Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: hannah (weeny) on May 07, 2007, 02:23:02 AM
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ok, i see there are plently of threads on similar topics at the mo, so hope you wont hate me for starting another, but i didnt want to hijack...
fleaing and worming... what are the best TABLET treatments? thank you xxx
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Never heard of a tablet flea treatment, for worms, I prefer Milbemax, it is a lot smaller than Drontal, and there are only 2 doses, unlike Drontal.
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Frontline spot on and Drontal tablets I use Hannah :)
Hows the studying? I have an essay due in tomorrow and I haven't started :scared: :rofl:
xxx
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There is one tablet flea treatment thats worth using and thats Capster. It doesnt last 4 weeks like a spot on tho.
I mainly use frontline and drontal, i do milbemax and stronghold every so often,normally when the vets put on a 3 for 2 offer ;D
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hmmm. had a bad experience with spot on treatments and so just put off the idea of using them again, but maybe i'll try. thank for the advice though guys...
i have an exam tomorrow sarah - and i've lost the will to care!!!! i just can get my head round that it'll all be over in 3 days!!!!!! so weird.
GET WRITING MISSY!!!!!!!!!! :evillaugh:
good luck!! xx
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ok - next qyestion - how heavy jasper?!!?!??!?!!??! how much does the dose matter? (without totally overdosing him obviously!)
ummm...... i dont have a clue how much he weighs.... and we dont have scales. :-:
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the vet would weigh him for free hannah ;D
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really? thats good to know, thank you! would involve a car journey though, so would prefere not to have to. i know its a stupid thing to ask how much weighs........ is 4kg like really heavy for a cat? jaspers pretty big..... hmm. i have a feeling it may be a car journey. :tired:
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my vet told us that 4kg was averege healthy weight
my molly is 5kg.5
and the vet said she was very overweight :innocent:
my bridie and bailey are 4kgs
my smaller framed cats only weigh 3kg7 ish
and max is still growing as he is only 8mths he weighs 3kg5
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Have you a friend who could lend you a set? If you weigh yourself holding Jasper and then again without, you can see how big he is :)
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hmmm. god i'm glad humans dont have to take medicine by weight!!! ;D
i really cant think of anyone that has scales MM - how weird is that?!?!?!?!!??!!? i'll ask around a bit.
thanks for the weights lisa!! thats pretty helpful actually ;D
i do suspect 1 tablet will do him. its all very comlicated though!!! and i find it very strange that vetuk sell them a tablet at a time. anyone know how long roughly these things last? and frotline. dont want t buy 3 tabs and find out they go off in a week!!!
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is jasper better at taking tablets rather than having a spot on ?
3 out of my 7 cats r impossibe to get a tablet down them
and they make quite a bit of fuss having spot on treatments to >:(
one of my cats is an angel taking pills u dont even have to put it in food or down her throat
she just picks it up and swallows it
daft buggar :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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to be honest i dont think he notices the pills!!! he's taken them if food before with out a seconds hesitation - greedy boy!!!
we did the spot on and he ended up foaming at the mouth which was pretty scary. he was ok, and i know it happens, but i was horrible to see. will just have to practice my application method i guess. but he's a super clean boy and so just wants to wash it off. i have to say i'd hate to have to have something similar in my hair, even for that little while. :-:
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Vet uk often give the expiry date of the stock somewhere on the page. When i buy they normally have a couple of years on them :)
Whats strange about selling one tablet? Thats how vets sell them!
Dont forget to order through the purrs links page so a charity can earn commission :)
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oh excellent. dunno - just seems funny to me to order one little tablet!!! i'm used to bulk buying for me!!!! :evillaugh:
ooh, will remember to do it that way, thanks xx
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its awful when they foam at the mouth isnt it
3 of mine have a habbit of doing it when i deflea them :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
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I think theres a min order of £9, but if your buying frontline as well as a drontal then that will be irrelevent ;D
Im forever buying Drontal, never have the money to buy 100 at once :doh:
When you put the spot on on, do it in 2 blobs. It helps to feed a licker straight after too, allows the alcohol to evaporate.
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ooh, good tip. if i do it 2 how long can i leave between? thank you!
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Do the whole vial in 2 blobs at the same time, about 1cm apart
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oh i see - clever!!!!!!
mwah ha ha.... watch out jasper!!!!!! :evillaugh:
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He looks very sleek and short haired, if thats him in your pic. Hes very handsome ;D
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that is the man himself, and thank you very much, i have to agree ;D
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:doh: :doh: just noticed his name under the pic! I think i need an early night :innocent:
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my vet told us that 4kg was averege healthy weight
my molly is 5kg.5
and the vet said she was very overweight :innocent: "[i nuked the end of this quote, now it's showing as one long quote....sorry, no PC skills]
The specialist vet clinic told me to try not to let a cat get over 5kgs by too much as it places an extra strain on his heart & is more dangerous if he stops eating. Depends also on the size of the cat. 4kg would be too little for a big boned cat. The least my burmese Swamp's ever weighed as a healthy adult is about 4.5kgs. Before he got ill in Oct he weighed too much - about 5.2kgs (french food lol). One week in hospital on a drip and he went down to 4.4kgs - so depends on the cat. I was told it's important to give the same amount of food to keep weight stable.
When they were younger, they went on a diet (Hills Diet food) for 3 months and lost weight very gradually. It's dangerous to be too porky but also to lose weight too fast.
As for giving pills, a fool proof method (er, in theory) is to catch Kitty when s/he is fast asleep, open mouth and drop it down FAST! I've never had a cat that would touch food with a tab hidden in it. That's for dogs, da enemy :P