No fleas, no problem (Program Flea Control)

Member Name: indychick_uk

Product:	Program Flea Control
Date:	30/10/01 (857 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, No after effects for the cat

Disadvantages: Means a trip to the vets twice a year

I've had my cat for about 6 years now and over that time I've tried all sorts of flea control measures. He's only ever had fleas once, maybe because I've always treated them, and that was no fun for him or me.

I don't like the idea of sprays - I'm an environmentalist so I'd never use a spray in an aerosol can anyway - and flea collars are of absolutely no use, so when I first got Simpson (my cat) I enquired with my vet who suggested I use Program. At the time this came in a little ampoule of liquid which you squirted over food once a month.

Program works not by killing the fleas that infest your cat, but by sterilising them. In effect it's flea contraception which they take in from your cat's blood when they bite. This means that they can't breed and, as fleas have a very short life span, any flea hopping onto your cat when he's out and about will die without laying any eggs.

My cat seems to be able to spot medicine at about 100 yards and just refuses to eat anything that's been doped - even if it's fresh tuna or chicken (he's even been known to eat around the spot where the worming tablet is hiding!) so I was never entirely sure that he'd eaten all, or any, of the Program medicine. So I was not entirely surprised to find he was getting fleas the summer before last.

On a trip to the vet I mentioned the problem and was told that Program now came in the form of an injection administered every 6 months. Great! Simpson was dosed up there and then!

I've just taken him recently for his 6 monthly booster so he should be fully protected, and this summer we had no problem with fleas at all. I've managed to time the injections to coincide with his annual boosters and also to get the vet to give him a wormer at the same time (as this is very definitely a two person job with Simpson) - so he gets all the pain out of the way in two trips a year.

My life
has been made so much easier, and Simpson is a much happier cat without his "little friends"

He has not suffered any after effects from the injections (apart from sulking with me for a few days for taking him to the vet) and nobody else I know has ever had problems with Program. It costs about £28 at my vet, but £56 a year is a small price to pay considering the alternative - discomfort for you and your cat, cost of fumigating your house, sprays, collars etc.

So, if you want no fleas, no hassle - book your cat in now!

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