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Title: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Lotzy on March 06, 2012, 11:34:05 AM: Probably being asked before, but just wondering which flea and worming treatment everyone currently uses.

I put Frontline combo on Toby. Unfortunately, this stopped being effective on Lottie about three years ago and she developed flea allergy, so she has Stronghold from the vet. I get the vet to give them a worming tablet (Drontal for Lottie, Toby had to have something else as he's such a bit cat) at vaccination time and use Droncit spot on the rest of the time.
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: tiff on March 06, 2012, 14:22:04 PM: The. Only thing. That. Will ever work is stuff from the vets. Lotzy
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Dawn F on March 06, 2012, 14:27:57 PM: I use frontline and milbemax - I don't flea or worm as regularly as I'm supposed to but my garden is cat proofed so they don't really mix with other cats
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: tiff on March 06, 2012, 14:35:11 PM: I. Would seriously reconsider frontline to be honest
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on March 06, 2012, 14:38:34 PM: i dont do anything regularly but its stronghold all the way here for fleas and millibax for misa at vets and droncil? spot on at vets for others.

when i can get sasa to vets she gets a worming injection, so she can have stronghold cos you cant use two drop ons unless a couple of weeks apart.
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Gillian Harvey on March 06, 2012, 15:51:15 PM: I stopped using frontline too as it wasnt working :) changed to Bob Martin Double Action Spot On - and before anyone starts about avoiding BM products like the plague ;) - the double action product is EXACTLY the same as the veterinary Advantage product (I wouldnt use any of the other BM so called preventive flea treatments after hearing all the horror stories about them!) Anyway BM double action is working ;)

I use milbemax for worming, used to use Drontal, but find milbemax easier to give as its smaller and can be hidden easily in Webbox ;)
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Lotzy on March 07, 2012, 14:32:33 PM: Thank you for your replies. As it happened, I thought I'd try Lottie again on Frontline combo last year (as it's cheaper) and her flea allergy came back, so for her it has to be Stronghold. Frontline works fine for Toby though - it doesn't make sense.
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Lottie (Team Svartalfheim's) on March 07, 2012, 14:41:52 PM: I usually use Frontline and Drontal (I prefer Milbemax but my vets charge £10 for a prescription! :Crazy:)
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: CatGirl on March 07, 2012, 15:37:59 PM: I have used Frontline for years,it works for me(cats) tried Bob Martins once and vowed never to use it again.
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Gillian Harvey on March 07, 2012, 18:21:44 PM: Quote from: CatGirl on March 07, 2012, 15:37:59 PM
I have used Frontline for years,it works for me(cats) tried Bob Martins once and vowed never to use it again.

Which BM product did you use? I wouldnt use any BM product other than their new (ish) Double Action product, because the active ingredient is the same as Advantage.
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on March 08, 2012, 07:15:03 AM: I use Advantage. You don't need a prescription for it now.
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: Skiddaw on March 08, 2012, 16:12:07 PM: Frontline combo. Works fine for The Munchkin.
Title: Re: What flea worming treatment do you use?
Post by: CatGirl on March 08, 2012, 20:15:02 PM: Hello again,it was the flea product,i used it quite some time ago,perhaps it's better now but i wouldn't use it.