Frontline & Heartguard prices!!!

[Ufatz]

My wife just returned home with a three month supply of Frontline and a package of Heartguard. Total bill was for $88!! Is there an on-line source for this stuff that is less expensive? Seems a bit steep to me, but we are relatively new to MN. I like my vet just fine, but I don't want him to build his 401K just on MY checkbook!

[jbdragon17]

I ordered from Mypetmeds.com. I have four dogs to buy for. This spring it was heartguard, frontline, and prednizone. My bill was $275

[fishin5]

Try drsfostersmith.com. they can be pretty reasonable on somethings. Be prepared for the catolauge onsluaght though.

[metrojoe]

Try interpet.biz. 6 months supply of Frontline Plus for a large dog is 48.95 + shipping = $54.20. Thats about $9.00 a dose.

[Gissert]

If you are heading down to St. Cloud or the cities, stop by that vet supply store in Melrose. They have excellent prices on Frontline.

[nolte]

Best price on frontline is through the site metrojoe mentioned, interpret.biz. It's an Australina company and is way cheaper than any vet supply in the US, takes about 8 days to get it, but only cost around 5 bucks to ship.

On the topic of Heartworm prevention, if you want to waste a lot of money keep buying heartguard at $5+ a pill. You can give the exact same dosage/same active ingredient yourself for the entire life of your dog compared to buying one 6 pack of heartguard tabs. Just go to Fleet Farm and go into the large animal section and look for Ivomec 1% Ivermectin injectible wormer(make sure it's not Ivomec Plus which is bad for Collies), they usually come in 50 ml bottles and cost between 25-35 bucks. Give your dog orally 1/10 of a ml per 15 lbs of body weight. So a 75 lb dog would get 1/2 of a ml. Give it to your dog once every 45 days. I usually just take a syringe and pull in 1/2 ml of Ivomec and then mix in 1/2 ml of some sort of juice that is in the fridge, then squirt in the dog's mouth. Ivomec is bitter by itself so the juice helps the dogs like the taste. A 50 ml bottle (that costs $35) yields about 100 doses. A 6 pack of heartguard is around $35. Pretty simple math. The active ingredient in Heartguard is Ivermectin, just look it up.

I should also note that some syringes are measured in cc's. One cc is the same as one ml. We've been doing this for 20+ years in our kennel and have never had any sign of heartworm.