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| 21. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Wed 25th Mar 2026. 20:12 jake89, Wed 25 Mar 17:02 Don’t buy Frontline - it is utter garbage! Like most of the “over the counter” stuff, they are useless. Our cats are tick and flea magnets, and that stuff does absolutely heehaw for them. We have to use prescription stuff that kills them off as soon as they latch. We use Cameron and Greig in Cowdenbeath - never had any issues with them and one of the vets is even able to handle our male cat without the need for welding gloves! Post Edited (Wed 25 Mar 20:13) Reply |
| 22. Author: fcda Date: Wed 25th Mar 2026. 20:18 I think in a lot of ways, the normalisation of pet insurance and the number of people that buy it, has led to this. Vets can now charge a lot more when most of the bill is being paid by insurers. They probably offer more treatments now though, ones where the expense would have put people off. Post Edited (Wed 25 Mar 20:18) Reply |
| 23. Author: twin par Date: Wed 25th Mar 2026. 22:10 I would never use shop bought tick or flea treatments.I bought treatment from b .m.My lab got really ill,never again.As I have said,get the proper products,it’s just not worth the risk,for a few Bob,to see a dog so ill ,is so distressing. Reply |
| 24. Author: Hoolie Date: Thu 26th Mar 2026. 21:05 As I said in another thread a lot of dogs treatments are just like a humans… Half paracetamol or half an antihistamine is just as good to see if it has helped instead of a £125 charge and not going to affect the mutt! It won’t harm them and it has worked a lot of times on my 2 dogs. Reply |
| 25. Author: P Date: Thu 26th Mar 2026. 21:50 I recall my dog being prescribed omeprazole at a very high price and when we got it it was the exact same thing that I am on a repeat prescription for. We didn’t need to reload but I would have been tempted to use my own if I had. Post Edited (Thu 26 Mar 21:50) Reply |
| 26. Author: twin par Date: Fri 27th Mar 2026. 00:35 No they are not like humans.I have said this before,ibuprofen will kill a dog,yes you will get away with small doses of paracetamol,but not ibuprofen.That is down right stupid to say they can take human medicine. Would you take your dog to a human doctor surgery? Post Edited (Fri 27 Mar 01:03) Reply |
| 27. Author: P Date: Fri 27th Mar 2026. 13:43 twin par, Fri 27 Mar 00:35 So for clarity in my case - 1/ it was not ibuprofen and 2/ it was literally the same drug in the same box from the same manufacturer and the line by line insert was identical and it had the human side effects which they explained that they never had the pet version and had this as it was the same thing. Post Edited (Fri 27 Mar 13:44) Reply |
| 28. Author: twin par Date: Fri 27th Mar 2026. 14:54 That’s fair p.But some folks seem to think it’s ok,to give human drugs regardless. Reply |
| 29. Author: Hoolie Date: Sun 29th Mar 2026. 21:04 Well and I’m not going to argue…all my dogs have lived to between 14-17 years old so you can say all you want… Reply |
| 30. Author: twin par Date: Mon 30th Mar 2026. 00:20 That’s fine.All I am saying is,is don’t put your pets under unnecessary risk. Reply |