Arrrgggghhhh - Fleas!! New Flea Medicine Failed...
Let me start by saying that I've used flea protection on my dogs forever with no problems (Frontline Plus). My vet stopped carrying Frontline Plus b/c they said they'd had too many complaints about it not working. They replaced it with the newest generation from Frontline: Frontline Tritak, which we switched to a few months ago. We discovered a flea infestation this past week! Our poor poodle in particular, was crawling with them. I guess his dense fur was a good hiding place for them. The other two dogs each had a few fleas on them, but not to the extent of poor Potsie.
Needless to say, I called the vet's office to complain, and we switched the dogs over to Comfortis, which got rid of the fleas on the dogs. We'll eventually switch over to Trifexis, I think (it won't kill fleas, but repels them once the problem is resolved, preventing them from infesting the dogs again).
We also called our pest control company and they came and sprayed our yard and house yesterday ($250!!). We had to leave the house for 4 hours, getting everything off the carpets we could (carpet only in the bedrooms and bonus room, thank God!). We boarded the dogs overnight - even though our pest company uses "green" products, because the poison factor makes me very nervous. We'll pick them up today.
I pointed out all this expense to my vet, reminding her that she had recommended the Tritak in the first place. She was very surprised that it had failed, but didn't doubt my story at all. She then told me that the company had a guarantee on the new product with a compensation clause if it didn't work as promised. So...she's having her office manager contact the company and see if they'll cover the cost of our home/yard flea treatment. Please keep fingers crossed that the company keeps its word. I'm not holding my breath, and I hope I'm pleasantly surprised when I hear back next week.
Has anyone else had a failure with Frontline Tritak? I've heard that the fleas are ridiculous this year, but WOW!!
Needless to say, I called the vet's office to complain, and we switched the dogs over to Comfortis, which got rid of the fleas on the dogs. We'll eventually switch over to Trifexis, I think (it won't kill fleas, but repels them once the problem is resolved, preventing them from infesting the dogs again).
We also called our pest control company and they came and sprayed our yard and house yesterday ($250!!). We had to leave the house for 4 hours, getting everything off the carpets we could (carpet only in the bedrooms and bonus room, thank God!). We boarded the dogs overnight - even though our pest company uses "green" products, because the poison factor makes me very nervous. We'll pick them up today.
I pointed out all this expense to my vet, reminding her that she had recommended the Tritak in the first place. She was very surprised that it had failed, but didn't doubt my story at all. She then told me that the company had a guarantee on the new product with a compensation clause if it didn't work as promised. So...she's having her office manager contact the company and see if they'll cover the cost of our home/yard flea treatment. Please keep fingers crossed that the company keeps its word. I'm not holding my breath, and I hope I'm pleasantly surprised when I hear back next week.
Has anyone else had a failure with Frontline Tritak? I've heard that the fleas are ridiculous this year, but WOW!!
