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Frontline?

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Has anyone here had any experiences with using the Frontline spray to treat mites? I treated my snakes with it tonight (saw a few mites and flipped out...heheheh) as it came highly reccomended by people who's opinions I hold in high regard :)....but was just curious if anyone here has used it.
 
We've used the flea drops on cats, but thats a bit differant. They worked fine though, so I would assume the Mite Spray would as well.
 
Be very careful using flea products, especially if its a dog flea product. I accidentally put small sized dog drops on my cat, and she spent 3 days in the kitty emergency hospital and almost died. (They get that all the time.) Crossing chemical products between animals is dangerous, and reptile relief type-spray is cheap.
 
It was actually recomended to a highly regarded reptile shop out my way by a herp vet in the area...apparently they now treat every single reptile before it comes into their store as a preventative with no problems....and I've since spoken to a few other folks across the country who's herp vets have actually used it and sang it's praises. I've also heard some concerns from others as well. So, I am extremely curious about the use of the product now...and am doing all the research I can.
 
I've not heard of using Frontline for snake mites...when Carmen had mites, I used Provent-a-Mite and it was great.
 
Putting Frontline spray (same ingredients as Frontline drops) on reptiles would be considered an off-label use, but you can call the toll free number on any package/bottle of Frontline and talk with someone at Merial. I'm not sure if you'll get the same response that I would, as I work for a vet, about off-label use. I know that Frontline has been used safely on alot of other mammals besides dogs and cats, but this is the first time I've heard it used on reptiles. Since the product is not absorbed into the system in mammals, I doubt it's absorbed in reptiles either, making it a very safe product.

Kimbyra - Sorry to hear about your kitty. You do need to be very careful with some products. Not all of the topical products act like that, however. Frontline and Advantage are the same products for both dogs and cats. The only difference is the amount used and perhaps the percentage/volume of the active ingredient in one of those products. K-9 Advantix, however, is very lethal if applied to cats. The ingredient added to Advantage to kill mites...permethrin, cannot be used on cats and the package has that fact marked all over it. That is, unless you perhaps purchased your product on-line and received product meant to be sold in another country. Labeling for another country can be different than for the U.S. as the requirements are different. In some cases, even the quality of the product may be different as well. Some on-line bargains really aren't bargains after all. There's usually a reason something is half the price than you would normally pay.
 
I've seen Frontline...

used on hamsters and gerbils but never on reptiles. Frontline and Advantage move around the animals on the fluids of the skin. I don't know if I would want to use it around shed time or on turtles, but let us know if everything turns out O.K.
I would avoid Bio-Spot or other oddball over the counter products. Most are made for cattle and watered down. Can cause serious neurological damage.
 
Sevin Dust for me...

It is cheaper for one thing. I remember as a kid we used Dri-dye (not sure of the spelling). My local vet would put it on his hands and allow the snake to crawl through. You could hear the mites pop. It is illegal here in the states but I believe you can still get it abroad.
 
Cflaguy said:
I don't know if I would want to use it around shed time or on turtles, but let us know if everything turns out O.K.
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Well, I treated two of my three snakes with it last Thursday. I have held off on treating my corn, as she was HEAVILY in blue at the time. She has since shed, but I opted to continue to hold off. I know other products, such as Reptile-Relief say to wait AT LEAST a few days after shedding to spray the snake. I opted to feed her, and will wait until she completely digests before spraying her. That will put her at about a week past shedding.

As for my Ball Python and my Leucy...both were sprayed. I haven't noticed a single mite since (allthough, like I said, I only saw THREE mites initially, so most of this was precautionary). Both snakes have behaved normally since, both eagerly ate their meals on Monday, and there have been no regurges or anything abnormal. All seems dandy.

I know Amazon Pets uses it to treat EVERY single animal before letting it in their store as a precaution (snakes and lizards at least...I don't know about turtles and definatly not amphibians). They claimed that one of their stores had a major mite outbreak once, and a single treatment for each snake (they didn't even have to scrub down the tanks...they simply spayed each animal once) completely wiped out the problem. And all this was on the recomendation from their vet.

So, it seems to be working out well for me, but I am now completely fascinated by it and trying to research it all I can.
 
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