After coming in one day covered in ticks, I’ve come to realize that I’m in tick country. We like to take one of my cat’s out on a leash on occasion. Since I don’t want my cat to get ticks I havent let him out, but I can’t stand the whining anymore. There is no real way to treat our swamp, er yard, so I need to put something on him. Unlike with dogs, I can’t use permethrin based things. The Advantage that I put on him says nothing about preventing ticks so I assume it doesn’t. It looks like Frontline Plus offers some protection, but what can I do for the “ultimate” protection?
[QUOTE=Christopher]
After coming in one day covered in ticks, I’ve come to realize that I’m in tick country. We like to take one of my cat’s out on a leash on occasion. Since I don’t want my cat to get ticks I havent let him out, but I can’t stand the whining anymore. There is no real way to treat our swamp, er yard, so I need to put something on him. Unlike with dogs, I can’t use permethrin based things. The Advantage that I put on him says nothing about preventing ticks so I assume it doesn’t. It looks like Frontline Plus offers some protection, but what can I do for the “ultimate” protection?
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Probabaly nothing short of not letting the cat outside. Let him whine…call it revenge for his aloof nature.
I think Advantage gets rid of ticks, but they didn’t pay for the testing to prove it so they don’t advertise it. We used it for a few years. Then we switched to Revolution, which from the user’s point of view comes in a similar package, gets applied the same way, and seems to work similarly - or maybe better, based on the vet’s recommendation. We have many ticks in our region but if we stay up to date with these things, or even every 6 weeks or so, they don’t seem to bother the cats. We may find ticks crawling on the cats, but not feeding. And, heck, we find ticks crawling on inanimate objects.
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Since I don’t want my cat to get ticks I havent let him out,…
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Yes, that’s about it. Sorry. 
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I think Advantage gets rid of ticks,
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Frontline and Revolution are the ones that get ticks. Advantage only works on fleas.
A dose of Frontline every month will likely keep the OP’s kitty satisfactorily tick free.
Remember, for every tick/flea you find, the cat likely already found and ate 20 off of itself. :eek:
You could laminate your cat.
I didn’t know Tourettes was possible in cats.
Sorry
Frontline works very well. It’s supposed to work best in combination with Advantage. I have, in the past, lived in tick territory and used the combination on my dog never saw a tick on her.
I suppose some Saran Wrap every day before I take him out might be an option.