Frontline -- okay to stockpile it?

Sun, 2 May 2010 16:37:35 -0400 from Stan Brown
:

With the vet's approval, Milo is going to become an indoor-outdoor
cat starting a few weeks from now. So of course I'll be applying
Frontline.

The local Petsmart wants $60 for Frontline -- or, rather, that's the
price marked on an empty shelf. I expect I can do much better by
ordering on line, but I don't want to have shipping charges eat into
my savings, so I'm thinking of buying say a year's supply.

My question is, what kind of shelf life does it have? It would be a
false economy to buy a year's worth and then find six months later
that the stuff no longer works.

Please understand, I'm asking about shelf life. I know that once
it's applied to the cat you're supposed to repeat it every month.

Thanks for the responses!

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On Tue, 04 May 2010 17:07:20 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Suddenly, without warning, Phil P. exclaimed (5/4/2010 2:47 AM):
"jmc" wrote in message
...

Actually, I think I remember reading that the dog version is DIFFERENT
than the cat version, and could kill your cat.


Frontline Plus for dogs is perfectly safe for cats at .5 ml/cat. Its all we
use. Actually, Frontline Plus for dogs is a little weaker-- contains
slightly less s-methoprene which is an insect growth regulator that kills
flea eggs and larvae.

Frontline Plus for dogs contains fipronil 9.8% and S-methoprene 8.8%.

Frontline Plus for cats contains fipronil 9.8% and S-methoprene 11.8%.

Phil






Ok. Must have been a different medication then. Maybe one of those
horrid things you can get at the grocery store?

Probably made by Hartz. I hate that company.


I cannot use it because Meep completely flips out when either version of
Frontline is applied - and not for a few minutes, for *hours*. Runs
around in a panic with twitching skin, poor thing.

jmc



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On Sun, 2 May 2010 16:37:35 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:

With the vet's approval, Milo is going to become an indoor-outdoor
cat starting a few weeks from now. So of course I'll be applying
Frontline.

The local Petsmart wants $60 for Frontline -- or, rather, that's the
price marked on an empty shelf. I expect I can do much better by
ordering on line, but I don't want to have shipping charges eat into
my savings, so I'm thinking of buying say a year's supply.

My question is, what kind of shelf life does it have? It would be a
false economy to buy a year's worth and then find six months later
that the stuff no longer works.

Please understand, I'm asking about shelf life. I know that once
it's applied to the cat you're supposed to repeat it every month.

I called Frontline once when I had some old stuff on hand. They told me it
never expired.

Patty

Mon, 3 May 2010 09:08:58 -0700 (PDT) from Rene
:

Stan,

I did some Googling and got answers from 1-2 years for an unopened
container. IMO I would email or call the manufacturer just to confirm
this. Would hate for you to spend a bunch of money for nothing.

Rene

Thanks to Rene, Patty, and everyone else who responded. I've just
ordered 9 months' worth from UPCO for $97.50, free shipping.

I read what people said about getting the dog version or getting the
vet-sized tube and measuring it myself. I may go that route
eventually, but when just starting out I want to keep it simple with
the pre-measured stuff. $11 a month doesn't seem that bad to me,
especially since it's about half of Petsmart's price.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

"Phil P." wrote:

Frontline Plus for dogs is perfectly safe for cats at .5 ml/cat. Its all we
use. Actually, Frontline Plus for dogs is a little weaker-- contains
slightly less s-methoprene which is an insect growth regulator that kills
flea eggs and larvae.

Frontline Plus for dogs contains fipronil 9.8% and S-methoprene 8.8%.

Frontline Plus for cats contains fipronil 9.8% and S-methoprene 11.8%.

Phil

On this web site:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Discuss:Ca...r_Dogs_on_Cats

I read this:
__________________________________________________ ______________
(4) On May 15, 2011 at 7:56 pm Vapeterson [0] said:

When "dosing" out a larger dose vial, please be aware that the
chemicals in Frontline degrade after they are opened and no longer
work after about 100 days (3 months). Small dog and cat owners
should only buy the 132 Lb dose if they have 3+ animals, otherwise
they'd be throwing the last doses away.
I only have 2 cats and the last dose (4 month) didn't work, so I
did some research on the 2 active chemicals and found that they can
degrade rather quickly when exposed to air.
__________________________________________________ _________________

Do you know if this is true? This person might work for the company
that makes Frontline.

