Hi, I've been frontlining my 2 cats every 5 weeks, and my dog every 2 months with the frontline spot ons, but during brushing today, I noticed flea dirt in my Ragdolls fur, and saw a flea running! I read the dog spot on, and it said you can reaply it monthly, so I have just done my dog again, but it doesn't say if it's safe to repeat the cat spot on monthly or not, but I did my cats again anyway, as I hate fleas!!! I'm going to buy a household flea spray from my vets just in case there are any hiding in my carpets! Does anyone know if it would be safe to just carry on doing my dog and cats monthly with the Frontline spot on? Thanks, Amber. xx

Fleas can become immune to frontline. go to your local vets and get some advocate which is a type of spot on. It kills fleas on contact and no need to spray the house.

You can just to be safe though but thats personal choice

I frontline my kitties every 4 weeks i sometimes do find the odd flea but the get very active when its warm so best to so the house too x

Frontline isn't very effective anymore unless you use Frontline Combo which you have to get from the vet, this works in a similar way to Advocate in that it treats the environment too so any fleas that come into contact with your animals will die. Frontline Combo doesn't treat for worms though like Advocate does.

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Thanks for the replies! I've always uesd Frontline spot on for years with all my cats and dogs, and never had a problem, but the advocate does sound great if it worms too!!! I'll have to ask my vet when I next go in! Thanks!

I think I sound like an Advocate salesman on these forums sometimes, but I can't recommend it enough. Fleas, (most)worms and earmites plus it does your house over time and remains effective for 4-6 weeks.

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It sounds like really great stuff! I must ask my vet!

Just read about it and it doesn't say it does tapeworm. Do you still have to use a separate wormer then? My boys are wormed with profender spot on at the mo!

Stronghold | Stronghold Flea Treatment | Side Effects this stuff is the best, doesn't do tapeworm, but does ear mites and other parasites, i got a year's worth of the vet last year at a special price, but they wanted £80 for a year's worth this time, however have just brought a year's worth on line with postage for £58. it's so worth it not to see those little critter's!!

Hi!

I’m a vet working for Merial, the company that makes FRONTLINE, and I’d like to help with the question on how often you can apply FRONTLINE Spot On to your cats.

First of all, it’s perfectly normal to see a few fleas on your pet after a flea treatment has been applied. They will soon be dead. FRONTLINE Spot On does not stop fleas or ticks from jumping on to your pets, but it does kill them within 24 hours.

The UK licence for FRONTLINE Spot On means that at times like now, when there are a lot of fleas about, you can apply it as often as every four weeks to both dogs and cats.

I notice that a household treatment has been suggested by the forum – that is great advice and I would certainly recommend that you consider it.

Few people realise that fleas spend most of their life out in the environment, not sitting on your cat or dog. So your pet actually picks up fleas from eggs that have been shed into gardens, parks or fields by other animals (wild animals play a part in this too). They can also pick up fleas in the same way from bedding or carpets, which is why home spraying is a very important part of treating flea infestations.

The good news is that a home spray recommended by your vet can help deal with the flea eggs and larvae. What are much trickier to deal with are the pupae. A pupa is the stage in its life when a flea – just like a butterfly or moth – is protected by a hard cocoon. Pupae can hang around for months after spraying. Pupae are always ready to hatch and jump onto a passing pet when the time is right.

The way to deal with a home infestation is a combination of regular treatment of your pet throughout the year, not just when you see fleas, together with home spraying.

If anyone would like more help with flea problems, contact the FRONTLINE support team. You can go to Home | hugyourpet.co.uk - Powered by FRONTLINE | Dogs, Cats, Pets, Vets, Photos, Videos, Pet Advice, Flea Treatment, Tick Treatment and send them an email and they will be able to respond.

Hope this helps! Flea infestations can be a nightmare, but it is definitely worth persevering. Good luck!

i'm with Leslie on this,

fleas spend 80% of their time on your furnishings or outside your house in other areas, so YES you DO need to spray the house and KEEP doing it. flea eggs can survive for up to 2 years before hatching so one spray may not do it all if the infestation is in your house.

check out the active ingredient of the sprays also and use different actives when reapplying to reduce the possibility of them becoming immune to the effects of the active ingredient.

Also try Biospotix, (from petplanet) it is a non-insecticidal flea spot on, which i used on neeper the other day and that night found a dead flea on her. we treat the house as instructed (having a fish tank and mostly open living room doesn't help though as can't treat the livingroom easily) but we've still got them what? a year after we first spotted them on neeper? somethign rediculous like that.

spray inside your hoover bag also, or dose a cotton ball and stick it in there. make sure you spray the brush or pad of the vacuum and any other brushes that you use to sweep the floor.

washing stuff also kills them off, so wash any rugs/covers/cushions etc you have and treat them afterwards to avoid 're-infection', and wash and/or retreat regularly (check label on treatment for timescales).

we dont' think our infestation is in our house as we never get bitten and having had a proper infestation at my mums house i know what thats like, there are plenty of cats in my area so she could be picking them up from anywhere, we still dose our house though, it doesn't take much for them to take hold and take over!

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