Working and flea cat treatments
Discussion
I’ve got a 10 month old British shorthair kitten. He’s an indoor cat and when we took him to be microchipped, the vet suggested that he has monthly worming pill and flea drops.
I think we were charged around £15 for one tablet and one course of flea drops.
Having undertaken some research I think you can get Drontal for around £1.20 a tablet and the flea drops for around £3 per treatment.
Would these be as effective as the ones issued by the vets?
I think we were charged around £15 for one tablet and one course of flea drops.
Having undertaken some research I think you can get Drontal for around £1.20 a tablet and the flea drops for around £3 per treatment.
Would these be as effective as the ones issued by the vets?
I would need to know the name of the flea drops to advise on them. The drontal is perfectly effective but honestly if he is truly an indoor cat this would only be needed twice a year.
Fleas is harder, whilst he is at much lower risk of getting them he still can and prevention is better trying to clear a problem, however you may find the summer months are the only time you need to do it monthly.
Fleas is harder, whilst he is at much lower risk of getting them he still can and prevention is better trying to clear a problem, however you may find the summer months are the only time you need to do it monthly.
Stay away from Frontline, its a dead treatment as far as I can tell.... IANAV we use Advocate on two dogs and two cats, all flea free. We discovered it when we went to the vets to talk about fleas as the Frontline wasn't working, they said the active ingredient in it that is supposed to kill the fleas was no good anymore as they had built up an immunity to it.
Check with your vet which one they used, almost dollars to doughnuts its Advocate!
Check with your vet which one they used, almost dollars to doughnuts its Advocate!
Front line isn't completely dead and maybe perfectly fine for an indoor cat. The evidence is anecdotal still but their does seem to be a swing suggesting it is not as effective as it once was.
Advantage is available in pet shops and without prescription. It has the same active ingredient for Fleas as Advocate, it doesn't contain the ingredients for treating roundworm. An indoor cat is at lower risk of round worm so advantage monthly and drontal cat at least twice a year should be sufficient (upto 4 times a year for the worming tablet if you want to be more cautious)
Advantage is available in pet shops and without prescription. It has the same active ingredient for Fleas as Advocate, it doesn't contain the ingredients for treating roundworm. An indoor cat is at lower risk of round worm so advantage monthly and drontal cat at least twice a year should be sufficient (upto 4 times a year for the worming tablet if you want to be more cautious)
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