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Title: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: JadesMum on July 07, 2008, 12:59:45 PM

I was wondering if anyone could offer me some advice and help.
I have 2 cats aged 3 and th other 3 1/2 - female and male.
Rather than keep taking to vets for flea injections what is the best spray that CPL uses or drops to use, which works out the cheapest.
Getting Tibby in Carrrier is near impossible and stresses him out too much - so better to treat fleas at home I think.
Thanks

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Dawn F on July 07, 2008, 13:14:10 PM

frontline is popular, you can get it through the vetuk link which someone will post I'm sure (I'm rubbish and can't!)

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Michelle (furbabystar) on July 07, 2008, 13:15:00 PM

www.vetuk.co.uk

I use Frontline

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: tigerbaby on July 07, 2008, 13:19:27 PM

We use Advantage

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Gail Bengal Slave on July 07, 2008, 15:42:50 PM

I use frontline and never had fleas  - neither have the kitties  :evillaugh: -

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Millys Mum on July 07, 2008, 16:03:36 PM

Spray is not very stress free  :rofl:

Frontline spot on's are good -  they work well and are now competively priced as they can be bought online.

If you want to buy prescription treatments you have a big choice, some treat round worms and ear mites as well as fleas.

A well priced combination is drontal for worms and frontline for fleas.  ;D

Avoid any supermarket/PAH products eg. bob martin, sherleys, johnsons

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on July 07, 2008, 21:48:00 PM

If you go through Vet UK for Frontline and Drontal, please go through one of hte rescue links on here.

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Leanne on July 08, 2008, 08:52:02 AM

We use Frontline and Drontal and just buy them from the vets.

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Dawn F on July 08, 2008, 09:16:42 AM

how much does your vet charge for frontline Leanne??

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Gail Bengal Slave on July 08, 2008, 09:31:25 AM

Quote from: Leanne on July 08, 2008, 08:52:02 AM

We use Frontline and Drontal and just buy them from the vets.

 :shocked: buy on line Leanne it's much cheaper -  :)

I bought 2 packs of 6 pipettes it come to £32 and a few p.

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Millys Mum on July 08, 2008, 16:44:46 PM

My aunt saves £8 a packet by buying online  :Crazy:

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Dawn F on July 08, 2008, 16:47:56 PM

what is the rough price for them, my local pah has just started selling them for £6

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on July 08, 2008, 17:01:08 PM

Pets at Home sell 3 x frontline (online) for £12.99 - it's £9.79 from vetuk but even cheaper if you get a 6 pack - I just bought a 6 pack for £16.29.  PAH are also doing 2 x Drontal for £7.99, 2 x drontal from from vetuk is just £2.84!  I always go through a rescue link so not only do I get a bargain but the rescue gets helped in a small way too  :)

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: AliCat on July 08, 2008, 19:35:23 PM

Don't buy Frontline from the vets. I noticed it was £19.99 for 3 treatments in there today! I couldn't believe it!

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: tigerbaby on July 08, 2008, 21:07:46 PM

Jamesons de-flea and de-worming is due so we bought Drontal and Frontline from PAH today - will buy from VetUK next time! (didn't realise!)

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on July 08, 2008, 21:11:26 PM

If anyone orders from vetuk, and lets face it you'd be crazy not to given their prices and free superfast p&p, please order through a rescue link so they will get 5% of your order value donated to them by vetuk.

Quote from: Tiggy's Mum - Helen on April 11, 2008, 20:51:09 PM

The rescues on here that have a link are below, I always take it in turns every time I order.

www.chesterfieldcats.co.uk/ - click on vetuk logo on right hand side of home page

http://www.pawsinncats.com/ - click on vetuk logo at bottom of home page

http://www.coventrycatgroup.org.uk/sections.php?id=commission - click on the words 'vetuk link'

http://www.catactiontrust1977.co.uk/ - click on 'vetuk online shop' on left hand side

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: Leanne on July 09, 2008, 08:44:30 AM

Do you know I actually don't know, but they do a loyality scheme so we just use that, we're due to get some soon so I'll have a look, I suspect that its cheaper online though.

Thinking about it I don't think we frontlined them last month  :Crazy:

Title: Re: Best Flea Treatment ?
Post by: MrsR on July 09, 2008, 15:29:49 PM

Frontline from VetUK for me