Advocate flea treatment
Discussion
The new kittens should be old/heavy enough as of next week to start their flea treatment program. Vet nurse says Frontline (or any of the Fipronil containing treatments) are now largely ineffective and we should consider Advocate which does the worming too. Thats fine but I wont be buying it direct from the vet (large chain) as their mark up is ridiculous. I will pay the £12 for them to issue a pair of prescriptions and save myself £72 for the year!!
Having always used frontline and found it to do the job what are your experiences with flea treatments? - is what we were told the whole truth or are there other non-prescription alternatives that will be equally or more effective?.
The terrible two: Moglett (with the white bits) and Millie - fully recharged and ready to cause chaos!!
Having always used frontline and found it to do the job what are your experiences with flea treatments? - is what we were told the whole truth or are there other non-prescription alternatives that will be equally or more effective?.
The terrible two: Moglett (with the white bits) and Millie - fully recharged and ready to cause chaos!!
Edited by shep1001 on Sunday 11th August 15:39
Can I just defend against 'the ridiculous mark up' statement.
Online sites sell products for almost the same (sometimes less) than what we can buy them in. We have to put a mark up on them (overheads to cover)
Plus- do you get advice from the website or free advice from your vet nurse, who btw was right.
Frontline does still work for some but due to a growing number of negative responses from clients it would seem not as effective as it once was.
We advise Advocate as our first line treatment now.
Online sites sell products for almost the same (sometimes less) than what we can buy them in. We have to put a mark up on them (overheads to cover)
Plus- do you get advice from the website or free advice from your vet nurse, who btw was right.
Frontline does still work for some but due to a growing number of negative responses from clients it would seem not as effective as it once was.
We advise Advocate as our first line treatment now.
Edited by bexVN on Sunday 11th August 16:34
bexVN said:
Can I just defend against 'the ridiculous mark up' statement.
Online sites sell products for almost the same (sometimes less) than what we can buy them in. We have to put a mark up on them (overheads to cover)
Plus- do you get advice from the website or free advice from your vet nurse, who btw was right.
Frontline does still work for some but due to a growing number of negative responses from clients it would seem not as effective as it once was.
We advise Advocate as our first line treatment now.
Bex, I don't have a problem with a mark up its a given for all the reasons you mention, companies need to make money. However, £47.99 per pack of 6 against £20.50 is pushing it in my opinion. Think I will give the advocate a go as I don't want flee bitten moggies!Online sites sell products for almost the same (sometimes less) than what we can buy them in. We have to put a mark up on them (overheads to cover)
Plus- do you get advice from the website or free advice from your vet nurse, who btw was right.
Frontline does still work for some but due to a growing number of negative responses from clients it would seem not as effective as it once was.
We advise Advocate as our first line treatment now.
Edited by bexVN on Sunday 11th August 16:34
I was always of the general train of thought that it was better to rotate through different treatments to stop them becoming ineffective.
We had to get the council in again the other week to treat our house/building site as the OH was getting eaten to pieces. Seems to have done the trick.
We had to get the council in again the other week to treat our house/building site as the OH was getting eaten to pieces. Seems to have done the trick.
bexVN said:
Vet should have advised it doesn't kill ticks and offered you the choices of which there are several when it comes how to repel/ kill/ remove ticks
We were also told the Advocate for cats whilst containing the drug(s) for worming does not cover tape worms and you need a separate product for that. Bayer do one of those too, like Profender but specifically for the tape wormYep that too. If cats indoors then tapeworm treatment need only be twice a year. If go out (thus likely to hunt) it should be 4x a year (or if they get fleas, which shouldn't happen if on monthly advocate!)
Tapeworm passed on via ingested fleas or by catching rodents. Roundworm more important to do monthly which advocate covers.
For dogs twice a yr for tapeworm is sufficient most of the time.
Cats that are prolific hunters may need worming against tapeworm every 4-6 weeks.
Hope that covers it all
Tapeworm passed on via ingested fleas or by catching rodents. Roundworm more important to do monthly which advocate covers.
For dogs twice a yr for tapeworm is sufficient most of the time.
Cats that are prolific hunters may need worming against tapeworm every 4-6 weeks.
Hope that covers it all
bexVN said:
Yep that too. If cats indoors then tapeworm treatment need only be twice a year. If go out (thus likely to hunt) it should be 4x a year (or if they get fleas, which shouldn't happen if on monthly advocate!)
Tapeworm passed on via ingested fleas or by catching rodents. Roundworm more important to do monthly which advocate covers.
For dogs twice a yr for tapeworm is sufficient most of the time.
Cats that are prolific hunters may need worming against tapeworm every 4-6 weeks.
Hope that covers it all
Note quite...... Apparently you can use Advocate for cats on your ferrets as well according to the sales blurb Tapeworm passed on via ingested fleas or by catching rodents. Roundworm more important to do monthly which advocate covers.
For dogs twice a yr for tapeworm is sufficient most of the time.
Cats that are prolific hunters may need worming against tapeworm every 4-6 weeks.
Hope that covers it all
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