(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best cat flea & tick control

Don't buy their flea treatment. Fucking awful (I've never seen that many 1-star amazon reviews on any other product).

Their food is fantastic, though.

you may want to add this to your list: a generic Advantage II

https://www.amazon.com/Advecta-Flea-Treatment-Month-Supply/dp/B01C47QGRW/

This stuff works really well. It's cheap and has the same ingredients as Frontline. I use the same brand for my dog and I swear by it. I've done the whole treating the yard thing and bombing the house in combination with other flea drops but this shit works.

source: I live in Florida. There are LOTS of fleas in FL.

Get this stuff and use daily;https://www.amazon.com/Enforcer-20-Ounce-Killer-Carpet-fresh/dp/B004SI2O9A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1500146117&sr=8-2&keywords=flea+killer+carpet+powder

Buy one of these, put your phone and wallet inside and keep this under your clothes

http://www.amazon.com/Running-Exercise-ANKOVO-Sweatproof-Smartphones/dp/B015GP60NY?ie=UTF8&redirect=true

I got rid of fleas coming up through my floorboards using mothballs under the house to discourage feral visitors (bonus: silenced the nightly 3 am cat sex concerts) and salting my floors (cover for 24 hours, vacuum). I've also had good results with this product. It's totally natural, so maybe better for sensitive skin. I've used it on cats, floors, and furniture & it visibly kills fleas on contact.

I need to figure out what exact product is causing this. I have treated my cats with Fiproguard Plus in the last month without any issues. From the Consumer Affairs page it seems like something called "Sentry PurrScriptions Plus" is the product causing sick pets. This is the stuff i got- http://www.amazon.com/Sentry-Fiproguard-6-Dose-Topical-Weights/dp/B007CRCO8U/
I'm not happy with it as it does not seem to actually work. After 2 months my 3 cats still have tons of fleas. What is the active ingrident that is causing pets to become ill? I'm pretty much freaking out right now.

>you may want to add this to your list: a generic Advantage II

>https://www.amazon.com/Advecta-Flea-Treatment-Month-Supply/dp/B01C47QGRW/

Done!

I wish I could do the generic for the dogs but there is no tick protection! Sucks!

Frontline works for my cats. If you use it consistently for three months while you keep your carpet vacuumed, you will be rid of fleas. If your animals go outside, keep using Frontline every month.

Also, if you shop at Costco, the Kirkland brand is NOT THE SAME THING even though they put it right next to Frontline in the store and we made the mistake of buying it, and it made our cats sick.

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Hartz almost killed my cat.

He was foaming at the within minutes of application. I washed him off, but he was in a stupor (no balance, falling over) for hours; and wasn't himself for a couple of days.

It's happened to many people, and they won't pull it off the shelves:

http://www.hartzvictims.org/

Amazon Reviews

Consumer Affairs

Sorry this happened to you.

Again - Hartz knows damn good and well that their product is killing animals every day.

Just saw this and thought I’d put in my $.02....I’ve been struggling with fleas for years on and off with them getting out of hand every summer because nobody else in my area treats their dogs. I don’t have carpet (thank god) but between the furniture, cats and dogs it’s been a nightmare.

I’ve tried vet treatments, topical treatments of many different brands, flea traps, flea dips, shampoos, waterless shampoo (cats), all natural sprays for furniture, DE, treating them every 3 weeks instead of 4 due to a vet telling me that the effectiveness starts to wear off early, you name it, I’ve tried it.

This summer I’d finally had enough. I read for hours online about the Seresto collars that I’d been recommended but had always been leery of because of the reviews that have the awful photos of allergic reactions and open sores. I found a study done by NIH about these specific collars (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353155/) and long story short, very few animals have reactions (under 5%) and the reviews are a case of people being more inclined to leave a bad review than a good one (I’m guilty of that myself), they last for 8 months so they’re cheaper than any topical I’ve been able to find, they’re safe for dogs and cats (and in fact have the same ingredients for both) and reduce fleas by 95-98% in like 2 days (I don’t remember exactly but it’s in the link I posted). Just another piece of information, these collars have no warnings on them in Europe. Europe is more stringent on chemicals etc. by far than we are (US) so the fact that these have no warnings on them there is really a selling point. The topical treatments, for example, have warnings on them here and in Europe for seizures, treatment site issues, liver issues, neurological issues...the list goes on.

I bought them on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VBQKA5C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_P0puDbKQJHGA7 (that’s a 3 pack of cat ones and since you have 3 cats it’d be perfect) for $150 for a 3 pack for cats, and about $58 for each dog collar. Another thing, I thought the cats would hate having collars on, they’d never worn them before and freak out about everything so I thought that might be a hurdle...I put them on while they were eating and they seem like they haven’t even noticed they’re there. They haven’t tried to get them off AT ALL.

I put them on when they were due for another topical treatment. I did not treat anything with DE for at least a week before and not at all after, I did not use anything on my furniture and I did not wash anything specifically. After three days no one was itching, I wasn’t able to find any on them and I hadn’t had one jump on me or bite me in about 24 hours. It’s now been about a week and we are flea free. I expect that there will be small bouts of them here and there as they will still be hatching anywhere that’s furniture etc., but they won’t have a food source so I imagine it’ll be over fairly quickly.

Also, no reactions at all! Not even on my cat that has a bit of hair loss around his neck from being in a cone recently! I’ve been checking a few times a day to be sure and nothing. I don’t smell anything on them, I still snuggle them and they’re on furniture with us and no irritation on us either (and my husband is allergic to damned near everything).

So for anyone that has struggled to get rid of fleas and not just get them under control, I feel your pain. If you work out the cost over 8 months they’re cheaper by quite a bit (though the initial cost is kind of daunting) and you can actually be RID of them. It’s worth a try. Especially considering how many things most people have already tried and only had menial success with, if any at all.

Hopefully my story can help someone. I’m happier about this recent development than I’ve been about anything in a long time.

Tweezers leave a risk of pulling the bastard in two, exposing you to all of the shitty illnesses and co-infections that they spread (not just Lyme and the meat allergy one, but babesia, bartonella, ehrlichiosis, etc. - these can be much worse than Lyme, even deadly).

The absolute BEST way to remove a tick is a tick removal tool, it pulls them off in one piece, then you can burn the fucker:
https://www.amazon.com/Tick-Key-Removal-USA/dp/B06XSGSK7P/ref=asc_df_B06XSGSK7P/

Then if you feel sick AT ALL over the next week, immediately rush to your doctor and insist on 4-6 weeks of doxycycline, NOT the standard two weeks worth (which can be ineffective). Lyme and it's co-infections lead to years of torture and a lifetime of medical problems, it's not something to fuck around with.