Do NOT use Advantix on dogs ,if you have an indoor cat..My Greyhound group said to use Advantage but several months later all the dogs had ticks. Greyhound Group said switch to Frontline Plus.....It works!!!! Yeh!!!
LoL, the only danger really in using Advantix in the presence of an indoor cat (and I KNOW b/c it's all we use- period and we have indoor cats) is if you put the Advantix ON the cat OR the cat is really obsessed with your dog(s) and snuggles with them and rubs the Advantix off on themselves and/or injests it. It states clearly on the label that you are not to directly apply the product to cats, but here where I live some, rednecks do it anyway. They amazingly STILL have their cat... The vet and I were talking about this recently as a matter of fact.
Advantix, comfortis, and I am assuming the new Vectra 3D (just applied this new one to the two little dogs to try it out - half a dose each) all work well here in northwest Florida. Frontline does not, nor does anything you can purchase at walmart or in a petstore. It's got to be the good stuff or you'll have fleas for sure. If I had a nickel for every hartz user who was mad that they still had fleas lol... Advantage MAY work here, honestly don't know. I don't ever suggest it to clients anymore because there are more waterproof options these days that don't wash off as easily. Revolutions works for my cats, but they never leave the house. Products like sentinal or program don't work here, I have a box of it actually it was a freeebie from a drug rep when I worked at the vet clinic. I didn't like it.
I honestly hear good things about comfortis but I am not comfortable giving an internal preventative that has to be given every month in order to work (heartworm preventative excluded in that statement). I like the Adavantix because I have found that I can control how much and how often the dogs are treated. I get a good 6-8 weeks of 100% flea freedom out of half a dose each for the spoos. I also treat the yard though and do a lot of flea prevention in the house. The topicals are not the only thing I use, and this year I'm going to experiment with some dietary changes and see if they yield results to lessen even more my use of them. My dogs have been getting ACV in their water daily and I'm surprised to say that seems to have helped slightly. They are less likely to pick up fleas, though it's not full proof. Going to try Flea Treats (do a keyword search) this year as I've heard some great things about them from other groomers here in the south. I really like the protection from mosquitos since we live close to several small steams and wetland type areas, and by close I mean they are IN our neighborhood lol. I have never seen a tick on any of my dogs before, no matter what I am or am not using. Though I've seen them on plenty of client's dogs... ewwww!!
The vet cautioned me to wear gloves when applying a medication for an ear infection several months ago, suggested I not apply it at all while I was pregnant. She wasn't sure it was hurt me or baby really but she said you never can be to careful. That got me thinking and back to researching and I am leaning more towards some of the more "natural" flea fighters. Somebody posted a recipe for a flea spray they made and took with them to dog shows last year. Sounded like it smelled good and I want to try that. You can find all sort of recipes and tips/tricks online for that kind of thing but with a grain of salt of course. Natural doesn't always = safe.
