Frontline has quit working...FLEEEEES!

[oosik]

We have wood ticks and deer ticks - no fleas. So far, monthly application of Frontline works. I will DEFINITELY be looking for the Seresto collar for next year. It makes me just itch reading all your flea stories. And I thought vacuuming all the little dead tick bodies was bad!!!

A family down the road keep sheep - about 4000-5000 of the wooly buggers. Long ago I had an Old English Sheep Dog. Took him to the neighbors and ran him thru the "dip tank" to see if it would help with the ticks. It helped but I thought, for a while there, that he would never be my friend again. That "stuff" was some really nasty, evil smelling liquid - but it cuts down on tick problems with the sheep.

 

[oosik]

Thanks for the link, RobertBrown. I think I just got my answer to that collar. Nothing is so bad in my area that Frontline won't take care of it!!

 

[MacLawn]

Hmmm, never heard of any problems with it before. Like somebody posted on that link Robert, choose ye poison. All of them seem to have issues. Our dog has had no symptoms at all from Seresto collar, been on it one year now. Vet told me it is safe - who to believe? I have to go with my vet. And, it's cheaper than the collars I was using available only at vet's office. Pets, us, everything - something's going to kill us! Bugs, germs, wha'ever, they're out to get us boys.

 

[RobertBrown]

Like somebody posted on that link Robert, choose ye poison. All of them seem to have issues.

No, you don't have make that choice. you don't have to make your dog poisonous to avoid a flea problem.
I will not use a systemic insecticide on my dogs. I always ask a veterinarian the same question, "Would you use it on your dog"? The few that I have asked have always said "No". Some have laughed and said "No way".
I don't put pesticides on my dogs. The only pesticide I use, I use for fire ants and I apply directly to the mound or nest, that's it.

I was interested in this product because it is a collar, not a liquid applied to the skin. I looked around the web and it didn't take long to find that forum. I checked the product packaging and it says to avoid contact with eyes, skin, and clothing.
That's all I need to avoid using it.
How can I put it on my dogs neck for 8 months if the manufacturer suggests I avoid contact with it? "Wash hands after handling the collar".....not going to use it.
Compendium of Veterinary Products - Seresto® Small or Large Dog (BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC)

I tried to find the product packaging for frontline but it's not available to download or even view. It seems to me that I read it a long time ago, along with some of the other manufacturers.
I'm not sure but I think I remember it recommended not handling the dog for several days after applying.

I live in Florida, I don't have flea problem or I have the fleas under control if you will. It's not easy but it's not poison either.

 

[oosik]

Reading from my pkg of Frontline Plus. Open, apply, avoid contact with treated area until dry. The active ingredients are listed on the front. Active ingredients:Fipronil- 9.8% & (S)-methoprene - 8.8% // Inert ingredients: 81.4%.

Been using this stuff for a long time and it does the job.

 

[RobertBrown]

Check the precautions......


I'm sure it's effectve......well........... apparently it's not always effective.
There havd been counterfit Frontline products and maybe that's why the OP is having problems.
Avoid Counterfeit Pesticide Products for Dogs and Cats | Pets | US EPA

 

[MotorSeven]

Well, I lost round two....The food grade Diatomaceous Earth does NOT kill fleas. I put enough of the stuff on to make my own self wheeze and the dogs sneeze. 2 days later they all still have fleas even though the powder is still thick on their fur/skin. I bet inhaling this stuff is like smoking a pack of cigarettes...it can't be good for the lungs.

Mac, I too read up on the collar and there are some pretty bad reactions with even some dogs and cats dying from it. I think I will resort back to some type of poison on the animals since all the natural remedy's seem to really suck. Mom use to put Seven Dust on on dogs & I am going to read up on that now.

 

[MacLawn]

Oh me, done for boys, we're done for. Us and our hounds are gonna die, die a natural death I tell ye! Hehehehee, well, it ain't nary laughing matter, but I'm laughing to keep from crying! Still using that Seresto collar on me hound. My vet uses it on her dogs. Die from poison, die from germs - goners I tell ye.

 

[Jesse masterson]

Dawn dishwashing mixed with water for a strong solution kills fleas very effectively and is a lot cheaper than flea shampoo

 

[MotorSeven]

Any soap theoretically will kill fleas since it left on them long enough it clogs their exoskeleton and they suffocate. Soap or shampoo needs to be left on for at least 5 min to kill'em. The dandruff shampoo kills them all, but I can't seem to keep'em off for more than a day or three.........