Zodiak flea and tick products were the real killers of cats and dogs a few years ago. Because I am a rescuer and we are housing so many cats all over the house and garage, feral, semi-feral, and friendly cats - there is NO way that I could treat each one individually - the cost would be prohibitive. That's why my husband uses the friendly nematodes to spray around the house, around the cat enclosures - it's worked so far. Rain does affect it to some degree, but we try to space the spraying right after a rain and not just before. If I do use any product, it's when a cat is first introduced if it happens to be flea-ridden, and before a cat is adopted, it's Frontline - which my vet recommends if one must use something. That's why I am also looking for alternatives to frontline, such as the cedar products that I sent yesterday to the group. I've heard from others that they are effective. Flea collars are absolutely useless; they're poisons directly on a cat's neck all the time, many cats develop baldness and irritation, and you can still find fleas even under those collars - so what good is it? The fewer toxins we can use, the better it is for cats' health, especially those that aren't well, why bombard them with more stuff that their immune systems can't deal with and need to fight their own illnesses.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edna Taylor Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor Just to throw this out there but my vet is adamantly opposed to using dog flea meds on cats, ESPECIALLY Advantix (which can and has caused even dog deaths). She said that on the surface, the meds look the same but the percentages of toxins is very different between dog and cat formulas. Unfortunately, I know that many rescues have very limited budgets (me too) so I am in no way trying to say that people are wrong for doing this, just saying I would be very careful. > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 05:57:46 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > > I've compared the dog & cat ingredients on the basic Advantage & it is the same. You have to know the dose & be very careful because some of the dog Advantage is toxic to cats. My vet said the same thing about Revolution. She doesn't recommend it. > > Beth > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org > > --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Natalie <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 5:52 PM > > Are you sure it's the same stuff for cats and dogs? I have never heard of > splitting it - could be bad! Have you compared the ingredients and their > amounts? > > My vet refuses to do revolution - he says it's dangerous because there have > been many incidents of cats convulsing - too many things in it all at one > time! > Too bad, it's a Pfizer product! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Katy Doyle > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 4:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > > I've always had great luck with Revolution, if you need something new. It's > not "cheap", but I think it is worth the price (about $15 per cat). I only > have two cats, so it isn't bad for me. > > I have a friend with multiple cats and she gets a dog sized dose of > FrontLine and splits it weight-wise between the cats, apparently it's the > same stuff. > > I've also heard very good things about diatomaceous earth. I'm actually > about to use it on my yard because of the chiggers and mosquitos. > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Beth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I wouldn't put Sevin Dust on my plants. There's no way I would put it on > my > > cats. > > > > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> > > > > --- On Tue, 5/31/11, MaiMaiPG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: MaiMaiPG <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 1:29 PM > > > > Rural wisdom is Sevin powder in the cat bedding and around the house. > > On May 31, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Beth wrote: > > > > > I need something new. Advantage just isn't working any more. Spent all > > day yesterday cleaning & combing cats to get rid of fleas & they just had > > Advantage 2 weeks ago! > > > Frontline used to not kill the fleas, just make them sterile, is this > > still the case? I couldn't use it because my one cat scratched himself raw > > because the fleas were still crawling. > > > Beth > > > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org<http://www.furkids.org/> > > > > > > --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Lorrie <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > > > To: [email protected] > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 8:19 AM > > > > > > > > > Have any of you used Pet Armor? It is supposed to be the exact same > > > thing as Frontline Plus - Fipronil and S Methoprene - The Pet Armor > > > site claims it is a generic for Frontline, and it is much cheaper. > > > I'm seeing it advertised in all sorts of places now, so if any of you > > > have used it and find that it works and is not harmful, please let me > > > know. > > > > > > Lorrie > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
