Flea/worming Dogs

looby82

Hi,

I'd be interested to know what others to in terms of keeping their dogs up to date with flea and worming preventative medicines.

We currently pay pet plan £21 per month for two dogs for flea and worming medicines and this covers their annual vaccination. We have just adopted another dog and am wondering if there is anyway to do it cheaper? Any ideas?

TIA

Laura

teddysmum

I have never treated my dogs for fleas and they have never caught any(over 40 years). They (and the house) would have just been treated if infected.


If your wormer is one of the non-prescription ones,such as Drontal,they can be bought much more cheaply from an online vet pharmacy or from a specialist wormer website(multiple buys earning an extra discount). However,it is probably not cheaper to buy the prescription ones, as charges are getting quite expensive (after a few lovely years when vets had to provide them free).

suki1964

I too never use flea treatments, my dog doesn't have fleas. If he did I would treat then

I spray the house with indorex once a year when I spring clean. Been doing that for 10 years and never seen a flea yet

Worming I do when I remember. Lucky in that the vet doesn't charge for a consult to prescribe, just go in and buy at reception

elsien

Defleaing as and when it happens or when going into kennels, maybe once or twice a year.
worming I'm stricter on because Gitdog is a scavenger, has picked up worms in the past and I'm worried about lungworm, I get it from the vets because I'm not organised or motivated enough to get prescriptions and go online.

Beckyy

We use panacur granules quarterly. Easier to administer for us and very reasonably priced. Would probably work out a about £1 or £2 a month per dog assuming they're an 'average' size.

We also do not use flea treatments, previously they seemed to have irritated our dogs skin. We just keep a regular eye on his coat.

sheramber

looby82 wrote: »

Hi,

I'd be interested to know what others to in terms of keeping their dogs up to date with flea and worming preventative medicines.

We currently pay pet plan £21 per month for two dogs for flea and worming medicines and this covers their annual vaccination. We have just adopted another dog and am wondering if there is anyway to do it cheaper? Any ideas?

TIA

Laura

I , too, only treat for fleas when needed. In over thirty years dog ownership that is twice- both times dogs caught them when visiting another property.

I treat for worms maybe twice a year. I clear up after my dog and see no signs of worms. My vet agrees that as I live in a very rural area I probably don't need to treat monthly for worms.

I don't see the need to use strong chemicals on my dogs unnecessarily.

Boosters cost £46 for each dog this year so no way have I paid anything like £252 per year.

I do have to take precautions against ticks for six months every year and use Scalibor collars for that.

heatherw_01

I never used flea treatments and for worming I used to buy drontal online

joannaw443

My dog contracted pancreatitis last year... I am convinced that this was due to the chemicals I used on him for fleas and ticks and it seems that this lots of evidence on line to support this. It seems that huge liver damage can be caused by some of the drugs that are sold... let alone the damage to our children and whoever cuddles or strokes our pets. I have discovered an amazing product which has been around for some four years, is sold worldwide and additionally repels mosquitos! The testimonials are amazing... a life saving product which costs about £50 and lasts for FOUR years... My sister now wears one as the drugs for her rheumatoid arthritis have resulted in her having virtually no immune system so she cannot afford to be bitten, particularly by ticks.
Please do not hesitate to ask... you will be saving yourselves huge sums of money spent on chemicals and will be potentially saving the lives of your cats and dogs.

SensibleSarah

I treat for fleas very rarely, maybe one or twice a year at most, or not at all if no sign of fleas. Worming I do around 3 times a year & buy drontal online.

Feral_Moon

I buy Prazitel (approx £5 for 45kg dog) twice yearly and he wears a Scalibor collar (£13) from April to October. Other than that no other preventative treatment. So total annual cost of £23