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Fleas and frontline... has anyone else found this no longer works?
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Hi I use frontline regularly on my dogs, (appropriate weight to dosage ratio) and have never had a problem with a flea infestation on them.... until now.
I noticed them scratching well before they were due for their next application and lo and behold there were fleas...
So I dosed them again ( 2 weeks earlier than they should have been done). This was last week and there are still live fleas depsite this and despite regular grooming. Has anyone else noticed this at all, I'm wondering if fleas are now becoming immune in some way to what was previously a really good product, so now I'm sitting with a tooth comb removing the damned things, having dosed the house with staykill etc, and I'm at a slight loss as to what to try next, can't dose them again as they were only done last week... any suggesitons gratefully recieved.
I noticed them scratching well before they were due for their next application and lo and behold there were fleas...
So I dosed them again ( 2 weeks earlier than they should have been done). This was last week and there are still live fleas depsite this and despite regular grooming. Has anyone else noticed this at all, I'm wondering if fleas are now becoming immune in some way to what was previously a really good product, so now I'm sitting with a tooth comb removing the damned things, having dosed the house with staykill etc, and I'm at a slight loss as to what to try next, can't dose them again as they were only done last week... any suggesitons gratefully recieved.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I have never liked any of the spot on treatment as they are absorbed into the bloodstream. As they contain breeding inhibitors I don't like the thought of what they could do to the animal. I use the spray when I first see any signs of itching or flea dirts, although I never use as much as they say. I don't soak them, and having several dogs, if they jump from one to another they get got anyway! You can then spray again a few days later if you need to, although in most cases one spray lasts several weeks.
Lankeela. As I believe it, Frontline spot on isn't actually absorbed into the bloodstream but spreads over the skin forming a barrier.
http://www.frontlinespotonkillsfleas.co.uk/pag e/1gsy4/About_Us/FAQ_about_frontline.html#Q9
See question 'How Safe is......................'
NOX, I'm having to use it earlier than usual this year as well.
http://www.frontlinespotonkillsfleas.co.uk/pag e/1gsy4/About_Us/FAQ_about_frontline.html#Q9
See question 'How Safe is......................'
NOX, I'm having to use it earlier than usual this year as well.
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Read the contra-indications for Prac-tic:
http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Novartis_Anima l_Health_UK_Ltd/Prac-Tic_Spot-On_Solution_for_ Dogs/-44062.html
http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Novartis_Anima l_Health_UK_Ltd/Prac-Tic_Spot-On_Solution_for_ Dogs/-44062.html
Spoke to my vet ( I got this from a large pet shop dept) who is also no longer stocking frontline as in her words it ' seems to have had it's day'. She wasn't surprised that it didn't appear to be working and advised me against using anything further for 28 says though, so I'm a very busy lad with a fine tooth comb at the moment and not at all happy:(
I have an indoor cat who I have treated 3 times with Frontline in the last 2 months. I know you are supposed to wait 30 days, but it just wasn't working. I have also set off flea bombs in every room even though I wasn't getting flea bitten. My cat never goes outside. I have always counted on Frontline in the past for my inside cat and my outside dog and it has always worked well. I asked our dog groomer about it and she said that fleas were immune to Frontline and they are now using Advantix. I haven't gotten it yet, but when I do start using it, I will let you know.
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