Need Advice For Dosing 4 Cats For Flea Meds Please!

swilson56

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Hello Everyone,
I have four cats. Two sets of siblings from completely different parents.

I got the first set of siblings, Unsub & Penelope, back in March 2016. So they are almost 2 & a half years old. Unsub is a bigger cat, he weighs about 15lbs.. Penelope is quite a bit smaller, she weighs probably around 8lbs.

About 10 months ago, I found two kittens less than 24 hours old behind a dumpster next to their mom & siblings (who unfortunately passed away from what was an apparent raccon attack :sniffle:).. I took the two in & raised them into the healthy, happy kittens they are today. Girl is very large, so much so that I am starting to become concerned with how big she is (But that's a whole different issue for another day).. Anyways, she probably weighs a good 10lbs. Boy on the other hand is much more slim & very tall. He probably weighs about 7lbs. (Their names are boy & girl since me & my husband couldn't come to an agreement on their names lol :lol:)

Anyways, all four of them have fleas & I had bought Cheristin For Cats awhile ago but never used it since it was winter & fleas weren't a problem. Now that it's warmer outside & it's very evident they have fleas I decided I was finally going to treat them but I went online first to read up on Cheristin since I purchased it over 6 months ago. However, the things I've learned after doing said research, I am no longer comfortable putting that stuff on my cats & have now decided on going with Bayer Advantage II. My problem though is that I have 4 different cats who all weigh different weights.

I'm wondering if I'm going too have to buy 1 pack of advantage for cats under 9lbs & 1 pack for cats over 9lbs.. Or if there is some way for me to only have to buy one pack & be able to treat all four with it. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all so much for your time!!
 

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This is why i get advantage multi from my vet, i have 4 cats that have very different weights. I dont need to worry or think about it. The vet knows what each one weighs, i do too. and i just pick up one tube of the correct dose for each cat and their weight each month. no need to buy boxes of multiple sizes, and or guess.
 
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Yeah that would be ideal but the vet is very expensive especially since I would have to get check ups done on all 4 first and I just dont have the $200+ to spend right now so I'm looking to go with the Bayer Advantage II.
 
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