Drops Stronghold for cats - this is the only drug that is actively engaged with both adults and their immature forms of parasites that were present in the cat before the application of drops. It is also effective against other parasites, such as mites, ascarids, toxocares, hookworms and heartworms.
The composition of this drug does not include oil, so the skin and hair of the animal dries very quickly, which allows you to calmly touch the animal and play with it after half an hour. Stronthold cats have no unpleasant odor that could cause anxiety in your cat. This drug is waterproof, so, two hours after application, you can safely bathe your animal, while the effectiveness of the drug is preserved. Literally one drop of Stronghold for cats reliably protects your animal from external parasites. Already in the first day, mature fleas disappear and within a month the drops actively protect your pet from re-infection. And the substance of the drug, selamectin, destroys the eggs of parasites.
The dosage of Stronghold for cats can be specified in the instructions:
- Weight less than 2.5 kg - take a lilac pipette, the nominal volume of which is 0.25 ml.
- If the weight of the cat is more than 2.5 kg and reaches 7.5 kg, then take a blue pipette with a nominal volume of 0.75 ml.
- If the weight of a cat is over 7.5 kg, then we use a combination of two pipettes. For example, if your pet weighs 10 kg, then in this case it is used simultaneously two pipettes - one with blue, the second with a purple cap.
The drug is applied externally, it must be applied only to the dry skin of the animal, previously spreading the hair in the area of the scapula at the base of the neck, completely pouring the contents of the pipette onto the animal's skin. It is very important to avoid getting the drug on your skin, accordingly, after applying the drops do not need to massage the place of application. Remember that Stronghold is prescribed once and strictly according to the type and weight of the animal.
Stronghold for cats from worms
In addition to fleas, Stronghold cat drops are excellent for worms . The substance of selamectin has a very wide spectrum of its effect on parasites. Drops have a harmful effect on larvae of helminths and possess ovacidal properties. The mechanism of action of the drug is as follows: connecting with sensitive fibers of the cells of the tissues of the nervous and muscular systems in parasites, increasing the capacity of the membranes for chloride ions, which causes blockade of the electrical activity of the muscular and nerve cells of helminths, then paralyzes them and they die.
Due to the fact that in cats these receptors are located exclusively in the central nervous system, and through the blood-brain barrier, selamectin can not penetrate, in the recommended proportions, Stronghold drops for cats are completely harmless to your pet. They are perfectly absorbed, and for a long time remain in the blood of the animal in sufficient concentration, ensuring a continuous destruction of parasites throughout the whole month.
Stronghold for cats from ticks
From the ticks for cats, the drug Stronghold is suitable as well as possible. > The unique substance of selamectin, perfectly copes with the destruction of any parasites. It kills, so-called, scabies mites, which cause severe skin lesions associated with severe itching, ear mites, causing inflammation of the ears in cats (otitis).
This drug is allowed to be used by animals from six weeks of age, it is perfectly tolerated by pregnant and nursing cats. Studies have shown that in the fight against the itch mite, 100% effectiveness of the drug is achieved after two months and two applications. In the fight against the ear mite - after 30 days and one application, the treated animals no longer have live parasites.