Thursday, February 27, 2014

Both cats are now over 5 lbs. My postal scale no longer can weigh them unless I "tare" it with a known weight of 5 lbs. or less. Meanwhile, they have fleas.

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SPOT ON®
Advantage® Frontline® Frontline Plus® Capstar
Kills Adult Fleas Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
for 24 hrs.
Repels Adult Fleas Yes No No No No
Kills Eggs & Larvae Yes Kills Larvae No Yes No
Controls Flea
Development
Yes Yes No Yes No
Repels & Kills Ticks (Lyme Disease vectors) Yes No Kills Only Kills Only No
Repels & Kills Mosquitoes
(Heartworm, West Nile Virus vectors)
Yes No No No No
Administration Topical Topical Topical Topical Oral Pill
Treatment
Dosage
Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly One-Time
Minimum Age For Cats
12 wks
& older
For Cats
8 wks
& older
For Cats
12 wks
& older
For Cats
8 wks
& older
For Cats
4 wks
& older
2 lbs.
or more
Active Ingredients Methoprene IGR & Etofenprox Imidacloprid Fipronila Fipronil & Methoprene Nitenpyram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitenpyram

Nitenpyram is an insecticide used in agriculture and veterinary medicine to kill insect external parasites of livestock and pets.

In veterinary medicine, it is used orally with dogs and cats to control fleas, often under the trade name Capstar.[2] After ingestion, it begins killing fleas within 30 minutes and kills every adult flea on the pet within 4 hours. The effects of this pill are approximately 24–48 hours. Nitenpyram is safe to use on puppies and kittens as young as four weeks old so long as they weigh at least 2 pounds (0.91 kg). However, panting and excitement have been noted in cats within 2 hours of Capstar administration.
Nitenpyram is a neonicotinoid, which means that it is a neurotoxin that blocks the ability for neural messages to transmit through the central nervous system of the flea causing (almost) instant death.
It has no long-term residual activity and therefore is not effective as a longer-term flea preventative. It is usually used to kill adult fleas quickly on an infested animal to give immediate relief for a day. It is then usually followed up with some other longer-term flea preventative to prevent reinfestation. In heavily infested animals, it can cause extreme itching as the fleas die; this almost always resolves on its own.
It is often used as part of the protocol in treating environmental infestations.

http://www.capstar.novartis.us/
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Emily answered 5 years ago
You need to really like bomb your house with flea treatment and same with your backyard.
Yes Capstar is pretty cheap, but does not help with killing fleas in your house. The fleas will die on your pets, but then the other fleas will just come back.