I use frontline for flea treatment but what

samanthag

ive just had frontline and drontal delivered from animed very good delivery too

Anubis_2

I wouldn't use frontline, it is dangerous stuff IMHO. Have you considered alternative methods?

Has your dog actually got fleas? Or are you doing the treatment just in case? If just in case there are several natural things you can use as a preventative, such as neem oil, a little garlic in food, home made lemon spray etc all of which are far safer.

bacardi66

Anubis wrote: »

I wouldn't use frontline, it is dangerous stuff IMHO. Have you considered alternative methods?


Im not a massive fan of Frontline either, I used it on my cats for years with no problem then last year I used it on my then nearly 17 year old cat. Although it was purchased from the vet and the last vial of 3 that I had previously used on him and was still in date, he had a terrible reaction to it.

First of all he stopped eating, then he went floppy and was vomiting. I honestly thought his end had come and took him to the emergency vet they said all we could do was wait and see if he recovered. Amazingly he did recover and eventually began eating and went back to normal.

Since then I don't use frontline. Sometimes I had a little garlic to his food and I groom him regularly and he remains flea free.

Fridaycat

bacardi66 wrote: »

Since then I don't use frontline. Sometimes I had a little garlic to his food and I groom him regularly and he remains flea free.

Did you know that garlic (and anything else from the onion family) is poisonous to cats?

http://www.fabcats.org/owners/poisons/Cats%20and%20poisons.html

chris_n_tj

Please please be careful if you use frontline x

http://www.pesticide.org/get-the-facts/pesticide-factsheets/factsheets/fipronil

ankspon

We use stronghold it does it all

gettingready

Acrually - Fred had a reaction to Frontline too, he started foaming from his mouth and was unwell for a bit.. I use Advantage on my lot

bacardi66

Fridaycat wrote: »

Did you know that garlic (and anything else from the onion family) is poisonous to cats?

http://www.fabcats.org/owners/poisons/Cats%20and%20poisons.html

Oh dear! I was told years ago to add a bit of garlic to cat food to prevent fleas and I've heard it from quite a few people!

Well my cat has made it to 18 and is going strong so fingers crossed it hasn't affected him.

Ill have to find an alternative.

Wellyboots6

What is neem oil? How would you administer it?

Is there anything natural for worming?

Quite interested in this as dog is on so many meds at the moment I would really rather avoid giving him any more. Hadn't thought of alternative treatments before!