Interceptor Plus is a monthly, broad spectrum parasiticide used to prevent heartworm disease, as well as treat and control common intestinal parasites including roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms. If I did not get sentinel for free, because I live in Indiana and not in a flea heavy area, I would use interceptor in the winter.What is Interceptor Plus (milbemycin oxime/praziquantel)? Why? Because I get it for free from work and its a gentle flea preventative but still contains the milbemycin for heartworm protection. I use Advantage Multi, and I'm in love with advantage multi, during on season for disc I use advantage multi because it's imidacloprid (a drug similar to fipronil which is used in frontline) and moxidectin (this is a heartworm drug it is in the avermectin family BUT it is a very weak avermectin that hasn't had the side effects that high doses of ivermectin do to collie breeds.) The reason I used advantage multi on season is incase my dogs were to come into contact with fleas it'll be a quick death for the parasites. Which is proven to be a very harsh drug for collies. Interceptor is Milbemycin (heartworm med) and Sentinel is Milbemycin + Lufenuron (The Lufenuron is a flea medication it makes them sterile) The Milbemycin is normally what will be reached for first with ANY collie-like breed because it is not a class of ivermectin. Interceptor and Sentinel are indeed the same medication. My son & wife were livid,to find fleas on thier babes. My son's two tea cup chi's have never had a flea problem,until just two weeks ago.thanks to a visiting dog for the weekend. He did get Heartguard,or the generic of,all year. I felt it was safer to not expose Earnhardt to unnessary chemicals,when he did not need them. Since I have heard it is safe for shelties.įor the price of what I am paying for Revolution, they will recieve the benefit of flea control for the year,and in the event they are exposed to a dog that has fleas,I won't worry.īut before I started using Revolution,I did not,nor ever have a flea issue,so I never used anything. There is also Advantage Multi~ a new product,with the same features as Revolution.Ĭomfortis, If I were to admin a seperate flea control med & especially for Trapp).this would be my choice. No seperate heartworm preventative,and we definatly like the product. With a full year supply of Revolution for both dogs,I am going to stay with what works. There is good hiking up in middle TN but I would be terrified that he would get lost and the areas are very remote so that would be terrible. He likely will not go out in the woods unless I get a house with land and that is a while off. I don't anticipate flea issues due to his environment but figure Sentinel might be a good idea in case he picks up any from visiting hounds. The joke was he had paramite ingrained into him for life (and his brain since he was a maniac). Well he never had fleas again even without any treatment. well when there was so many she paramited him (yes I know that is not for puppies) he was so bad that he had fleas coming out his ears and nose. So Mom (bless her heart) decided that she was going to flea powder him. I got him and dropped him by my parents store warning them to keep him in the box until I got back due to fleas. Dow was named Dow after Dow Chemical since I got him and he had well over 100 fleas on a two pound puppy he was a cotton ball and we knew he had fleas but no one had any idea how many. The final step would be Interceptor and something like Advantix but that is about 4 times the cost of Sentinel. I can see interceptor is cheapest and protects against heartworms (they spray so we are mosquito light here in town), the next step up seems to be Sentinel for about 1.5 more and I get flea control. Sca is likely to visit a bunch but will almost always be in fenced mowed yards.
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