Frontline is not working, is Advantix SAFE?

btw Frontline has failed TWO months in a row i.e. two consecutive applications.

yea, frontline started becoming ineffective a few years ago...i've never heard of people having problems with advantix, and ive sold it to a hell of a lot of people at various jobs over the years...

are you sure it is fleas not a skin allergy?

Frontline doesn`t work on my dog either. Advantix multi is great and my buddy is fine after a whole summer of use. Hope that helps.

i've used it occasionally .

it does seem to work a bit better than frontline plus.


it is also more expensive .

there is a pill called comfortis that seems to be more significantly more effective than both for fleas. doesn't prevent ticks though.

comfortis is the best, I live in florida, lots of fleas

I use it too. I give it to a 4lb chihuahua, a 40lb boxer, and a 70lb weimaraner. It takes about an hour for them to be flea free and lasts a month.

Daily flea combing, especially if you only have one small dog, is very effective and completely safe, when done right.

Diatomacious earth is also very safe and effective when used properly.

oh yea, I see them and i've got flea bites myself!

is comfortis available on line without prescription?

Use Diatomaceous Earth (FOOD GRADE) only.

I once put shit like you're talking about on my cat and IT ALMOST KILLED HIM! He had allergic reaction to it, started drooling (took 3 days to effect him), mouth all swollen, etc. Vet couldnt' figure out what was wrong, and said he had "Feline HIV Aides" and to put him down!

I said HELL NO!!! Took him home (broken hearted - I LOVE HIM!) to try to figure out what to do....still had LOTS of fleas. I used Borax (THAT WORKS, TOO!) I finally figured out that he had had an allergic reaction to that shit, and found a "cure" on-line to give him Activated Charcoal. IT WORKED!!! He survived!

Then I discovered Diatomaceous Earth (FOOD GRADE), and now I sprinkle a little on them (LOTS of cats!!) about once a month. NO MORE FLEAS!!! You can sprinkle it where they lay, etc. and it will keep all kinds of pests aaway.

Use only the Food Grade one so that when or if they lick it off themselves, it can't hurt them. In fact, when we adopted one abandoned cat, she had tapeworms, and fed her a teaspoon of DE everyday for a month, and NO MORE TAPEWORMS!!!

The stuff is great.

Research it.

does Diatomaceous Earth kill live fleas?, to previous poster.

Also if a dog picks at their fur, couldn't they inhale it?

Frontline works but on the same day you need to bug bomb the house.

85 bucks for like 6 pills???

Are they effing insane????

see, it's that "when used properly" that confuses me. There aren't any formal instructions on how to use it anywhere are there?

well, no one is saying they have had, or knows anyone that has had, problems with Advantix on their dog.

I used to use Frontline on my dog but found it did not work to prevent ticks. I found it work alright at stopping the fleas though. IO switched her to Advantix after finding a tick attached to my lower eyelid last summer

I too, was leary about using Advantix as I have two cats and one of them likes to groom the dog.

What I've found out is so long as you keep the treated dog away from the cats for 48 hours or until the application site is dry there won't be any issues.

I'm still paranoid about it though but haven't found anything else that works. I hate using pesticides on my dog and wish revolution worked better.

Frontline and advantax and all the other chemical weapons are hazardous to all beings. Don't use that poison on your animals it's cruel!!

Use a natural flea collar and a natural spray. Look into all natural ways of repelling insects from your animals. Stop supporting big pharma and helping TPTB with their Agenda 21 genocide. GEEZ!!

I'm glad your cat survived!!!

Was it Advantix?

advocate works on my dog, no problems at all

Advantix is highly!!! toxic to cats. It can kill them if they come into direct contact with it. They lack an enzyme which helps to metabolize pyrethrins.

Why would use any such thing on somebody you love. Go on the net and find other solutions.

advocate comes in cat version too:

[link to www.bayeranimal.com.au]

because she is suffering terribly with fleas and my vet says to put it on and others say they've had no problems. I've been on the "net" - I can find "it's great" to "it kills" on just about anything I type in.

I still haven't heard from anyone had a problem using this on their dog.

If you don't have problems with ticks

Revolution is a much safer alternative and it is not a pesticide. The active ingredient (selamectin is in fact quite safe.

It is related to Ivermectin which has been used to prevent Heartworm infection for many many years

Frontline and advantix both suck.

Check out Revolution, its not harmful to cats if you use with your dogs.

My neighbor s dog has had over 20 ticks found and got lymes disease. And our dog with Revolution has not had any ticks.

You must be one of the lucky ones because it has been my experience that Revolution while great at controlling Fleas, Lice, Mites, etc. Does not seem to work that well for Tick control

Interesting to hear. Here on the east coast we have had horrible iisues with ticks. We have deer in our backyard and im sure they are full of ticks.

Get a flea collar for $5.99.

I have one small dog, and multiple cats. None of my cats go outside, and I have had horrible flea problems this year. (East coast, US). I've spent a fortune on Frontline, and it doesn't work! I really hate putting that poison on them, but I've searched online and agree, you can find reviews, pro and con for everything. It's maddening. I swear, I have one more dose left for the cats, and I'm never buying that crap again. Glad that I read this about Advantix and cats, never buying that either. What I am going to do, I don't know.