Sentinel Spectrum Dosage

[tiff-689]

Ok great, I'll get the large dose chews and just give them one each. Are fleas fairly easy to spot? I've never actually had fleas on any of my dogs before so I'm worried i wouldn't know what to look for!

In which case it's fine to use sentinel spectrum on it's own and then if i ever spot fleas, i can use a one off type thing like frontline..? Sorry if i sound daft. haha

You do not need to use Frontline as well as Sentinal Spectrum. If you want to use Frontline get Sentinal Inteceptor which does not include flea treatment.

However personally I would go with Sential Spectrum. I have been using Sentinal Spectrum now for many years and we never have fleas!

Remember though Sentinal Spectrum does not kill adult fleas, it stops the lifecycle. So if your dogs are with other dogs and a flea jumps on them it will not kill this. I always keep capstar on hand, which kills adult fleas (in about 1 hour I think) just in case we have any tag alongs. I very rarely have to use this though. The makers of Sential make capstar and you can also get a version made by exelpet from the supermarket. Every year Sential bring out a summer pack with free capstar - so look out for this!!

Also - if you are going to go with Sentinal Inteceptor and so a seperate flea treatment I would recommend Comfortis over Frontline.

Ok great, think i've got my head around it all now. Do i need to worry about treating ticks or just remove as i see them? I don't think i live in a high tick area (suburbia perth).

[Red Fox]

Ok great, I'll get the large dose chews and just give them one each. Are fleas fairly easy to spot? I've never actually had fleas on any of my dogs before so I'm worried i wouldn't know what to look for!

In which case it's fine to use sentinel spectrum on it's own and then if i ever spot fleas, i can use a one off type thing like frontline..? Sorry if i sound daft. haha

If your dogs don't have fleas then you don't need to treat them.

Just get Interceptor for large dogs which is much cheaper than Sentinal - same thing without the flea component. You can give it 6 weekly, it covers all intestinal worms plus heartworm.

[Chris the Rebel Wolf]

Fleas look like tiny little crawly black things. It is often easier to spot flea 'dirt' which is like little reddish brown specks, which is the flea poo, this collects in the hair. You can use frontline with Sentinel is you pot adult fleas, but it shouldn't be necessary to use something that is a long term flea treatment. Frontline is a continuous killer, stays in the coat, keeps on killing fleas for one month. It would be easier to use a spray, wash or the capstar tablets which are quiet cheap for if you spot adult fleas.