Guest SueG201 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I just got back from my senior wellness exam with my soon to be 11 yr old greyhound, and I started talking to my vet a bout flea meds, he does not carry Frontline anymore, I have never had any problems with it but he recommended Advantix because it repels ticks, anyone using it??? He is a sighthound Vet, he has many afghan hounds So i need the power of GT to guide me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Advantix works fine. We use Comfortis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SueG201 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 heather, can I use Advantix with ivermectin ( my HW med of choice) I normally space out the two doses about 2 wks apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kydie Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I use advantix no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 heather, can I use Advantix with ivermectin ( my HW med of choice) I normally space out the two doses about 2 wks apart as far as I know you can. I've used advantix before when we've gotten free samples and what not with adoption packets and never had an issue. I definitely works better than frontline - around here the fleas don't seem to be bothered by frontline at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SueG201 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 is Advantix the one you cant use if you have a cat, i sure hope not because I have a 14 yr old Main Coon cat t hat sleeps on the dog beds at night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 is Advantix the one you cant use if you have a cat, i sure hope not because I have a 14 yr old Main Coon cat t hat sleeps on the dog beds at night yeah...advantix uses permethrin, which you don't want around cats. I would have thought your vet would have brought that up since you have a cat. Advantage doesn't have that, but then it also doesn't work against ticks. Though, unless you have a problem with tick I wouldn't worry about it too much and just keep an eagle eye out for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ladyflannel Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Ugh.. I was about to start a topic about fleas and ticks.. Front line is a joke and I do have a cat. We have Goliath (a chauweenie) and for him we treat the yard, and than just give baths with flea and tick shampoo. I live in deer tick area (southeast Texas, near the Gulf of Mexico) SO any suggestion on flea/tick shampoo for Grey's? TIA the NEWB owner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 If you want a flea/tick shampoo, I like any of the Adams shampoos. For fleas, you don't really need a special shampoo...anything will do as long as you let it set on them for at least 5 minutes. For fleas, I really don't think anything beats Comfortis. It's basically Capstar that lasts for a month (longer in my experience). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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