleas that would jot go after putting out dog in kennels for a couple of days, needn't say we haven't been back since.

Got some house spray from Amazon virbac indorex spray. We put some flea stuff on the dog, sprayed the entire house that used three cans (we dont have a huge house) then went out with the dog for the day. Vacuum when we got back and that seams to work.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Virbac-02-4162-Indorex-Fle...

Link is where we ordered it from.

[BFG TERRANO]

eggchaser1987 said:

Use treatment the house as well as the animal. We had fleas that would jot go after putting out dog in kennels for a couple of days, needn't say we haven't been back since.

Got some house spray from Amazon virbac indorex spray. We put some flea stuff on the dog, sprayed the entire house that used three cans (we dont have a huge house) then went out with the dog for the day. Vacuum when we got back and that seams to work.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Virbac-02-4162-Indorex-Fle...

Link is where we ordered it from.

Brilliant! Thank you

[bexVN]

Indorex is good but really stinks! I prefer vetkem Acclaim (£8.70 on Viovet recently) One can should do a 3-4 bedroom house if used correctly.

There are two types of Frontline. Ones from pharmacies and pet supermarkets only contains treatment for the pet and no environmental cover so when many swapped to this product from Frontline Combo they lost the vital protection for the house.

However if you have only ever used Frontline and not Frontline Combo then it would suggest dropped efficacy.

Most good spot on products are only available via a vets or online with a prescription needed.

Try a good house spray first (ie Indorex or Acclaim) give them a few weeks to kick in follow the guidelines such as lots and lots of vacuuming!! Spray the WHOLE house.

Oh and Frontliner spot on needs applying EVERY month not every 3 months.

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 11th October 11:32

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 11th October 11:34

[HOGEPH]

Try Advocate instead.

[Mobile Chicane]

I've heard reports of fleas becoming immune to Frontline. Advocate is what my vet prescribes.

[bexVN]

Mobile Chicane said:

I've heard reports of fleas becoming immune to Frontline. Advocate is what my vet prescribes.

It's difficult to say for sure, I definitely feel it is not as effective as it was but I think other problem areas are people who were using Frontline Combo changed to just Frontline when it became available in shops etc but no treatment to the house which they should have started when they stopped the Combo.

Also people have not always used it monthly as they got complacent with it. All these add up to a way in for fleas

We do think Advocate is better but I think Op could get on top of the problem with house spray (which they'd have to use with advocate anyway at this point) and using Frontline every month.

Another point is cats weight, Frontline does appear to lose efficacy in cats over 6kg (Advocate can cover up to 8kg)

[edc]

For the last 4 years I've used frontline combo on my 2 cats and in 3 different houses. I tend to use it feb / mar to oct / nov.

[BFG TERRANO]

Thanks all, some good info

[Negative Creep]

My housecat managed to catch them despite being Frontlined, and the vet has confirmed it no longer works. They sold me Activyl and a can of Indorex for the house, both of which nuked the little bds almost overnight

[BFG TERRANO]

Update folks- got a tablet from the vet, forget what it is. Anyway, one lasts a month, simply crushed over the food and fleas start to die in 30 minutes. They sure did! Fireside rug covered in dead fleas this morning!

Asked the vet about frontline. He said it's due to the last couple of mild winters and fleas numbers rocketing it can't cope. Mmm?

[Negative Creep]

Well you got him to take the tablet, so that's the hardest part over with......

[bexVN]

BFG TERRANO said:

Update folks- got a tablet from the vet, forget what it is. Anyway, one lasts a month, simply crushed over the food and fleas start to die in 30 minutes. They sure did! Fireside rug covered in dead fleas this morning!

Asked the vet about frontline. He said it's due to the last couple of mild winters and fleas numbers rocketing it can't cope. Mmm?

He is right and people's complacency with flea control.

The flea tablet is Capstar probably. They are great for immediate burden but not long term protection. Assume you've now sprayed the house.

[BFG TERRANO]

bexVN said:

He is right and people's complacency with flea control.

The flea tablet is Capstar probably. They are great for immediate burden but not long term protection. Assume you've now sprayed the house.

Yes that's the tablet. £13 it cost. Worth every penny and the cat seems to have no ill effects from it. My wife has done the house today with something that has to be hoovered later.

[jagracer]

I've found Frontline didn't work on the dogs this year and we've had a hell of a problem with the cats, one is even covered in small scabs which the vet has treated, he says the cat may have become allergic to flea bites.

eggchaser1987 said:

Got some house spray from Amazon virbac indorex spray. We put some flea stuff on the dog, sprayed the entire house that used three cans (we dont have a huge house) then went out with the dog for the day. Vacuum when we got back and that seams to work.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Virbac-02-4162-Indorex-Fle...
Link is where we ordered it from.

Thanks for that link, I paid £20 for that from our local equine place a few weeks ago although it did do the trick.