Flee Treatment

[MissLotus]

Hi,

I've been using Revolution for the last year and has been recently advise by the vet that Advocate or Advantage (I can't remember what he said) was better purely because it had heartworm stuff.

I went to pet place today and asked for Advantage (because I thought that what the vet said) and she recommended that Advocate was better, because you don't have to give them there yearly injections. Is this true or would I still give them their yearly injections? So know I'm confuse which was the better product.

What brand do you use?

Brgds

[Skye2]

I use advocate for my three dogs and cat. Advocate kills flea, fleas larvae, heartworm, intestinal (except tapeworm), lice ear mites sarcoptic mange and demdectic mange. It is fairly pricey, I pay $73 for a 6 pack of 10-25kg from Aussie pets online store. I could be wrong but I thought revolution does heartworm as well but just not intestinal worms.

[Sandra777]

because you don't have to give them there yearly injections. Is this true or would I still give them their yearly injections? So know I'm confuse which was the better product.

I'm assuming you mean "yearly injections" with proheart, for heartworm, not "yearly injections" as in vaccinations?

If you get a monthly pour on for heartworm then, no you don't need to use the annual proheart injection. Read up on line so you know which product you want, the implications of each, what else you may need to use when using certain products. Some breeds can't use certain products.

I have used both Advantage and Frontline and saw no particular difference between them. Tick control is more of an issue to me than fleas so am going collars, pills and dips this year instead (depending on the dog)

Two currently have had the proheart injection but I won't be repeating that, still to decide what I'm going to do about that but probably daily/weekly rather than monthly.

Intestinal worming isn't a biggy here - only done after a fecal count shows they actually need it or when a bitch has pups.