[Chat] fleas?

[Christine Gray]

I bought a 12 pack of Defense at Sam's Club last week.  It is supposed to be
more effective than Frontline.  I think the cost was $12.

Christine Gray

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william.schlegel at us.army.mil
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 11:54 PM
To: Chat at charlesvillage.info
Subject: Re: [Chat] fleas?

Frontline is excellent, but costs about $10 a dose - I'd ask a vet about
using it on an indoor/outdoor cat.

Brad

----- Original Message -----
From: jdy <jberlin at bcpl.net>
Date: Monday, April 7, 2003 6:37 am
Subject: Re: [Chat] fleas?

>
> i use frontline, prescribed by my vet, on my 2 dogs and cat. knock
> on wood,
> no problems yet. i use 'avon skin so soft' for myself for the pesky
> mosquitoes.
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Beth Bullamore
>  To: Chat at charlesvillage.info
>  Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 5:19 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Chat] fleas?
>
>
>  Instead of a flea collar, check with your vet about some of the
> variousmedications that they have  - collars on outdoor cats can
> be a problem.  Our
> new not-quite full-grown kittens have not been out so it isn't an
> issue for
> them, but out prior cat was prescribed a medication that we put on
> the back
> of his neck once a month or every other month.  It was great and
> worked very
> well - absorbed through the skin and killed the fleas if they
> tried to bite.
> (He was allergic to flea bites so the new medications were much
> better than
> flea baths!!)
>
>  Beth
>
>  ----Original Message Follows----
>  From: "Sarah Andrew Wilson"
>  Reply-To: Chat at charlesvillage.info
>  To:
>  Subject: [Chat] fleas?
>  Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 17:06:25 -0400
>  Before Joel and I moved to the Baltimore-Washington area, we
> lived in
>  Phoenix for 3 years. There we didn't have to worry about fleas (or
>  mosquitoes or roaches or mice.just scorpions!). Now that I've
> started  to let my cat outside here in Baltimore, I'm wondering if
> I need to get
>  her a flea collar. Do you cat-owners advise buying flea collars?
>  Many thanks,
>  Sarah Andrew Wilson
>
>
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