What do you all use for fleas, ticks, heartworm?

Angelina03 · 01-30-2012, 02:37 PM

I may be needing to change Rocco's flea and tick medication. Right now, he is on Frontline Plus; but I think he is reacting to it.

What do you all use? And what does it control/kill?

qbchottu · 01-30-2012, 02:43 PM

I use Advantix II. I like it and have never seen flea/ticks on my dogs. They tolerate it well and I use it during the warm months. I copied this from their website:

K9 Advantix II is a monthly preventative for dogs that offers comprehensive protection against ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, biting flies and chewing lice. K9 Advantix II is a top veterinarian-recommended brand because it repels and kills all life stages of fleas (eggs, pupae, larvae, and adult fleas) and ticks (Deer ticks, American dog ticks, Brown dog ticks, and Lone Star ticks). K9 Advantix II kills 98-100 percent of fleas within 12 hours and continues working for one month to prevent infestations.

Courtney · 01-30-2012, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Angelina03

I may be needing to change Rocco's flea and tick medication. Right now, he is on Frontline Plus; but I think he is reacting to it.

What do you all use? And what does it control/kill?

I use Frontline for fleas & ticks (tried the natural route first, didn't work for us) and Interceptor for heartworms.

Sorry to hear your boy had a reaction...is he ok?

Holmeshx2 · 01-30-2012, 03:04 PM

I do/did frontline plus and it worked great for us here in NC (not as many flea issues for us it was tick issues BIG TIME) however when I went to MI over the summer frontline FAILED.. talked to a few vets up there and they said they were seeing fleas developing an immunity to frontline basically. So we changed over to Advantix 2 and it worked fabulous.. shes still on it because of the pack we bought and I'll probably keep her on it and see how well it does over the summer for ticks.. if it doesn't work as well for ticks here I'll go back to frontline however the fact it actually repels instead of just killing after on them I do like better because she has come inside and a tick jumps off her and is crawling on the floor "shudder" and repels mosquitoes so a little extra heartworm preventative

For heartworm I use my vets generic version of heartguard believe its called iverheart or something like that (dont pay attention to that one sorry) however if I can't get out that way I swing by the vet on post and grab heartguard I'm not too picky on it look more at price.

Angelina03 · 01-30-2012, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Courtney

I use Frontline for fleas & ticks (tried the natural route first, didn't work for us) and Interceptor for heartworms.

Sorry to hear your boy had a reaction...is he ok?

He's OK. He just has had itching for the last few days since I gave it to him. I hate to switch though because it really does work.

The vet once talked about a pill that works for fleas and heartworm, but not ticks. I forget the name. Anyone know?

doggiedad · 01-30-2012, 09:02 PM

he could be itching from the flea bites.

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Originally Posted by Angelina03

He's OK. He just has had itching for the last few days since I gave it to him. I hate to switch though because it really does work.

Brisco_dog · 01-30-2012, 09:19 PM

both my dogs are on trifexis, it's only for heartworm & fleas, but works awesome! (once you get the dog to eat the nasty pill

Pattycakes · 01-30-2012, 09:21 PM

I only use Interceptor for heartworms. Nothing for fleas or ticks. I don't have a problem with either of those on Uschi.

onyx'girl · 01-30-2012, 09:53 PM

I had been using Ivomec for heartworm prevention.
No flea/tick spot ons. I used a home made essential oil spray to repel when we had ticks.
This past August, my dogs started scratching. In late December I finally found a flea(jumped on my when I was on the laptop(heat attracted it?)
Probably picked it up at training

So I ended up using revolution~started it Jan 3 on the cats and dogs.
They are due for something soon, and I haven't seen a flea since, so I think I'll just chance it. If I do find them again, I'll probably do the Comfortis. I don't need to do HW prevention year round, and the Ivomec is so inexpensive, I'll continue to use that in the spring.

Jax08 · 01-31-2012, 08:20 AM

interceptor for heartworm

Advantix for fleas/ticks

01-30-2012, 02:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Angelina03 Master Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 626	What do you all use for fleas, ticks, heartworm? I may be needing to change Rocco's flea and tick medication. Right now, he is on Frontline Plus; but I think he is reacting to it. What do you all use? And what does it control/kill? __________________ Angela_______________________________ Danny (husband) ~ Samantha (daughter) ~ Rocco (GSD) Lucky (cat) ~ Beauty (cat) ~ MuMu (cat)

01-30-2012, 02:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
qbchottu Master Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 902	I use Advantix II. I like it and have never seen flea/ticks on my dogs. They tolerate it well and I use it during the warm months. I copied this from their website: K9 Advantix II is a monthly preventative for dogs that offers comprehensive protection against ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, biting flies and chewing lice. K9 Advantix II is a top veterinarian-recommended brand because it repels and kills all life stages of fleas (eggs, pupae, larvae, and adult fleas) and ticks (Deer ticks, American dog ticks, Brown dog ticks, and Lone Star ticks). K9 Advantix II kills 98-100 percent of fleas within 12 hours and continues working for one month to prevent infestations. __________________ Puddi 11/15/10 Rescue GSD/Golden Whiskey von Huerta Hof 12/20/10 WGSL GSD Wiva vom Drache Feld 2/3/11 WGSL GSD

01-30-2012, 03:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Holmeshx2 Elite Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ft. Bragg, NC Posts: 1,646	I do/did frontline plus and it worked great for us here in NC (not as many flea issues for us it was tick issues BIG TIME) however when I went to MI over the summer frontline FAILED.. talked to a few vets up there and they said they were seeing fleas developing an immunity to frontline basically. So we changed over to Advantix 2 and it worked fabulous.. shes still on it because of the pack we bought and I'll probably keep her on it and see how well it does over the summer for ticks.. if it doesn't work as well for ticks here I'll go back to frontline however the fact it actually repels instead of just killing after on them I do like better because she has come inside and a tick jumps off her and is crawling on the floor "shudder" and repels mosquitoes so a little extra heartworm preventative For heartworm I use my vets generic version of heartguard believe its called iverheart or something like that (dont pay attention to that one sorry) however if I can't get out that way I swing by the vet on post and grab heartguard I'm not too picky on it look more at price. __________________ Jinx vom Wildhaus

01-30-2012, 09:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 17,605	I had been using Ivomec for heartworm prevention. No flea/tick spot ons. I used a home made essential oil spray to repel when we had ticks. This past August, my dogs started scratching. In late December I finally found a flea(jumped on my when I was on the laptop(heat attracted it?) Probably picked it up at training So I ended up using revolution~started it Jan 3 on the cats and dogs. They are due for something soon, and I haven't seen a flea since, so I think I'll just chance it. If I do find them again, I'll probably do the Comfortis. I don't need to do HW prevention year round, and the Ivomec is so inexpensive, I'll continue to use that in the spring. __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

01-30-2012, 09:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
Brisco_dog Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: south Florida Posts: 42	both my dogs are on trifexis, it's only for heartworm & fleas, but works awesome! (once you get the dog to eat the nasty pill

01-30-2012, 09:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
Pattycakes Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,463	I only use Interceptor for heartworms. Nothing for fleas or ticks. I don't have a problem with either of those on Uschi.

01-31-2012, 08:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jax08 Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NNE PA Posts: 14,330	interceptor for heartworm Advantix for fleas/ticks

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