advantage flea treatment
ANWalter
Does anyone know of anything negative relating to this treatment ?
Rich Coad & Stacy Scott
ANWalter wrote:
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> Does anyone know of anything negative relating to this treatment ?
There is a fairly benign negativity that I'm aware of -- some cats
develop flaky skin, rather like what ad agencies have trained us
humans to call "dandruff." My Lionel has this, but it does not
appear to cause him any discomfort. In Lionel's case, it appears
at the site of application, and lasts about a week or so after-
wards. My vet has seen the same thing on other cats in his prac-
tice, also apparently benign. Certainly, compared to the agonizing
itchiness that fleas cause my poor allergic Lionel, a little dan-
druff is not much of a problem.
Stacy Scott
cri...@raleigh.ibm.com
In <19961217022...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, anwa...@aol.com (ANWalter) writes:
>Does anyone know of anything negative relating to this treatment ?
Only that it loses effectiveness if the cat gets wet (either due to bathing
or getting rained on if the cat is indoors/outdoors). I use Frontline
Top Spot which is applied the same way but is oil based and therefore
not affected by water. Top Spot is also supposed to be effective against ticks,
although I have no experience on that since my cats do not go outside and
so far no ticks have made it across my threshold (or so I sincerely hope!).
Chris
eileen kennedy
Advantage is an insecticide and as such is toxic to both dogs and cats.
The directions say to apply it between the shoulder blades so that the
animal cannot lick it off or otherwise injest it. If your cats enjoy
grooming each other or if you have small children who might lick their
hands after petting the cat(s), then you probably should not use Advantage.
Accidental injestion of Advantage (either over-applied or applied on an
area where the animal can lick) has resulted in several pet deaths.
Advantage is a good product if it is used correctly, however it is a poison
and as such care must be taken when using it.
ANWalter <anwa...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19961217022...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
Michelle
In article <01bbedc6$98e45930$3c5580d0@mycomputer>, eile...@NR.infi.net
says...
Just to add a note...it's recommended that any contact with the area to which
the Advantage was applied not be disturbed for 24 hours...this includes putting
the 'treated' pet with other pets that might groom it (thereby ingesting it),
and also applies NOT only to children petting the treated animal, but adults as
well.
Michelle
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Sharon Talbert
I am quite deliberately leaving the two messages below. Please forgive
me.
I was also initially concerned about Advantage, given my harmonious,
multicat household. I also recalled a similar flea treatment from my
childhood that was dabbed on the back of the neck and was deadly if
ingested. My vet assured me that Advantage has an ingredient that is
extremely bitter and causes to cat to stop licking immediately. Also
causes foaming at the mouth (from kitty nausea, I assume). I will ask her
if she has heard of any deaths of animals receiving this treatment within
the manufacturer's instructions (not meant for kittens under 4 months of
age, for example). My vet did caution me not to apply the product to the
same patch of skin each time, to avoid possible skin irritation.
I would be very unhappy to find Advantage is not a safe product. In a
rescuer household, fleas are virtually impossible to control. With just
two whole-sale applications of Advantage I am not seeing fleas even on the
kittens who are too young to treat. Our released animals also sometimes
suffer from skin irritation and hair loss from flea attack and Advantage
can give them the relief they need. Advantage treatment at the vet's was
working well for us. I would hate to give it up.
Sharon Talbert
Friends of Campus Cats
Linda Waldeck
I have two Tonkinese kittens (8 mo.) that I just purchased Advantage
for. I applied it as per directions to the one who is less sensitive to
things and is overall tougher (and in fact had fewer fleas) as a test.
I planned to then apply Advantage to the "softer" guy if there were no
reactions from the other guy. Well, to my wonder, the non treated cat
now has no fleas either. These two are litter mates and sleep together,
but do not do a lot of mutual grooming, and if any is done at all, the
guy who was treated grooms the other, not vice versa. So, for the cost
of one treatment, I now have two flea free cats! This is a great drug,
although it seems to be very powerful. Now I wonder if I am getting a
dose of Advantage also, as the cats sleep on me every night! The moral
of the story is to use carefully and as per directions, while observing
for side effects.
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Laura T
In article VAA2...@ladder01.news.aol.com, anwa...@aol.com (ANWalter) writes:
>Does anyone know of anything negative relating to this treatment ?
My vet finally convinced me to try this with my boys. There appeared to be no
adverse affects on my two cat kids and the fleas disappeared almost immediately!
The only negative I can report from the experience was one that I had been afraid
of from the start. The spot where the goo is applied happens to be one of my
favorite spots for kissing. And, of course, I forgot right up until my lips were
pressed on that normally musky, sweet-smelling neck. Yech!!! I only did it once!
Laura T
John Herold
On 19 Dec 1996 16:07:27 GMT, "eileen kennedy" <eile...@NR.infi.net>
wrote:
>Advantage is an insecticide and as such is toxic to both dogs and cats.
>...
Suggest you visit www.nofleas.com and discover that Advantage isn't a
pesticide. It's a pretty species-specific neurotoxin, and thos
species don't inclued mammals. If you care to inject it into yourself
or take quantities of it by mouth, you might get sick, of course. :-)
> Accidental injestion of Advantage (either over-applied or applied on an
>area where the animal can lick) has resulted in several pet deaths.
How many? Documented where? Let us see this data.
>Advantage is a good product if it is used correctly, however it is a poison
>and as such care must be taken when using it.
Again, visit their web site.
-John Herold, THC Cattery (Traditonal Siamese), Baltimore MD
Christopher R. Havlicek
Gee, Laura... can you tell us if it works as well at keeping fleas off of humans
as it does cats? :>)
Chris (who just couldn't help it...)
Diana T Osborne
In <Pine.A41.3.95b.96121...@homer31.u.washington.edu>
Sharon Talbert <stal...@u.washington.edu> writes:
>
>I would be very unhappy to find Advantage is not a safe product. In a
>rescuer household, fleas are virtually impossible to control. With
just
>two whole-sale applications of Advantage I am not seeing fleas even on
the
>kittens who are too young to treat. Our released animals also
sometimes
>suffer from skin irritation and hair loss from flea attack and
Advantage
>can give them the relief they need. Advantage treatment at the vet's
was
>working well for us. I would hate to give it up.
Neither I nor any or my friends have had any trouble using Advantage.
I think the reason Sharon isn't seeing fleas on the young kittens is
due to a phenomenom that I and some others have observed - the fact
that Advantage kills adult fleas on contact turns the treated animals
into walking flea bombs. -Diana
McKinley Richard
Diana T Osborne wrote:
>
> Neither I nor any or my friends have had any trouble using Advantage.
> I think the reason Sharon isn't seeing fleas on the young kittens is
> due to a phenomenom that I and some others have observed - the fact
> that Advantage kills adult fleas on contact turns the treated animals
> into walking flea bombs. -Diana
The same has happened with us. Motor is allergic to flea collars and
some flea shampoos, so we only put Advantage on Mister Purr. Now
neither cat has fleas!!! Oh, and no noticeable side effects from the
Advantage (we're only on the second application, though)!
Sandra