Hi – as per my previous question on micro-chipping, I have recently (accidentally) rescued a beagle puppy who is now approaching 6 months old. When I got her, the poor thing was riddled with worms which had led to an infection in her intestines. She has been to the vet and was of course cured with Drontal wormer along with Inceptor and antibiotics. However, due to the cost I no longer wish to purchase these meds from my vet when I can instead source from places such as 1-800-petmeds. My question is though, on reading up on the medications it seems that Inceptor is not only for heart worms but also treats and prevents hook worms,round worms and whip worms but not tape worms? Is there another broad spectrum wormer I could use that covers them all and then a seperate medication solely for heart worm prevention so that I am not overloading her little system? All advice much appreciated. Thank you.
Her flea treatment is up todate – I use frontline.

The ones I’ve seen are Heartgard, Iverhart, and Interceptor. Does it really matter which one I use? Are they all equally effective?

Also, will my dog need to go to the vet before I start her on heartworm medicine? I would rather order from 1-800-PetMeds than the vet, but I wasn’t sure if they’ll need to test her for heartworms before I start giving it to her.

Our pomeranian has cushings disease, and it costs my grandmother sixty dollars for her prescription. Would 1800 Petmeds be cheaper? Also how does that work? Does the vet call in the prescription?
It is Prednisone 5mg. I found this one on the is one website, but how could it be that cheap?

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1448

I am going to put my 10 month old cat on flea control tomorrow. Which one should I choose or do I get the one the vet recommends? My cat has fleas and scratches all the time. I find black specks on her sleeping area and blood too. Not a lot of blood, tiny spots.

Will the vet put her on flea control or will I have to do it at home?

I have a 1 yr old male cat, and 10 week old kitten. The kitten has fleas really bad..I have her in the bathroom. Before I even noticed that the kitten had fleas, she had some contact with my cat. I didn’t see any fleas on him, but should I buy the advantage flea killer just in case?? If he doesn’t have fleas can I still put it on him as a preventative?Or is it just for cats that have fleas? I am going to the vet today to buy Advantage.