Can you save by buying Advantage flea control for dogs and using smaller dosage for cats?

Here's another question...Can you do this with Frontline Plus as well? I've
heard it's actually a better product than
Advantage, in that it works against ticks too. Can I buy the "large-dog"
product and dole out smaller "cat-sized" doses to my feline? Would anyone
know the dosage size?
-Garret

"-L." wrote in message
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Garret Swayne wrote:
I've been told Advantage Flea control has the same ingredients, whether
it's
used for dogs or for cats. The only difference is that when you buy
Advantage for dogs, the measured single-application doses contain more
(because dogs are larger and require a larger dose). So if you have a
calibrated eyedropper to measure out the dosage exactly and information
on
how big a dose to apply to your cat, theoretically you could buy a
packaged
dose for a large dog and stretch it to several applications for your
small
cat, couldn't you? Has anybody tried this, or or do you know of a site
where they tell you exactly how to do it?

Yes, you can - I do it all the time. I forget the dosage for cats,
but it's how ever much is in each tube made for cats (I think it's
0.8ml). Just check the dosage on the tube for cats, and remove that
much per cat from the larger package.

-L.

I have been using Frontline Plus for several years. My vet suggested that we
get the one for large dogs as it is all of the same formula. I opened our
last plastic vial this evening and filled one syringe with 2 1/2 cc and a
second to 1 1/2 cc of the liquid. I just cap them off with the plastic caps
that come with the syringes. The dosage we use is .5 cc per month. A package
of three vials for a large dog lasts a long time. if you have a large herd
would make it reasonable.

Leanne

"Garret Swayne" wrote in message
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Here's another question...Can you do this with Frontline Plus as well?
I've heard it's actually a better product than
Advantage, in that it works against ticks too. Can I buy the "large-dog"
product and dole out smaller "cat-sized" doses to my feline? Would anyone
know the dosage size?
-Garret

"-L." wrote in message
oups.com...
Garret Swayne wrote:
I've been told Advantage Flea control has the same ingredients, whether
it's
used for dogs or for cats. The only difference is that when you buy
Advantage for dogs, the measured single-application doses contain more
(because dogs are larger and require a larger dose). So if you have a
calibrated eyedropper to measure out the dosage exactly and information
on
how big a dose to apply to your cat, theoretically you could buy a
packaged
dose for a large dog and stretch it to several applications for your
small
cat, couldn't you? Has anybody tried this, or or do you know of a site
where they tell you exactly how to do it?

Yes, you can - I do it all the time. I forget the dosage for cats,
but it's how ever much is in each tube made for cats (I think it's
0.8ml). Just check the dosage on the tube for cats, and remove that
much per cat from the larger package.

-L.

On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:47:18 GMT, "Garret Swayne"
wrote:

Here's another question...Can you do this with Frontline Plus as well? I've
heard it's actually a better product than
Advantage, in that it works against ticks too. Can I buy the "large-dog"
product and dole out smaller "cat-sized" doses to my feline? Would anyone
know the dosage size?

I use Frontline Plus on my fifteen indoor/outdoor rural cats. I have
a severe tick issue due to all the wildlife and cattle in the area.
About twice a year I buy two or three six-packs of the largest dog
size from an Australian vendor (deadfleaz.com). Then I empty a tube
into a small glass bottle with a wide mouth and a tightly sealing lid.
I use 2 cc syringes to meter the doses: 0.5 cc for an average cat and
a bit more (about 0.7) for my two largest (and a bit less - maybe 0.35
or 0.4 cc for my two smallest). The biggest drawback is that the
numbers come off the syringes - I scratch the barrels at the two
dosage points and keep them visible by filling them with permanent
markers. Even counting shipping, this keeps the cost per cat per
month to around a US dollar, and keeps the fleas under almost complete
control, and the ticks to the point where for the first three weeks I
remove almost entirely dead ticks from the cats - they do bring in a
few live ones on the outside of their fur and these sometimes find me,
but I almost always feel them before they attach. Anyway, it's a good
thing that these are almost all cattle ticks, not deer ticks, even
though there is a large local deer population (even the deer have
almost exclusively cattle ticks).

