Thoughts on splitting a tube of Advantix

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Thoughts on splitting a tube of Advantix

Posted : 10/11/2006 12:19:34 AM

I have used Advantix on Jezebelle since we got her. Last winter I switched to Advantage, and Jezebelle seemed to react to it. She developed a red rash on her neck right where I put the preventative. I switched back to the Advantix because the ticks and the mosquitos are horrible here. Ever since she seemed to react to the switch to Advantage, she acts rather punky the day after I apply it. She always gets bathed within a day (never had problems with fleas etc - so no fear of it being washed off) because the back of her neck stays icky from the residue of the preventative.

I have never been comfortable with using Frontline due to the weight range of 1-22 lbs (vs. the Advantix 1-10 lbs). Jezebelle weighs 7 lbs (until she was a year old she weighed under 5 lbs). I have been considering putting only half of the tube on her to see if she does better. Since we now have Keela (who also weighs 7 lbs), I wonder if I could split the tube between them and still have coverage from the fleas.

Wondering what you guys think about being able to split the 1-10 lb tube and still have effective flea coverage.

lorib

Posted : 10/11/2006 1:09:52 AM

I do this with Advantage all the time! I get a large dog tube and my sister and I can spread it over four cats and two dogs. It coasts about $1.00 per animal this way. Just buy a syringe (no needle) and a small bottle and empty the tube into the bottle. Draw out what you need and cap the bottle. One large dog tube may last you a couple of months.

BTW, do NOT use the over the counter dog stuff. First, it doesn't work and second, it will POISON a cat!

brookcove

Posted : 10/11/2006 7:11:54 AM

You can split the tube of Frontline, I know. I've forgotten the dosage but I could get it for you easily. I've been splitting the Frontline for a year now after a friend who is a biochemical researcher assured me it would be fine. I get the largest size and split it according to a formula I got from him - I forget now what it is, I just know my BCs get 1.28 mls each.

More people would use Frontline if they sold it more according to how much product was in the box instead of the way they do. The large size is 88+ and costs about $38 for three. There's 4.something mls in that vial. So why is the 1-22 size only a few dollars less when it has one quarter as much?

The reason the packages have such a huge pound spread in each dose is geometry - the product spreads over the surface area of your dog. The diffference in your chihuahua's surface area versus my 18 pound BC isn't that much, so the amount of topical medication to cover either one will be very, very close - especially when the dose is described in tenths of mls per pound (a tenth of a ml is about the volume of a raindrop).