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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 173312"><p>There have been some reports coming out that the fleas are becoming resistant or immune to Frontline. It's been out about 15-20 years (or so I heard) and the fleas' life-cycle is so fast that they quickly evolve. </p><p></p><p>I was talking about this today with the woman that owns our small town pet supply store. Before I moved into this house, I never had to treat my pets for fleas. Cassie went outside and of course the dogs did, but we never saw a single flea in the house or on the pets. Yet, I had to treat Jewel in December (!!!) when we moved into this house (I love my house - seriously, do). This woman was saying it's the neighborhood. That most everyone can be doing the right thing and treating their pets, but it only takes a couple people who don't and then walk their dogs or let their dogs wander (neighbor behind me comes to mind) the neighborhood and they leave fleas behind. Also, this neighborhood is older and more established where my last was new and still being developed so the earth had been disturbed.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, we started with Frontline. I switched the cats to Advantage because Abbey had a reaction to the Frontline. The Frontline was doing nothing for Jewel, so after 3 applications in 6 weeks (with the vet's ok), we switched to Advantage. It seems to work better, but she also has a flea allergy (which we never knew before because we never had a flea issue). As the fleas have to bite - or can bite - before they die from the Advantage, she reacts and she has a horrible hot spot on her belly.</p><p></p><p>The vet rx'd prednisone, but I know how I feel on prednisone and she can't tell me how she feels and I just didn't want to do that. So, I paid $21.00 for a 6 oz bottle called RediCare which is all organic, works as a repellent and soothes hot spots. I sprayed it on her hot spot and within just a couple of hours, it already looked much less irritated and she wasn't digging at it. And if she licks at it, it's not going to harm her. We will still use the Advantage, but I can use the RediCare without feeling like I'm just putting more chemicals in her body. Plus, it smells good. (It can also be used on people. She had her toddler with her (sleepy boy he was...it was nap time when we were there) and she uses it on him as both a repellent and for mosquito bites to soothe the itch.</p><p></p><p>But, at $21.00 per itty bitty bottle, I'm not using it as a repellent. And I'm going to look to see if I can find it online for any cheaper. I really want to support local business (this pet store is not part of a chain and the woman who owns it is so nice and helpful), but that'll have to wait until I have more money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 173312"] There have been some reports coming out that the fleas are becoming resistant or immune to Frontline. It's been out about 15-20 years (or so I heard) and the fleas' life-cycle is so fast that they quickly evolve. I was talking about this today with the woman that owns our small town pet supply store. Before I moved into this house, I never had to treat my pets for fleas. Cassie went outside and of course the dogs did, but we never saw a single flea in the house or on the pets. Yet, I had to treat Jewel in December (!!!) when we moved into this house (I love my house - seriously, do). This woman was saying it's the neighborhood. That most everyone can be doing the right thing and treating their pets, but it only takes a couple people who don't and then walk their dogs or let their dogs wander (neighbor behind me comes to mind) the neighborhood and they leave fleas behind. Also, this neighborhood is older and more established where my last was new and still being developed so the earth had been disturbed. Anyway, we started with Frontline. I switched the cats to Advantage because Abbey had a reaction to the Frontline. The Frontline was doing nothing for Jewel, so after 3 applications in 6 weeks (with the vet's ok), we switched to Advantage. It seems to work better, but she also has a flea allergy (which we never knew before because we never had a flea issue). As the fleas have to bite - or can bite - before they die from the Advantage, she reacts and she has a horrible hot spot on her belly. The vet rx'd prednisone, but I know how I feel on prednisone and she can't tell me how she feels and I just didn't want to do that. So, I paid $21.00 for a 6 oz bottle called RediCare which is all organic, works as a repellent and soothes hot spots. I sprayed it on her hot spot and within just a couple of hours, it already looked much less irritated and she wasn't digging at it. And if she licks at it, it's not going to harm her. We will still use the Advantage, but I can use the RediCare without feeling like I'm just putting more chemicals in her body. Plus, it smells good. (It can also be used on people. She had her toddler with her (sleepy boy he was...it was nap time when we were there) and she uses it on him as both a repellent and for mosquito bites to soothe the itch. But, at $21.00 per itty bitty bottle, I'm not using it as a repellent. And I'm going to look to see if I can find it online for any cheaper. I really want to support local business (this pet store is not part of a chain and the woman who owns it is so nice and helpful), but that'll have to wait until I have more money. [/QUOTE]
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