For most of us, times are tough. We’re being more careful about how we spend our money, and we’re cutting corners and saving wherever we can. And to save money, many pet owners are trying to cut costs with pet medications by splitting them. It’s especially common with flea preventives and similar meds, but we don’t recommend it.
We know you love your pets as much as we love ours, so we’d like to share with you why it’s not a good idea to split pet meds.
Splitting flea preventatives between pets leads to inadequate dosage, causing the medication to lose effectiveness against fleas and other pests. Reduced effectiveness leads to an increased chance that your pet will end up with fleas (or ticks), and you’ll end up with an infested house. Fleas and ticks are not only annoying and itchy; they’re also carriers of many diseases – some that can be serious and even deadly for both you and your pet.
The bottom line is that splitting flea medications puts your pet at higher risk for getting fleas, which could end up costing you a lot more than you’ll save by trying to split meds. As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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The Bravecto data sheet clearly states: “The chewable tablets should not be broken or divided“. This is because the active ingredient can not be guaranteed to be evenly mixed throughout tablet and so half a tablet may contain less or more than half the total tablet dose.
Can you give Bravecto every 2 months?
Administer BRAVECTO at or around the time of feeding. … For optimal treatment and control of brown dog tick and bush tick, use BRAVECTO Chewable Tablet every 2 months. One dose of BRAVECTO Chewable Tablet clears ear mite and sarcoptic mange infestations within 1 month, and demodex mite infestation within 2 months.
Can Interceptor Plus be Crushed? Interceptor Plus should be administered in a manner that encourages your dog to chew, rather than swallow whole. You may break or crush the chewable into pieces and feed them to your dog, making sure your dog consumes the complete dose.
Can you cut Bravecto in half for smaller dog?
The Bravecto data sheet clearly states: “The chewable tablets should not be broken or divided”. This is because the active ingredient can not be guaranteed to be evenly mixed throughout tablet and so half a tablet may contain less or more than half the total tablet dose.
So if you’re using tablets, such as Comfortis, Sentinel, or Program Tablets, to prevent and kill fleas, don’t split them unless your veterinarian specifically instructs you to do so.
When fleas and ticks feed, they take in Bravecto and die. Bravecto starts to kill fleas after 2 hours and provides effective control within 8 hours for fleas and within 24 hours of attachment for ticks.
Is Bravecto chew or topical better?
Topical Bravecto is almost as efficient as the oral and within 72 hours 100% of fleas and over 90% of ticks will be killed.
FAQ
Can Bravecto be broken up?
Can you crush Bravecto for dogs?
Can I give my dog half a flea pill?
Does Bravecto have to be chewed?
A single dose of BRAVECTO Chew should be given to the dog by mouth with food. Dogs over 123.0 lb should be administered the appropriate combination of chew or tubes.