I buy the bottles and syringes from http://www.sciplus.com/
(American Science and Surplus, and yes, there is a connection with
Ken's use of the same vendor).

--
T.E.D. ) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead

On Jun 9, 12:44 pm, Ted Davis wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:47:18 GMT, "Garret Swayne"

wrote:
Here's another question...Can you do this with Frontline Plus as well? I've
heard it's actually a better product than
Advantage, in that it works against ticks too. Can I buy the "large-dog"
product and dole out smaller "cat-sized" doses to my feline? Would anyone
know the dosage size?

I use Frontline Plus on my fifteen indoor/outdoor rural cats. I have
a severe tick issue due to all the wildlife and cattle in the area.
About twice a year I buy two or three six-packs of the largest dog
size from an Australian vendor (deadfleaz.com). Then I empty a tube
into a small glass bottle with a wide mouth and a tightly sealing lid.
I use 2 cc syringes to meter the doses: 0.5 cc for an average cat and
a bit more (about 0.7) for my two largest (and a bit less - maybe 0.35
or 0.4 cc for my two smallest). The biggest drawback is that the
numbers come off the syringes - I scratch the barrels at the two
dosage points and keep them visible by filling them with permanent
markers. Even counting shipping, this keeps the cost per cat per
month to around a US dollar, and keeps the fleas under almost complete
control, and the ticks to the point where for the first three weeks I
remove almost entirely dead ticks from the cats - they do bring in a
few live ones on the outside of their fur and these sometimes find me,
but I almost always feel them before they attach. Anyway, it's a good
thing that these are almost all cattle ticks, not deer ticks, even
though there is a large local deer population (even the deer have
almost exclusively cattle ticks).

I buy the bottles and syringes from http://www.sciplus.com/
(American Science and Surplus, and yes, there is a connection with
Ken's use of the same vendor).

--
T.E.D. ) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead

Does pulling of dead ticks usually leave a scar or scab?

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:12:13 -0700, James
wrote:

On Jun 9, 12:44 pm, Ted Davis wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:47:18 GMT, "Garret Swayne"

wrote:
Here's another question...Can you do this with Frontline Plus as well? I've
heard it's actually a better product than
Advantage, in that it works against ticks too. Can I buy the "large-dog"
product and dole out smaller "cat-sized" doses to my feline? Would anyone
know the dosage size?

I use Frontline Plus on my fifteen indoor/outdoor rural cats. I have
a severe tick issue due to all the wildlife and cattle in the area.
About twice a year I buy two or three six-packs of the largest dog
size from an Australian vendor (deadfleaz.com). Then I empty a tube
into a small glass bottle with a wide mouth and a tightly sealing lid.
I use 2 cc syringes to meter the doses: 0.5 cc for an average cat and
a bit more (about 0.7) for my two largest (and a bit less - maybe 0.35
or 0.4 cc for my two smallest). The biggest drawback is that the
numbers come off the syringes - I scratch the barrels at the two
dosage points and keep them visible by filling them with permanent
markers. Even counting shipping, this keeps the cost per cat per
month to around a US dollar, and keeps the fleas under almost complete
control, and the ticks to the point where for the first three weeks I
remove almost entirely dead ticks from the cats - they do bring in a
few live ones on the outside of their fur and these sometimes find me,
but I almost always feel them before they attach. Anyway, it's a good
thing that these are almost all cattle ticks, not deer ticks, even
though there is a large local deer population (even the deer have
almost exclusively cattle ticks).

I buy the bottles and syringes from http://www.sciplus.com/
(American Science and Surplus, and yes, there is a connection with
Ken's use of the same vendor).

--
T.E.D. ) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead

Does pulling of dead ticks usually leave a scar or scab?

