Our cat apparently needs this doing the info we have from the RSPCA suggests de fleaing every 4-5 weeks and worming every 3 months, they also suggest the same products they use which are

Advocate for defleaing and Milbemax for worming both of which are only available from the vet.

What do you use for your cat ? I see they sell this stuff in supermarkets ??

Help ??

Ours are house cats so we don’t do them that regular but I think the mrs uses the spot on stuff where you put a drop on the back of their neck.

We use Frontline for fleas; you dab it on the back of their neck. We don’t get fleas. We don’t de-worm regularly, must admit.

Advocate for some worms and fleas – every 4 weeks as a spot on treatment and Profender for tapeworm as a spot-on treatment every 3 months.

All from the vets. Not too expensive and I’d rather get this right than have problems.

Only worm my feral kitten as she’s an eating monster and was bringing back left over BBQ meat in the summer, and I regularly see her eating stuff left out for the birds (we do feed her!). Haven’t de-flea’d any of them otherwise in years, not since they last had flea’s but only used vet supplied treatment (frontline) as anything you can buy is rubbish. Used to have to de-flea them at my two previous homes but as they haven’t shown an signs in 6 odd years of living here, I ain’t bothering. That said when I did get flea’s I ended up needing to clean & fumigate the house (again proper vet supplier spray) along with the treatment for the cats – it’s not the nicest being bitten (tasted) by flea’s when your in bed.

Got 4 cats. Use Advantage. As good as frontline but a bit cheaper. I find every 8 weeks is fine. Every 4 weeks in summer.

I don’t worm them as they are all pretty much indoor cats.

Bristol fleas are immune to Frontline, so we use Advocate.

Spot on for Fleas – vet for worming pill.

I do it every 3 months but not in winter as the cat does not go out much when its cold.
My vet charges £10 to chuck a worming pill in the cats mouth and its worth every penny. I tried to do it myself once…never again.

Wallop has a good point. Your local vet will know what the local fleas are immune to, so check with them first.

My cat gets her worming tablet at her annual weigh-in, health check, vaccination from the Vet.

I don’t treat for fleas – she gets a regular brush and I would spot any fleas. Not a huge problem in Scotland, it isn’t really warm enough for them to take old.

….ouch !!!!!

Phoned the vets

£20 initially to see the vet

Milbemax £6 per tablet

Advocate £18.44 for 3 months supply.

Any of the supermarket stuff any good !?!!?! 😀

Bristol fleas are immune to Frontline

This for our local fleas too. Advocate seems to do the job.

The stuff from the vets keeps ours happy. Apply it at the back of the neck

Every month or so for the fleas 3 months for the worms

Combine with some Dreamies so the cat actually enoys it

Any of the supermarket stuff any good !?!!?!

No, don’t waste your money. Inital fee is annoying, almost as much as the follow up “check” to order new doses. Look into the pet insurance, as the one I was seen also included regular treament flea/worming as part of the over all service.

Back when I had a cat, I tried just about every flea treatment on the market. The only think that made even the remotest difference was the Frontline spot-on treatments, cleared up the problem rapidly. Flea bombs, foggers, potions, sprays and pills, all pish.

Your local vet will know what the local fleas are immune to they’re flogging at the moment, so check with them first.

quite happy to trust my vet’s specialist treatment but don’t want to buy routine treatment from them.
my dog had terrible fleas, as did our house. GF of the time, who was in charge of such things, claimed it wasn’t possible to resolve the problem. got rid of the GF, bought frontline equivalent ( same active ingredient ) online, and also bought idiran spray for the vacuum cleaner and house.
rained down toxic death on the house, hoovered regularly with the treated vacuum cleaner ( so it didn’t just spray the eggs back out the exhaust ), washed bedding and applied toxic death, treated the dog once a month for a few months.
problem solved. just keep an eye on her now for increased scratching, then brush her, wash and treat bedding, and treat her with the same frontline copy stuff. only had a couple of fleas on her in a few years now, and it’s so far been pretty easy to get back on top of.
i don’t like the idea of applying pesticides to my dog routinely, or spending more than i need, so just when necessary seems reasonable.

At the vet’s suggestion we’re trying Broadline, which is a spot-on treatment that does fleas and worms and saves the stress, aggravation and bloodshed (ours, not the cats’) involved in getting tablets down their throats. I can’t vouch for it’s efficiency for getting rid of fleas as ours have never had fleas but from previous experience the flea treatments you can get in the supermarket are completely useless.

Milbemax and Frontline for our 3.