2007-03-22 18:00:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Vets carry Advantage.
I use Revolution (also from a vet) and it is a stripe-on-the back all-in-one medicine that kills fleas, heartworms, hookworms, roundworms, and ear mites.
2007-03-22 18:47:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mama_Kat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Advantage does not fight off tapeworm, it prevents fleas, which do carry tapeworm eggs, but it won't do anything to kill tapeworms if your dog/cat already has them. It's prescription so you have to get it from the vet. Cats also get tapes from hunting, so it would be a good idea to give Drontal twice a year to kill any tapeworms in the cat-also get that from the vet.
2007-03-23 01:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by lizzy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Advantage won't kill a tapeworm, it will only take care of fleas which can give animals tapeworms. Your best bet is to take the cat to the vet for a shot (cost me $20), THEN put the cat on a topical parasiticide. I use Revolution on both my cat and dog, and it's been working great.
Don't use OTC worming medications as they are often completely ineffective and can cause discomfort.
2007-03-23 02:21:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you UK or USA based?
Here in the UK I had to take my kitten to the vets as she had tapeworm (infected flea). Vet gave me 1 tablet to be split in half and put in food - one half now, the other in 2 weeks time. Kitty is now fine. I have now purchased Drontal tabs online - 12 tabs (3 years) one to be given every 3 months. It cost me £19.08 no p+p delivery within 48 hours. Would probably cost that amount for just one tablet from the vet!!
Purchase Frontline (and Combo -prescription from the vet) from this same website, at a fraction of the cost the vet would charge.
UK - VetUK check it out - best there is!!
http://www.vetuk.co.uk/
2007-03-23 04:16:17 · answer #4 · answered by Pardus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a preventative for tapeworms, not a treatment. If you need to treat worms, try profender, it's a new spot on worm treatment then move to advantage. Advocate is more effective than advantage, as it deals with preventing more worm types.
2007-03-23 01:17:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
PetSmart carries three tablets of tapeworm meds for about $25.
2007-03-23 01:08:10 · answer #6 · answered by Gemma 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tapeworm needs a special med, oral. my vet charges $15 per cat for it. be sure you see "rice" around the "rear", anus, before you self diginos. a vet swabs the rectum and tests for the parasite.
2007-03-23 01:05:26 · answer #7 · answered by bearfox_traders 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