From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:37 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Questions on flea meds
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Parts of your answers are in the archives:
Dosing:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL353
Treating all:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG6677
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "greensky042" <greensky042@...> wrote:
>
> I took my dog into the vets a couple of weeks ago for a problem, and
> the vet gave me some Frontline Plus flea meds for him for 1 month.
> When I got home, I ordered a 6 month supply for dogs that are 40-80
> lbs, Odie is 58 lbs. On the next visit I asked him if I could use the
> same Frontline Plus, only a smaller dose on the cat too. He looked at
> the dog and cat Frontline Plus boxes, and said there are 2 meds in
> them, and that one of the meds were the same strength, but the dog one
> had a lower strength of the other med and that if I used it on the
> cat, he might not be protected as much as the dog. One of the techs
> said you could use the dog Frontline on the cat, but not the cat
> Frontline on the dog, that it would kill them.
> So I'm wondering if I can use the Frontline Plus dog flea med on the
> ferrets, I've heard I only use 1 drop for the ferrets. Or should I
> order the cat Frontline Plus?
>
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