ok i work at a petsmart and i have come to notice that many ppl dont know alot about flea and tick issues which is crucial during this part of the year.

a few things ppl should know is do not put powders and drops on ur animals at the same time or within quite some time of the other. u should only use one product or u will make ur pet extremely sick and could in some cases kill it

powders: powders can be extremely messy and dont have a great success rate.

drops: products such as biospot have been known to give many animals skin conditions as well as causing seizures in cats.

HARTZ IS BAD!!!

flea collars: dont do a whole lot of good. they just get the neck and u end up getting most of the poison urself or someone else who touches thepet therefore not really being effective.

things that do work really well are items such as Frontline, Advantage, Advantix, and Revolution.

and u should only trust products from ur vet bcz most products u can buy in
a petstore wont do u much good and aren’t reliable.

now if many of u disagree with what im saying fine. and im sure that some of the store brands do work for some ppl im just hoping to inform ppl of what is and what isn’t that great to use on pets.

i dont want to see another cat or dog die bcz the owners were never informed about flea and tick problems

oh and revolution also helps prevent heartworms which is another handy thing to take care of.
and actually frontline isn’t the best revolution is.
oh and yes sooner has a point while u can buy frontline from petco DONT DO IT! their supplies are not assured and since they are massed produced to go to all PetCo’s are therefore not very reliable vets are reliable……..except when it comes to Science Diet

My cat and gerbils are going through flea treatment right now, and I have to eliminate fleas in the house as well. I would like advice on which home-spray product to use. PLEASE do not take a shot in the dark at this, this is very important and it needs to work and be safe for my cat and gerbils.

I only say this because a few years ago, my cousin had a flea infestation and she bought some flea remedy to spray around her home and it made her cat really sick. I don’t know exactly what happened, but I don’t need/want that happening to my pets.

Oh, and also, don’t criticise me for my pets having fleas. We’ve only had this cat for a short while and I guess the flea larva were on her, otherwise we would’ve seen them earlier. She jumps on the gerbil cage and that is how they were transmitted, but now they are placed in completely different rooms and the gerbils are definitely out of reach. (I only added that because people are rude on here and tend to assume.)

so my friend lives with her mom and her kid (about 2) and their cat.
They don’t want to use frontline or other products like that because of the 2 year old. They have been looking but haven’t found any yet. I was wondering if any of you guys know of any good herbal flea treatments that would be safe around the the kid.
oh don’t suggest garlic.
Well the kid is not home unless some one else is so no the kid doesn’t interact with the cat unless some one is there and for the most part the cat wants nothing to do with him so she is usually hiding in one of the rooms the kids not allowed in.

The fleas aren’t not bad in our area. my pets aren’t on a flea preventative and they don’t have fleas.

This is for the occasional flea since her cat does get sick if she gets too many.

They don’t like him to be around any chemicals like that. and his grandma doesn’t let her daughter take him somewhere for a couple days so she could put that on the cat.