I've seen them for sale on e-bay, the nematodes that is.
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From: "dlg...@windstream.net" <dlg...@windstream.net>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Flea Products
Nematodes - do you mean like I get for japanese beetles in my yard? If not,
what is name and where do I get them?
---- GRAS <g...@optonline.net> wrote:
> I actually use Frontline on incoming cats with fleas..just that once, then
> it's the friendly little nematodes!
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> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lee
> Evans
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 4:53 PM
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Flea Products
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> I don't believe that the doses would be different because you break the big
> one into 7 doses (as in Frontline Plus). I was afraid to do this at first
> because I thought it might somehow be different than the single doses but if
> you think about it, there's no sediment at the bottom of the tube. It's all
> uniformly mixed so no possibility of different strengths from breaking up
> the tube into smaller doses. What you are paying for in the standard cat
> dose is the packaging. You are paying for 3 plastic tubes instead of one
> larger plastic tube. I don't feel that plastic tubes are so great that I
> want to pay $15 extra above the cost of the ingredients. I wish more stuff
> was on a "bring your own bottle" basis. Some stuff in the grocery store is
> sold that way - peanut butter, honey, some cosmetics. Everything else is
> over-packaged so that when you finish your juice or your ketchup or
> whatever, you either toss the package, bottle into the landfill or you have
> to lug it to recycle if you don't live in a city with curbside pick-up. I
> have been breaking Frontline Plus and Revolution into cat size doses for
> years. Haven't tried Advantage though because it goes by weight and that's
> a little more work intensive, since I have several cats who can't fit
> through the doorway and several more who could slip through the keyhole.
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> Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty
> neighbors too!
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> From: Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com>
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 5:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Flea Products
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> On 10-05, Edna Taylor wrote:
> > My vet frowns on using any dog flea product on cats because she said
> > even though it is the same ingredients, the portions of the same
> > ingredients may be different.
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> The vet will make much more money if you give individual doses. I cannot do
> this as I have 24 rescued cats at this time, and at $15. a pop, every month,
> I'd be broke in no time, so I buy flea stuff from CAnada or overseas and
> dose down from the big dog size. However, dosing down from the big dog
> size MUST be carefully figured out so the cats are not hurt.
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