Liquid worm/flea treatments

[Bossybritches22]

Evening all,

Thought I'd start my own thread on this rather than rudely hijack someone else's.

Have always been able to disguise worming pills to get them down my cats in the past or use a pill popper. So not up on latest liquid treatments.

My current 2 furry gits lovely kitties are the devil incarnate to medicate, & I'm not a wuss when it comes to the old swaddle & pop method but these 2 are Tazmanian Devils, & it's becoming a real problem.

My lovely vet recommended some worming drops & the relief is immense, so easy!!

Now I have seen Advocate recommended, but it needs a prescription. Can I ask why? Bob Martins & others (okay okay probably piss water strength?) aren't & I really can't see why the difference.

Are there any other OTC ones anyone can recommend?

If my vet charges for a script (quite reasonably) & then I buy online it's no cheaper than buying from her direct. (obviously cost shouldn't matter but I'm broke having been off work following a broken ankle so things are tight as I'm a LP.)

I do like the idea of doing one treatment every month that does both fleas & worms.

The advocate doesn't treat tapeworm, so you still need a diffent wormer for that. I don't think you can get a liquid tape wormer.

I lie, droncit spot on does tapeworm, looks like you can get it without a prescription.

You seem to be able to buy advocate online without a prescription.

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www.chemistdirect.co.uk/advocate_7_2112.html here]]

Bob martin stiff doesn't work.

Viva thanks so much!

No problem, pets are flipping expensive!

Advocate is a relatively new product and as such like many human medicines is prescription only for a number of years to allow monitoring for adverse reactions etc.
Any where that claims to sell Advocate without needing a prescription should be viewed with suspicion there are people out there selling fakes.
Profender spot on does round and tapeworms.

Mmm, when you go as far as putting it in the basket and then try to check out that's when it asks for a prescription at the site I liked to.

Also found it here and no mentions of prescription but I can't be bothered to go as far as making an account. Can't remember where I got it from online but I never sent a prescription off and I have some. Worrying though that there's fake stuff out there. Maybe I'll see oow much the vet charges?

www.discountpetcare.co.uk/Prescription_Search.aspx?Search=A

Advocate is so expensive and does so many things I don't need. Is there a simple, effective remedy for just fleas? I need it for a dog too.

I think cats can have a six monthly flea injection, I assume dogs can too.

Bob martin flea treatments nearly killed my colleagues cat. It's only because she decided to nip home to get some forgotton paper work that she lived.

Now a 6monthly one I can live with, would be costly I'm sure but that might be the answer as I could put it on my cc.

Can you get worm jabs too?

Lizcat thank you that makes sense & I guessed the cheaper/easyto get ones might be fakes/useless.

In answer to the question about most effective and financially good flea treatment I would go for Seresto collars the cat pets have been wearing theirs since 1st May not a flea or tick in sight oh and joy I don't have to change them till 1st Jan.

Had considered that Lizcat but mine don't have collars & I'm not a fan since my first cat years ago dislocated her shoulder trying to get one off & her paw got stuck.

They're just such a pain to get anything down their necks & of course having 2 the second one legs it as soon as she sees her sister being swaddled!!

I normally hate collars, however, the quick release technology in these collars has been used in Europe for 10 years with no injuries sustained plus I have seen the testing of the collar and I am satisfied.