How Advantage Saved My Cat from Fleas

I noticed Buster scratching himself more and more. He's my cat. At first he'd just tilt his head to the side and scratch his neck with his leg a few times a day. Soon, he was chewing his fur constantly. After brushing his fur, I noticed little black flecks. Dried blood for their young to feed on I later learned. Buster had fleas.

I headed out to the local Petsmart and checked out the cat care aisle. Past the leashes and cat condos, by the shampoo and brushes was the flea control products. I ignored the flea collars which I tried before and didn't work at all. I picked up a pack of something I never tried before and read the back. "Put this on your cats neck and he'll be protected from fleas for a month." Sounded good. I bought it and headed home. I got a tube out and put it on my cat's neck. It smelled like I was pouring gasoline on him. He didn't like it. A few hours later when he was too hungry to stay under the bed, he finally came out, scratching like usual.

Give it time I thought. Well I gave it time and his scratching did drop down. For a week. Soon he was back to scratching more than ever. This time I did some research. After reading through some cat care websites, I found out that most of those over the counter flea products don't work at all. There were some stories of cats getting sick from them. I can still remember the smell so that doesn't surprise me. I discovered the best thing for your cat was Advantage flea treatment but it was pricey. After a little more digging, I found a cheap way to get advantage for my cat, Ebay.

Advantage has flea products for kittens, cats, dogs and puppies but they all use the same formula. The difference is the dosage. Entrepreneurs on Ebay sell the larger doses from the dog treatment but give you kits to store and draw the right dosage you need. The kits come with plastic vials to store the Advantage solution and a syringe with no needle on it. Kind of like the ones dentists give you. It's used to accurately measure out the dosage and apply it to your cat. There is no needle and you don't inject your cat with anything. You just apply it to his skin behind his neck like normal.

The kit has 5 months worth of treatment and costs less than $20. A small price to pay to protect your cat from fleas and give him the peace and comfort of a good nights sleep.

Advantage is great compared to other flea treatments I've tried and I've tried a lot. First of all, it actually works. My cat cut back on scratching drastically within 24 hours and after a few days, he stopped completely and was back to his normal self. It also doesn't smell like anything. This is a big bonus compared to the awful smell of the other treatments I tried. I'm sure it was even worse for Buster with his better sense of smell. By buying it on Ebay, it's cheaper than the other snake oils the sell to get rid of fleas too. If you're not comfortable with buying on Ebay or separating the doses yourself, you can get Advantage from your veterinarian. They should be able to sell you single monthly doses or packs with a few months worth in them but the price will be higher.

Do your cat a favor and get Advantage however you can if he has fleas. He'll love you for it.