I could put the Frontline in a syringe, hold the syringe with the
opening up, expel nearly all the air and seal the syringe. Would
this be enough to make it last seven months? (I have one cat.)

Would storing the Frontline in the refrigerator make it last
substantially longer? I would wrap the syringe in aluminum foil to
protect it from light.

Thank you in advance for all replies.
--
When a cat sits in a human's lap both the human and the cat are usually
happy. The human is happy because he thinks the cat is sitting on him/her
because it loves her/him. The cat is happy because it thinks that by sitting
on the human it is dominant over the human.

On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:22:52 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

"Phil P." wrote:

Frontline Plus for dogs is perfectly safe for cats at .5 ml/cat. Its all we
use. Actually, Frontline Plus for dogs is a little weaker-- contains
slightly less s-methoprene which is an insect growth regulator that kills
flea eggs and larvae.

Frontline Plus for dogs contains fipronil 9.8% and S-methoprene 8.8%.

Frontline Plus for cats contains fipronil 9.8% and S-methoprene 11.8%.

Phil

On this web site:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Discuss:Ca...r_Dogs_on_Cats

I read this:
_________________________________________________ _______________
(4) On May 15, 2011 at 7:56 pm Vapeterson [0] said:

When "dosing" out a larger dose vial, please be aware that the
chemicals in Frontline degrade after they are opened and no longer
work after about 100 days (3 months). Small dog and cat owners
should only buy the 132 Lb dose if they have 3+ animals, otherwise
they'd be throwing the last doses away.
I only have 2 cats and the last dose (4 month) didn't work, so I
did some research on the 2 active chemicals and found that they can
degrade rather quickly when exposed to air.
_________________________________________________ __________________


I don't know...but isn't there SOME air in the vial, when you buy it?

Do you know if this is true? This person might work for the company
that makes Frontline.

This could easily be the case.


I could put the Frontline in a syringe, hold the syringe with the
opening up, expel nearly all the air and seal the syringe. Would
this be enough to make it last seven months? (I have one cat.)

Assuming is does degrade in air, you would need to seal the end of the
syringe. If you have a needle, stick it into an old pencil eraser,
since you don't need the needle to administer the Frontline.

Otherwise, you could use a little piece of Saran wrap, or equivalent,
and a small rubber band, wrapped as close to the end of the syringe as
possible

I would think that would keep almost all the air out.

Also, I always advise keeping medications in the refrigerator....the
same with the syringe. Let it warm up, and look for a precipitate, and
mix it before you use it, if you see a precipitate.


Would storing the Frontline in the refrigerator make it last
substantially longer? I would wrap the syringe in aluminum foil to
protect it from light.

Thank you in advance for all replies.

That stuff is EXPENSIVE!. My cat stays indoors, and I've never had a
problem with fleas...so far.

Good luck.

BTW: I don't check the E-mail address in this post

ingold1234(at)yahoo(dot)com works, though.

golden wrote:

I don't know...but isn't there SOME air in the vial, when you buy it?

I have never looked to see if there is air in the vial. Even if
there is air, it could be nitrogen gas.

That stuff is EXPENSIVE!. My cat stays indoors, and I've never had a
problem with fleas...so far.

I have found the large dog vial which makes eight cat doses on eBay
for $14 with free shipping.
--
When a cat sits in a human's lap both the human and the cat are usually
happy. The human is happy because he thinks the cat is sitting on him/her
because it loves her/him. The cat is happy because it thinks that by sitting
on the human it is dominant over the human.

On 2011-08-10, Daniel Prince wrote:
golden wrote:

I don't know...but isn't there SOME air in the vial, when you buy it?

I have never looked to see if there is air in the vial. Even if
there is air, it could be nitrogen gas.

That stuff is EXPENSIVE!. My cat stays indoors, and I've never had a
problem with fleas...so far.

I have found the large dog vial which makes eight cat doses on eBay
for $14 with free shipping.

Locally, Frontline appears to be less effective than it used to be because
the flea population is getting immune to it. Frontline didn't do my
brother's fiancee's dog much good, but Advantage seemed to do better.
My cat has been getting Advantage treatment.

Bud