Advantage XD

Good price for flea control.

This product’s always works. Never had an issue with it or always buy this product.

FINALLY, my kittens and I have relief!! My new kittens came with unwanted guests but they were too young for the products I saw. I used a flea comb and baths with no real relief. Things got worse. I had my house and garage (where they're staying due to tenants allergies) fumigated before the fleas took hold of my house like they had the garage. I gave them both capstar while we waited. That evening I applied Frontline plus. They were still scratching. I gave another dose of capstar two days later hoping that they would finally be rid of all stages of fleas. NOPE. I gave the third dose. NOPE. Capstar works great but it only works on adult fleas for a short time. Frontline was useless. I finally applied advantage xd and finally we all have relief. No more incessant scratching. I truly hope it lasts. My kittens and I are so very grateful. I absolutely recommend this product. Don't waste money on Frontline plus. FYI, the tubes doesn't have a cap. The tops look like caps to be removed but it's the tip of the applicator. Just twist the top slightly and it's open. Nothing has to be removed. I needed YouTube to figure that out.

Applied this to my 3 cats about 4 days ago and it appears to have worked! No signs of live fleas on the short haired ones anymore and no side effects to speak of which is great because I was worried about skin irritation from trying a new product. It was easy enough to apply once I realized you didn't have to take the cap completely off and I'm pleased that you only have to apply it once every two months as I am forgetful. My only complaint is that it has been four days and my long haired cat (pictured) still has funky gunky residue on their fur. I applied it at the base of their skull per the instructions and the goo seems to have settled into their hair and is now collecting dust. This is less worrisome for me as my cats don't groom each other but if you have bonded cats this may be a problem as you don't want them ingesting the product. Cleaning it off of my cats neck will also be an issue because washing a cat is a perilous task.

The day before the hurricane, we were rescued a mother, and two of her three babies sadly, we could not get the third she stayed hidden under a trailer. No one could seem to catch her, especially without hurting her. We were sick about it because it was quite a storm. Bittersweet we got her two days later, but she only lived two weeks. I don’t know besides being runt might’ve been going on. she took to me right away and the whole time here except to go potty she was sleep on my neck cuddled me. She ate well, but never gained weight because of the storm. There were no vets to get to right away. I don’t know if she had a seizure or what but we lost her anyway, this is about the product. I couldn’t put it on the babies. They were too small, but I put it on and what’s great is. It’s good for two months. That evening she had stopped scratching and running a flea come through. Her did not produce very much I am about to order another pack, it was also safe for her because often on they still nurse I did buy the three pack of the regular as well for the three kittens at the time. The surviving to are little chunky monkeys Free of fleas, I have another pack coming for them also. i’d love to use the one on mama on all of them, but it’s just not affordable right now we inherited a small colony of cats besides our hurricane babies Please everyone if you only have a couple of cats please get them fixed. You don’t realize how fast they pop them out most of the time they are inbred You are lucky if they live two weeks. The majority of the time the mothers will reject them almost immediately. They know the babies have problems so they tend to address the healthier. It’s a bit like triage for people you try to save the healthiest that will survive. look around there are places with low cost fees. We only have one. It’s hard to get appointments, but it’s only $35. You are going to pay a lot more than that and cat food and talk about MEDICAL. If you love animals stop them from breeding kittens are grown by about six weeks of age and become little teenagers, I love them all but for people that want kittens you don’t keep them that long and stop the madness

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Advantage XD I’m am not happy with. I will not put it on my kitten again. She is 8 months old, 6-7 pounds and it made her fur sticky and hard clumps/mats at application site. I applied it directly to her skin as instructed and of course it has to spread as all the topical products do, but it’s not an oily feel on the fur when it disperses, it’s made her fur very clumpy and sticky. It made mats in her fur at the site. I tried to wet her fur down, wipe it off with a wash cloth and a baby wipe and tried brushing her, but it’s pulling and hurting her to do so. It’s like a thin layer of dried syrup on that spot of her head/neck. When I brushed her, so much fur came out of that area I worried she was going to have an allergic skin reaction like a few of the reviews said, luckily skin irritation hasn’t happened. I really am dissatisfied with the product. I have used Advantage II on my previous cats and never have had this happen. The fur on the application site would get a little oily, but not dry like this. I figured I would try the XD since it’s every other month, but this changed my mind so I will not be using it again. Her silky fur is so gross to the touch right now in that area, I am so sad and disappointed. It may be doing its job with the fleas, I really don’t know cause I wanted to use it as a precaution on her. She is strictly indoor but we have a dog (which takes a flea preventative) that goes outside and could bring one in and we don’t want one to move over to her and infest her. After the 2 months are up and she is due for another treatment, I will be looking for a different product. Thankfully I only bought one dose of this stuff.

Give it some time. Be patient. I also used a flea comb simultaneously 4-5x per day until no living fleas were found. Consistency is key. Not saying this will work for everybody. This is just what worked for me. Good luck! Day 1: administered treatment as prescribed. Easy to use. Just twist and squeeze. It smells awful like gasoline or paint thinner. Luna was lethargic and inactive. Slept most of the day. Lasted for about 8 hrs. Appetite and poop were normal. Combed her 5x. Approximately 7-8 live fleas came out each time which means there’s probably hundreds more to go. They hide around her ears/head and the base of her tail. Luna was miserable. Still scratching, shaking her heading, and licking her hind legs. Day 2: continued to comb her 4x a day. Scratching had decreased to approximately 2-3x per hour. 6-7 live fleas found. Fleas were smaller but still alive. Perhaps they haven’t reached full adult yet? Idk. By night time, Luna was pretty much back to her normal self. Day 3: combed her in the morning. 9-10 dead fleas came out. Found dead fleas on the floor and on the blanket. But they were all dead ☠️ Hopefully this means the medication is working! Will continue to comb her 2 more times today. 9-DAY UPDATE: 7/7/2024- I really wanted this product to work but after 7 days, we continue to find 1-2 live fleas. 3 baths, daily combing and still no relief. Cat was still shaking her head, and scratching her neck. We finally took her to the vet and got prescription Revolution. Vet explained that Advantage XD only kills about 80% of fleas and they will reproduce again. We’re hopeful that the prescription will work.