Biospot vs. Advantix - Page 2

Yes, that's correct, Advantix is for fleas, ticks AND mosquitoes! http://www.k9advantix.com/About-K9-Advantix.asp

djc-- Of course, Advantix kills ticks. But, it doesn't repel them. None of them seem to do this (much needed) initial deterrent. Who cares about Advantage? (LOL)

"Personally, I would love to hear some of the ages of your dogs, and how long they've been on these products." Max, D.O.B. 3-17-95. BioSpot since 1995. Otto, D.O.B. 4-25-96, d. 5-1-06. BioSpot from 1996 until death. Orbis, D.O.B. 3-8-06. BioSpot since arrival on 6-26-06. SChHBabe, I live in SE Massachusetts, which is the deer tick capital of the world (plenty of brown dog ticks too). No need to go into the woods to find ticks, as they are rampant on my property, especially after a wet spring. Every dog owner I know locally will occasionally pull an engorged tick off his or her dog regardless of what treatment is used, and I haven't heard of any product that is absolutely 100% effective against ticks. Max, the late Otto and I all tested positive for Lyme antibodies several years back but never developed the disease. I would like to attribute that to "outcross vigor" leading to enhanced immune responses in all three cases, but it is more likely just dumb luck. The dogs now get the Lyme vaccine, but I don't. I discovered what appeared to be a deer tick bite earlier this spring on the back of my leg but nothing ensued. And I did pull a brown dog tick off Max in March, which is several weeks ahead of when the ticks typically emerge. We had a very mild winter and maybe the ticks are ahead of schedule.

Oh, I get it----my reference to Advantix "(not ticks)". I was trying to point out in my feeble way that K9A could be misleading---Yes, they repel mosquitoes--but some might also think they repel ticks. Not the case.

Thanks for the dates, p59. Over 10 years is comforting knowledge. I lost one boy a few years back. He was 9 and had 7 yrs of dosage. My current boys haven't reached that 10-yr dosage that you have even surpassed.

I switched to Advantix after using Frontline for years b/c I thought it repelled ticks also. I have found a few on the dogs and myself since beginning the Advantix so I'm totally pissed. I was told it repelled ticks also. Oh, NC seems to be the tick capital of the world. Our winter was very mild and I started seeing ticks much earlier than usual. Does anyone know what may repel ticks?

What repels ticks as in what type of chemical poison? I don't know or want that answer, but there are other ideas that won't poison your landscape. Keep your grass mowed, (they can't hide). Create mulch barriers between woods and lawns, (don't like to cross them). Keep deer and mice away, they are your biggest carriers, though this is (yeah, right, this is easier said than done). I also find that the "leader" of a group gets the most ticks, so pay special attention to whomever that may be. (The jumping impulse is triggered by the leader's movements). Of course, prevention is your best bet, check your dogs daily, as the tick needs to be in contact for 48 hrs to infect its host. We vaccinate all our animals for Lyme. Too bad they don't have one for people. And to find out who the REAL state tick capital is, check this out. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_rptdLymeCasesbyState.htm

I started using Bio Spot on my dogs in the 70's. It was called Spot-On then and was manufactured for insect repellant for large animals and was sold in gallon bottles. I worked for a large animal vet at the time; he and the drug rep calculated the dosage for a dog. I sucked up the dosage in an empty syringe and applied it as a stripe down their backs. Now it comes already packaged for dogs and it's a lot less expensive to use than the other repellants.I never saw one flea or tick on my of my dogs in the 30 some years I've used this product. I'ts my understadning this is not absorbed through the skin of the animal. I've tried natural products like eucalyptus oils and natural flea collars. None of them ever worked. If the first dog I ever used Bio Spot on was still alive he'd be almost 40 years old. He died at 14 1/2, and it wasn't due to fleas or pesticides LOL.

Blitzen. I too used Spotton for cattle and it was my father's choice in his clinic but it is a different class of insecticide. The active ingredient in Spotton is Fenthion. I loved it as I would buy a small bottle for $30.00 and it would last me a couple of years it was applied down the back and an adult dose was 2cc's. If one wants the best control for ticks get in touch with your local pesticide dealer (probably not in CA) and get a quart of Amitraz and make a solution and spray your yards. Amitraz is sold through vets as Mite a ban for demodex mange so you can save loads of money buying it this way. I'm not a fan of flea and tick collars but Preventix collar is made of Amitraz and it works quite well better than spottons and is about 12 dollars for 2 or more months of control and I haven't ever detected a strong smell emitting from them either. Birdy...

"We vaccinate all our animals for Lyme. Too bad they don't have one for people." My mother participated in one of the early LYMErix trials a number of years ago. It was eventually approved by the FDA, but the vaccine's effectiveness was never shown to be higher than 80% or so and it was pulled after questions about its safety were raised (and it turned out to be less profitable than its maker thought it would be).