Tuesday, August 24, 2010

What is the best product for flea control for indoor cats?

I have a cat that never goes outside, but some how got a few fleas. Looking for the best product to get rid of them. I don't want to try a bunch of products to find out the best one. too much money and the cat will probably not like it. If you have found a good product I would like to know.....What is the best product for flea control for indoor cats?
Advantage and onlyl Advantage. You get it from the vet.What is the best product for flea control for indoor cats?
I love Advantage. it works great. You can get it from a Vet or from a big pet store like Petco.
I used to use advantage on the cats, and then spray the house with duratrol flea spray which is available at the vet's office. I haven't used them in a while because even though I have 6 cats living in this house, we don't have any fleas living here.
I have 4 indoor cats, and they also get fleas, in the summer, because they come inside on humans, or through the screened windows, when opened, as this is peak flea season right now.





Over the counter products can be harmful to your pets, so it is always safer, and more effective to get flea preventives from your vet. I use Advantage, its a once a month topical on each cat, the costs range from $10.00 to 15.00 a tube. There is also Front line, but that has tick killers in it, but, I don't think indoor cats need that extra med. You usually only need to use this stuff, in June, July, August.... Advantage works great, and its safe!





(my sister tried the Hartz stuff on her cat, and she went into convulsions)
im not sure what the name of this stuff is but it is a bomb for fleas you have to treat your pets with the flea medications it is a drop of liquid on the back of the neck (the best stuff comes from the vet) and have your pets stay at the vet for a day or so as soon as you get home you use the flea bomb (it also comes from the vet and you have to leave the house for a few hours, instructions are included) and bring your cats home when it is safe their fleas and eggs will be gone on them and in the house (if they are inside cats) the vet will let you know how long these treatments last and a week or so before they run out pick up some cheap flea collars (1 for each cat and a few more) put the collars on your cats and if you cut up the other collars and put them under the couch and in places your cats cant get to then you should stay flea free just replace as necessary.
Advantage on the dog; BENGAL fog for the house. The Advantage will kill off the fleas that bite, the BENGAL will break the flea cycle. Fleas have four different passages before they can complete their cycle.





First a flea egg is dropped on the dog, floor couch.. anywhere the dog with fleas go.. the egg turns into a quarter inch long larva that hangs out on the dog and bites it, then it turns into a pupa... then finally the pupa hatches and turns into a full bodied flea. The BENGAL stops the cycle. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.
Advantage took care of the problem right away for my cat.
we adopted a neighborhood stray when she was preg. and she was infested with fleas. the vet recommended frontline plus (topical) and capstar ( pill). These were the only things safe to give to a preg. and then nursing cat. The capstar started killing the fleas within 30 minutes (watched them fall off!) and the frontline plus keeps them off. She's been flea free since then. I also sprayed my carpets and furniture with raid flea killer. Haven't seen a flea yet and she still goes outside a couple times a day. (she likes to chase the birds). Good luck.
i havent found a product thats absolutly perfect, but if you really want rid of those fleas, frontline is great, and it works for a whole month! the only thing is you have to apply it to the back of the neck where your cat cant lick it off (because when its injested, it will mess with your cat) but once the skin absorbs the gel (it takes about a week, to a week and a half) your cat is happy, and i think it might even be longer than a month that your cat is flea free for. flea collars are deffenetly no good for outside kittys, but it is an OK way to keep a light flea problem off your cat. it depends on how bad the problem is. frontline really is great otherwise though.
I have 3 dogs, 3 cats and NO FLEAS...I use Frontline but I would use Frontline Plus first on your cat because it kills the fleas and the larva. It breaks the cycle so that your cat doesn't get reinfested every couple of weeks when the larva become adults. Once you have broken the cycle then you can just use the regular Frontline to maintain a flea free environment.
get advantage and frontline,,,expensive but worth it!
I have a pitbull and the only thing that seems to work on her is frontline.
I use Advantage and I haven't seen a flea yet. I've heard Frontline is good, too. I've heard NOT to buy that Hartz stuff that they sell in stores. I've heard of cats dying from it. Get the stuff from your vet. It's the most effective anyway.

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