PH urinay test Strips and Frontline question...

[kimouette]

Here are my 2 question :

1. If i want to know what my cat's urinary PH is, can I use human urinary strips sold at the drugstore?

2. Are there any alternatives to Frontline Combo Pipette that would be cheaper but just as reliable?

Thanks!
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[MommaOfMuse]

Don't know about the PH strips

And I have never used the Frontline, what we do here since we have a herd to keep fleas off of, is to use the original Advantage for dogs and get the ones for the largest dog we can find and divide it up using a needleless syringe into smaller doses for the cats. (it needs to be the regular Advantage not the plus as with the regular the formula for cats and dogs is exactly the same). This works well for us since the drooler is 97lbs and we would be buying the large dog size anyhow.

This will also bump your post up some maybe others will be able to answer the PH strip questions

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang

 

[Larry and Kitties]

Human urine pH strips work fine for cats.
For dividing up large-dog flea meds for cats see:
http://www.lisaviolet.com/cathouse/advantage.html

 

[kimouette]

What a clever idea! Next time I buy the dog product I'll have like 10 months worth flea med!

Human urine pH strips work fine for cats.

Thats great news! I'll see how much it costs at the pharmacy. Then the range I'm looking for is between 6 and 6.5 right?

 

[Larry and Kitties]

Yes. 6-6.5.
http://cats.about.com/od/lowerurinarytr ... urinpH.htm