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I am moving from Loa Angeles to northern Georgia with my two indoor-only cats, but the area will be forested and screens only provide so much protection from mosquitoes. I am concerned about feline heartworm. What is the best topical preventative a
Love his name! That is awesome! I would recommend Revolution or Advantage Multi. I personally like Advantage Multi better. Any product containing a heartworm prevention is a prescription item so you need to get your vet to either dispense the product or write you a script. I hope this helps. Best of luck with your move!
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Hello. I’ve tried on three occasions to administer oral medication to my cats for worms and they kick, bite, scratch, and spit out the medicine. Are there any alternatives to a syringe applied medication for roundworm?
Yes, there are topicals you can use: Profender and Revolution are two that come to mind straight away. ( https://www.allivet.com/p-3497-profender-for-cats.aspx ) ( https://www.allivet.com/p-1902-revolution-for-cats.aspx )
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Do I need to test my cat for heartworms before starting to use a flea control product that prevents heartworms? He spends a lot of time outside and may be exposed to hookworms and/or roundworms. He eats rats. What would be the best flea control produ
Cats do not require heartworm test prior to these medications. Drontal is a good idea to use with these as it covers tapeworms and those products do not. I like advantage multi as I feel it protects against fleas better
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I have just used the advocate flea, heartworm and worm treatment on my cat. But I think he actually has worms now. Can I use the profender all wormer at the same time? I keep finding these small white ish things coming off him and have seen them arou
Advocate does not treat for these specific type of worms- tapeworms. And tapeworms come from your pet either ingesting an infected flea or eating another pets poop that has tapeworms in it. You can give the profender a minimum of 2 after giving another topical flea preventative, since it is an intestinal worm treatment only. So if it has been at least 2 full days now, you can go ahead and apply the Profender and its best to keep Morph on Advocate monthly to prevent re-infection. I hope that you resolve your flea problem soon! Best wishes and take care. : )
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What is the best monthly flea and parasite topical prevention medication?
Hi and thanks for posting on Boop by Petco! For cats, I would recommend Revolution which a topical solution applied once monthly. It helps prevents fleas and intestinal parasites in cats. It is easy to use and very effective in cats. This is a prescription medication your can obtain through Jax's veterinarian. I hope this helps!
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