Hard to tell through the fur, but I find them mostly by feel, and I
don't seem to keep going back to the same places. The cats don't seem
to have much of an allergic reaction to ticks, but I definitely do.

--
T.E.D. ) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead

"Ted Davis" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:12:13 -0700, James
wrote:
On Jun 9, 12:44 pm, Ted Davis wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:47:18 GMT, "Garret Swayne"
wrote:
Here's another question...Can you do this with Frontline Plus as well?
I've
heard it's actually a better product than
Advantage, in that it works against ticks too. Can I buy the
"large-dog"
product and dole out smaller "cat-sized" doses to my feline? Would
anyone
know the dosage size?

I use Frontline Plus on my fifteen indoor/outdoor rural cats. I have
a severe tick issue due to all the wildlife and cattle in the area.
About twice a year I buy two or three six-packs of the largest dog
size from an Australian vendor (deadfleaz.com). Then I empty a tube
into a small glass bottle with a wide mouth and a tightly sealing lid.
I use 2 cc syringes to meter the doses: 0.5 cc for an average cat and
a bit more (about 0.7) for my two largest (and a bit less - maybe 0.35
or 0.4 cc for my two smallest). The biggest drawback is that the
numbers come off the syringes - I scratch the barrels at the two
dosage points and keep them visible by filling them with permanent
markers. Even counting shipping, this keeps the cost per cat per
month to around a US dollar, and keeps the fleas under almost complete
control, and the ticks to the point where for the first three weeks I
remove almost entirely dead ticks from the cats - they do bring in a
few live ones on the outside of their fur and these sometimes find me,
but I almost always feel them before they attach. Anyway, it's a good
thing that these are almost all cattle ticks, not deer ticks, even
though there is a large local deer population (even the deer have
almost exclusively cattle ticks).

I buy the bottles and syringes from http://www.sciplus.com/
(American Science and Surplus, and yes, there is a connection with
Ken's use of the same vendor).

--
T.E.D. ) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real
address - that one is dead

Does pulling of dead ticks usually leave a scar or scab?

Hard to tell through the fur, but I find them mostly by feel, and I
don't seem to keep going back to the same places. The cats don't seem
to have much of an allergic reaction to ticks, but I definitely do.

Never let your cat outside and you'll never have to pull any more ticks.

"Professor" wrote in message
news:JQ3bi.561$or4.494@trnddc06...

Never let your cat outside and you'll never have to pull any more ticks.


Pardon me, but pulling a few ticks is a small price to pay for
freedom.......

You would live a much safer life if you were confined to a padded cell,
too.........

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:46:37 -0700, William Graham
wrote in :

"Professor" wrote in message
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Never let your cat outside and you'll never have to pull any more ticks.


Pardon me, but pulling a few ticks is a small price to pay for
freedom.......

You would live a much safer life if you were confined to a padded cell,
too.........

Sounds like a scheme...

--
Nicolaas.

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Freeware. E-Mail me for details.


.... Computers make it easier to do a lot of things - most of which didn't
really need to be done.

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:03:53 GMT, "Professor"
wrote:


Does pulling of dead ticks usually leave a scar or scab?

Hard to tell through the fur, but I find them mostly by feel, and I
don't seem to keep going back to the same places. The cats don't seem
to have much of an allergic reaction to ticks, but I definitely do.

Never let your cat outside and you'll never have to pull any more ticks.


You try living with fifteen strictly indoor cats in about a thousand
square feet of space. Especially when a number of them originated as
barn cats.

--
T.E.D. )
Remove "gearbox.maem." from address - that one is dead

"William Graham" wrote in message
. ..

"Professor" wrote in message
news:JQ3bi.561$or4.494@trnddc06...

Never let your cat outside and you'll never have to pull any more ticks.


Pardon me, but pulling a few ticks is a small price to pay for
freedom.......

You would live a much safer life if you were confined to a padded cell,
too.........

I have never let my retire show cats outside, they have no idea what they're
missing, and haver no desire to go out. Ticks can give your cat illnesses
that can kill, but obviously you don't care.