I have heard of people buying the larger size of several of the different flea meds (percentage of the med is the same in all the tubes) and breaking them down by drops and giving one tube to several dogs. It does cut down on the expense.
Personally, I would be to afraid to buy the bulk 21.4% and guess at the dosage, since it is almost 3x stronger. Peggy -------Original Message------- From: Robin Gordils Date: 4/28/2013 3:37:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] "bulk advantage" ~$30 for all the Advantage I Flea Medication you'll ever need Hi everyone, just got this idea today: I saw this interesting product on Amazon while searching for "bulk Advantage on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Advantage-F...+advantage The idea is simple: buy a large dog's dose of Advantage and measure out the appropriate amount for your smaller dog since they are priced equally in terms of doses. Interesting thing is, the active ingredient in Advantage I is 9.1% Imidacloprid. You can buy exterminator-grade 21.4% Imidacloprid (used to kill termites for entire houses) in 27.5 oz (813 mL) quantities for ~$30 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dominion-27...B0048F34IS 21.4% is roughly twice as strong as 9.1% Advantage so you would need half the dosage. The dosage for 55lb+ dogs is 4 mL of Advantage so you would need a little less that 2.0mL (1.7 mL to be exact) of the 21.4% strength stuff. For 1 dog 55+ lb dog the entire 813mL bottle would give you 406 doses or 33 8 years of coverage if you applied it monthly. That's ~237 dog years. The MSDS for this product shows that it is non irritating on contact to animals. The LD50 for skin contact is 5000mg/kg so there is little chance you could overdose your pet on this (unless you give it to them orally). It would also be fine for both cats on dogs because it is just imidacloprid. http://www.controlsolutionsinc.co...-24-07.pdf So for: Cats under 9 lbs use.17ml Cats over 9 lbs use 0.34ml Dogs 1-10 lbs use .17ml Dogs 11-20 lbs .43 ml Dogs 21-55 lbs use 1.0ml Dogs 55+ lbs use 1.7mL of Dominion 2L Any DVMs want to share their opinion on this? I haven't tried this on my own dog but if you wish to do so you are proceeding at your own risk. I am only suggesting an idea and can in no way be held responsible for its consequences. *Do not use any flea treatment that contains Permethrin on cats, as it is highly toxic and may result in death. This post is for Advantage, not any other brand. Attached Thumbnails Robin, the Dobe Axel CGC, TT, German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, Chihuahuas Alice CGC and Monte and the MinPins HoneyB, Brutus, and IMPS foster Jordan www minpinrescue.org
