CAPSTAR flea treatment?? Anyone used it?

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Has anyone had any expereince using the CAPSTAR flea treatment and the program flea treatment. Heard it was a good adult flea killer and the fleas are not immune to it yet. The frontline i use is not working as much on one of my cats. The side effects don't look so good though.

Apparently you have to use a long term treatment to kill the eggs too, like program. Anyone used this????

Would love your comments. The flea and tick season has started so early this year from all this heat.
 
Never heard of it but I have always used Selamectin (Revolution) for fleas, ticks, lice, mites, mange, etc. in cats, dogs, and even rats, with great results. Might have more resistant buggies in other areas though.
 
owlgal said:
Has anyone had any expereince using the CAPSTAR flea treatment
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I use Capstar.

My cat developed a severe flea allergy. Frontline would not work anymore. Advantage would not work anymore. I did not try Revolution. A vet and a vet dermatologist were no help whatsoever. I eventually took him to an acupuncturist for his allergies. She recommended Capstar. One tablet every other day. For the first time in months, Yoyo was flea-free. His bald belly got thick with hair again. His legs got hairy again. It is not a cheap solution. I order it off the internet. A box of 60 tablets runs about $200.

Lana
 
i've used Capstar and my vet keeps it on hand at the clinic to give it to kitties that come in with fleas so as to try and prevent fleas spreading in the clinic. my understanding is it kills the live fleas, not the eggs. and it works quick. starts killing them within 1/2 an hour i want to say.

since it doesn't kill the eggs, yes, you have to use something else too to kill the eggs.

i've never had anyone have bad side effects from it. i typically use it right away on any stray kitty i trap thus i keep some on hand at all times just in case. and same thing, i order it online. i want to say i buy mine from lambertvetsupply.com :-)

Lana, i'd never heard of using Capstar like that. do you use it long term or just when he had the allergic reaction going on?
 
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DId yo-yo have any reactions to the capstar? Are there different dosages?
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It is mostly just veterinarians who use Capastar. Veterinarians will give an animal who comes into their office with a flea infestation a Capstar tablet. The fleas will start dying within 30 minutes and the animal will be sent home with instructions to use Advantage or Frontline or Revolution or whatever.

I started Yoyo on Capstar last summer. It is his sole flea treatment. It has worked after all other conventional flea treatment products failed with Yoyo. He has had no adverse reaction to it whatsoever that I can tell. The dosage suggested to me was one pill every other day since Capstar is a short-duration treatment. The one pill every other day has kept him free of fleas. Yoyo is an indoor/outdoor cat. Fleas have been epidemic here is Houston this winter and spring. I missed a Capstar treatment a couple of weeks ago and found 4 fleas on him the next day.

Lana
 
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