How Do The Top Spot Flea/tick Treatments Work?

[jenz0r]

Hello,

i gave our puppy his latest Advantix treatment on the weekend and it made me wonder how these treatments actually work.. do they coat the hair/skin or does the skin absorb it into the dog?

how does the treatment work itself right around to the ears/nose of the dog? it seems magic that you can put it on the shoulders and the whole dog is covered?

i checked the instructions but it doesnt say whether its ok to treat the dog after he has a bath and is dry, however it does say its still effective despite swimming/bathing?

thanks for any info

[Miss B]

Advantage/Advantix contains an active ingredient called Imidacloprid, which is suspended in a benzyl alcohol mixture. The benzyl alcohol helps spread the liquid over the body of your dog, and it gets absorbed and then locked into the lipid layer of the dogs skin. It does not travel into the dogs bloodstream, it remains in that lipid layer and kills fleas on contact.

The ingredient in Advantix that kills ticks is Permethrin.

And yeah you should be fine to treat your pooch after a bath but just make sure he is fully dried first

We had a Bayer representative give us a presentation on these products recently actually. They were telling us about how one of the Bayer reps applied a tube of Advantage to her own wrist to demonstrate how it works... a few hours later her arms, shoulders, neck etc were all glittering with the tiny crystals of Imidacloprid which had been carried over her skin by the benzyl alcohol.

[jenz0r]

thanks for the info Miss B!

haha imagine having to demonstrate how it works, yuck!!!!

[annagoddess]

Thank you very much for this helpful info.

[poochmad]

Thanks for the info, Miss B; hubby and I were discussing this just the other day...now I can tell him what really happens.

[Bully]

We had a Bayer representative give us a presentation on these products recently actually. They were telling us about how one of the Bayer reps applied a tube of Advantage to her own wrist to demonstrate how it works... a few hours later her arms, shoulders, neck etc were all glittering with the tiny crystals of Imidacloprid which had been carried over her skin by the benzyl alcohol.

No fleas on her

Thanks for explaining :D

[*Avanti*]

Advantage/Advantix contains an active ingredient called Imidacloprid, which is suspended in a benzyl alcohol mixture. The benzyl alcohol helps spread the liquid over the body of your dog, and it gets absorbed and then locked into the lipid layer of the dogs skin. It does not travel into the dogs bloodstream, it remains in that lipid layer and kills fleas on contact.

The ingredient in Advantix that kills ticks is Permethrin.

And yeah you should be fine to treat your pooch after a bath but just make sure he is fully dried first

We had a Bayer representative give us a presentation on these products recently actually. They were telling us about how one of the Bayer reps applied a tube of Advantage to her own wrist to demonstrate how it works... a few hours later her arms, shoulders, neck etc were all glittering with the tiny crystals of Imidacloprid which had been carried over her skin by the benzyl alcohol.

I find this hard to believe, what would stop it enering the bloodstream? What if the dog has any cuts or scratches?