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Re: allergic reaction to frontline?
Does Pheobe have any history of allergies or sensitivities? My Mr. Pigglesworth got a spot exactly like that unrelated to any topicals, and it was a booger to get rid of, since the more he scratched it, the more irritated it got, which meant he scratched it more. I wound up making him a rigid protective collar which he wore for a month; I can describe it to you if necessary.
Advantage and Frontline should not have any adverse reactions to each other and can be used alternately or sequentially with no problems.
Frontline is dosed for the size of the pet, not the density of the hair. A 10lb long-haired cat will use the same size as a 10lb shorthair, since it goes by the surface area of the skin, not the fur. You can wash all the fur, but the product lingers in the oil glands and remains effective, which is why it's billed as waterproof.
If it were my cat, I would wait a month and then apply a small amount of Frontline, purely to see if it is in fact a reaction. Irritation at the application site is one of the listed potential side-effects, or it may be simply a coincidental problem. If she is truly sensitive to it then you should see an irritated area regardless of the volume applied. I am both anal-retentive and intensely curious, and would feel compelled to know if my cat was having a reaction.
Also, if you are using it purely to control fleas and are not seeing any ticks, then you can use it every 2-3 months, instead of monthly, or switch to Advantage which does fleas but not ticks.
Or...you could get a prescription from your vet for Revolution, which blows all the others out of the water, IMHO. Love the stuff, and use it on all of mine.
~Jess
Balls: 2.10 normal, 1.0 pastel, 2.2 het albino, 1.0 50% het pied, 1.2 poss. axanthic, 1.0 pinstripe, 1.0 black pastel,
Misc. snakes: 1.1 blood python, 1.0 Tarahumara Mountain kingsnake, 0.1 RTB
0.0.1 Red-eyed casque-headed skink
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Re: allergic reaction to frontline?
I hate fleas! They are such invasive little monsters.
For the protective collar - a regular e-collar did not work at all.
I had initially tried putting booties on his feet, then added and e-collar when he chewed the booties off. What I wound up using was a simple cardboard ring, reinforced with duct tape, which bothered him much less.
To make it, I cut up a cereal box. You need a strip wide enough to go from the back of his skull to the top of his shoulders, and snug enough that when it is on, it cannot slip over his head. This will be much tighter than looks comfortable...the first three ones I made were useless because I couldn't bring myself to make them as tight as they really needed to be. When on, it resembled those girls who wear the brass rings around their necks...can't remember which culture, but they make the necks look really thin and constricted.
The width is important too...if it's too narrow, then she'll be able to slide it up still scratch under it.
Once I had it sized right, I covered the whole thing with duct tape for durability and then taped it on with more duct tape. It looked goofy as all get-out, but after maybe 5-10 minutes of trying to take it off, he gave up and ignored it for the following month. I've had to do this three seperate times for him, so he and I are both resigned to it. :-P
I still don't know what sets him off scratching at that spot...we even sent tissue samples to pathology specialists, but all they could find was allergic reaction. It's not tied to his topical meds, since the timing is all off...just one of those things we live with.
~Jess
Balls: 2.10 normal, 1.0 pastel, 2.2 het albino, 1.0 50% het pied, 1.2 poss. axanthic, 1.0 pinstripe, 1.0 black pastel,
Misc. snakes: 1.1 blood python, 1.0 Tarahumara Mountain kingsnake, 0.1 RTB
0.0.1 Red-eyed casque-headed skink
1.2 dogs (Lab, Catahoula, Papillon-X), 6.1 cats, 1.0 foster dog
6.4.8 ASFs
1.0 Very Patient Boyfriend
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Re: allergic reaction to frontline?
Oooo...softpaws might work too!
Last time I dealt with this, I hadn't tried those, but I'll bet they'd be great. Might not even need a collar. Try it, and let me know how it works!
~Jess
Balls: 2.10 normal, 1.0 pastel, 2.2 het albino, 1.0 50% het pied, 1.2 poss. axanthic, 1.0 pinstripe, 1.0 black pastel,
Misc. snakes: 1.1 blood python, 1.0 Tarahumara Mountain kingsnake, 0.1 RTB
0.0.1 Red-eyed casque-headed skink
1.2 dogs (Lab, Catahoula, Papillon-X), 6.1 cats, 1.0 foster dog
6.4.8 ASFs
1.0 Very Patient Boyfriend
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