witheverythingiam Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 There was a dog at the vets I work, and it was COVERED in fleas, so we gave it a capstar tablet, and popped it back in the cage. Went to check back an hour later, and at LEAST 100 dead/dying fleas in the cage with the dog!!! Just goes to prove, it really does work, and is a flea rinse in a tablet! -WithEverythingIAm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 My dog is 14kg and is on a 1/4 of a large dog capstar tablet every day because she is highly allergic to fleas. I think it is brilliant and you can buy it from the supermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffles Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 When Loki picked up fleas from somewhere we gave him capstar (in conjunction with his Sentinal Spectrum) and we found it to have no effect at all... Go figure!! I wonder why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabrador Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 When Loki picked up fleas from somewhere we gave him capstar (in conjunction with his Sentinal Spectrum) and we found it to have no effect at all... Go figure!!I wonder why It only works for the fleas that are biting them for 24 hours. If your environment is infested then he's got them jumping back on him constantly. It's not a long term solution and doesn't last for a month like Frontline. I reckon the fleas must bite harder or something while they are dying. If ever I need to give Capstar my dogs go mental scratching! I've made the mistake of giving it to a crated dog at bedtime and was constantly woken by the noise of the thumping leg on the crate tray all night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montall Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 (edited) I noticed that extra scratching too blacklab. ETA .. Should mention I spose that this was with my previous dogs (dallies) don't really need them for hairless cresties. Edited November 3, 2007 by montall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabrador Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 No need for the Cresties - ooh did you get a new one?? Black haired one?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Good to know that it works! I wasn't entirely sure how effective it would be. I gave it to my puppy 3 times this week since she picked up fleas at puppy school, so hopefully most of the fleas are gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montall Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 No need for the Cresties - ooh did you get a new one?? Black haired one?? Sure did. Her name is Effie (Belachi Midnight Magic) and she is 4 years old, a retired show dog. There is a thread about her here .. http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?show...57&hl=effie Sorry for the hi-jack, back to the capstar. Yeah it's good stuff but I was always a little worried about what it might be doing to my dogs. That and frontline. Both my dallies died of cancer and I had never had that in a dog before. Probably nothing to do with the flea treatments but I will always wonder. They did live to a good age though. Still it's one of the reasons for the breed I have now. My OH was paranoid about fleas and the poor dalmatians were being dosed all the time. We had a cat at the time and we have lots of possums, impossible to keep fleas at bay. So this time around he said get one that doesn't shed and doesn't have fleas, silly man. Just as well he has a sense of humour. He reckons that if anyone had told him that he would own bald dogs one day he would have told them they were crazy but he loves them to bits, all three of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny_beagle Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I find spot ons the only really effective long term solution so we have no fleas here, but have picked up a few dogs from the pound that were really riddled and found the capstar excellent for fast knockdown, followed by a spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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