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Jo Firey wrote:

One way we save with the vets blessing, (we use advantage).
The dog and cat treatments are the same drug at the same concentration. So
be buy the largest size and the vet gives us a syringe to measure out the
individual doses. And I dose slightly under what is recommended and it has
always worked just fine. One St Bernard size vial treats my poodle, two
cats and my daughters cats as well.

I do exactly the same thing, also with Advantage. That big size, 4 ml I
think, will dose 5 cats at .8 ml each. And one large tube costs me US $13
at the vet, whereas a package of 4 medium-cat-sized ones costs $30!!

Jo, what do you do about the fact that the liquid removes the paint from
the syringe? After one dosing, I can't see where the .8 mark is anymore.
Finally, I put a strip of masking tape around a new syringe at that level
while the markings were still on it, so I could still see how much was the
right amount after the paint came off. Kind of makes you wonder about
putting something on your cat that dissolves paint!!

Joyce

MaryL wrote:
said some cats do have this reaction to Revolution. It is an "all-purpose"
product, and I am now suspicious of the number of components in it.

It actually has just one ingredient, that's why we use it. We used to
use Program or Advantage and Heartguard. Now we only use Revolution.
Half of them sure hate it though...

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MaryL wrote:
said some cats do have this reaction to Revolution. It is an "all-purpose"
product, and I am now suspicious of the number of components in it.

It actually has just one ingredient, that's why we use it. We used to
use Program or Advantage and Heartguard. Now we only use Revolution.
Half of them sure hate it though...

--
Victor Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
Send your spam he
Email me he

wrote:
think, will dose 5 cats at .8 ml each. And one large tube costs me US $13
at the vet, whereas a package of 4 medium-cat-sized ones costs $30!!

Hmmm... I ought to try that. It gets expensive to buy that stuff for 7 cats!

right amount after the paint came off. Kind of makes you wonder about
putting something on your cat that dissolves paint!!

Well, could be just the solvent used, like alcohol.

--
Victor Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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Email me he

wrote:
think, will dose 5 cats at .8 ml each. And one large tube costs me US $13
at the vet, whereas a package of 4 medium-cat-sized ones costs $30!!

Hmmm... I ought to try that. It gets expensive to buy that stuff for 7 cats!

right amount after the paint came off. Kind of makes you wonder about
putting something on your cat that dissolves paint!!

Well, could be just the solvent used, like alcohol.

--
Victor Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
Send your spam he
Email me he

Victor Martinez dumped this in news:T2_gc.2961$hR1.379
@fe2.texas.rr.com on 19 Apr 2004:

It actually has just one ingredient, that's why we use it. We used to
use Program or Advantage and Heartguard. Now we only use Revolution.
Half of them sure hate it though...

I think I'll ask our vet about that. I know she doesn't carry it but I'm
starting to wonder about Advantage based on some responses in these groups
lately. Poor Shamrock has what appears to be flea allergies but in several
examinations by vets, no signs of fleas have been found but to one with
severe flea allergy, it only takes a single bite. I always treated him like
clockwork with Advantage but maybe it let in a flea or two? Now with them
going out again (outdoor enclosure), I have to think about heartworm, too.

--
Cheryl

Victor Martinez dumped this in news:T2_gc.2961$hR1.379
@fe2.texas.rr.com on 19 Apr 2004:

It actually has just one ingredient, that's why we use it. We used to
use Program or Advantage and Heartguard. Now we only use Revolution.
Half of them sure hate it though...

I think I'll ask our vet about that. I know she doesn't carry it but I'm
starting to wonder about Advantage based on some responses in these groups
lately. Poor Shamrock has what appears to be flea allergies but in several
examinations by vets, no signs of fleas have been found but to one with
severe flea allergy, it only takes a single bite. I always treated him like
clockwork with Advantage but maybe it let in a flea or two? Now with them
going out again (outdoor enclosure), I have to think about heartworm, too.

--
Cheryl

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
...
wrote:
think, will dose 5 cats at .8 ml each. And one large tube costs me US
$13
at the vet, whereas a package of 4 medium-cat-sized ones costs $30!!

Hmmm... I ought to try that. It gets expensive to buy that stuff for 7
cats!

right amount after the paint came off. Kind of makes you wonder about
putting something on your cat that dissolves paint!!

Well, could be just the solvent used, like alcohol.

--

It feels oily. And the way the animals act, I think it burns just a bit on
their skin. I mean it isn't like a dog to object just because something
stinks.

But you are right, It does take the "paint" off if you don't get it rinsed
off quickly. (I just take the needles off my insulin syringes with a pair
if pliers if I need to)

Jo

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
...
wrote:
think, will dose 5 cats at .8 ml each. And one large tube costs me US
$13
at the vet, whereas a package of 4 medium-cat-sized ones costs $30!!

Hmmm... I ought to try that. It gets expensive to buy that stuff for 7
cats!

right amount after the paint came off. Kind of makes you wonder about
putting something on your cat that dissolves paint!!

Well, could be just the solvent used, like alcohol.

--

It feels oily. And the way the animals act, I think it burns just a bit on
their skin. I mean it isn't like a dog to object just because something
stinks.

But you are right, It does take the "paint" off if you don't get it rinsed
off quickly. (I just take the needles off my insulin syringes with a pair
if pliers if I need to)

Jo

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:24:03 GMT, Victor Martinez
wrote:

This morning I decided it had been long enough and it was time to dose
the Fantastic Seven (TM) with Revolution (a topical medication for
fleas, ticks, worms, and all kinds of parasites). I got the seven vials
and put them in my pocket. Fez and Rufous took it and didn't even notice
it! Such good boys... we'll see if they act the same way next month.
Xoxo didn't seem to care until he actually felt the liquid, then he jump
and ran away. Basho and Luna were still unaware of my treachery 'cuz
they didn't run from me until after they had been dosed. However, Issa
and Maya recognized the smell and ran for their lives!
It took me a while to catch them, Tom had to help with Issa because he
got really angry, clawing and yowling. Maya just would not get close to
me. I finally caught her off-guard and dosed her. She ran away and gave
me the baddest death look ever.
I'm such a bad daddy this morning...

Yep it's that time here as well. The only way I get both Sammy and
Little Bit is to do it on different days. Once they get a whiff
they're gone. Rocky is my good boy, as he doesn't mind at all as long
as I' sneak it in during a scritch session.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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