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How much revolution flea medicine for dogs do I put on my cats?

My vet and other pet sources said it is ok to put the dog size revolution on my many cats and 1 dog, that I just need to put the right amount on each. Does anyone know about how many cc's per 5lbs of cat (and dog)? I have a 1cc dropper my vet gave me, but I'm not sure how much each should get. If it helps I was told to give 6ml per 1 kg (2.2lbs), but I don't know how to calculate that to cc's. Thanks I didn't mean to upset so many of you, although I thought I would get some concerns. I did my research, I even called Pfizer, it's really ok so long as I don't overdose them and even so I just need to watch for any reactions like one would normally do when giving medication. I've been using dog advantage on my cats for years and they're all still here. So I appreciate the concerns and the advice, but I'm trusting my research and my vet and I'm going to try it. I just need to know the amounts. But I don't think mg & cc's are the same, that would be way too much. Worse comes to worse I will empy out a pack, break down the cc's and go from there. Ok gang I think I got it. Thank you so much to those who actually tried to help answer my question rather than lecture me and my vet's decision. The calculators helped. Here's what I came up with (and it should have been 6 mG not mL per kg): For a 11lb kitty (5kg) he would get about .03cc of Revolution, my 30lb dog (14.1kg) would get about .08cc. I'm choosing Revolution because my cats have had problems with ear mites & fleas and my dog has had ticks and fleas and the Revolution covers all these plus heartworm. Thanks again everyone. Oops, I meant .3cc & .8cc.

Public Comments

1. your vet is an idiot. I suggest you get a new vet. you don't put dog flee med on cats. Just buy a 50.00 bottle of frontline for dogs and cats and spray them like the bottle says.
2. I think millilitters and cc's are equivalent. Other posters will declare me wrong or correct the info for you.
3. I can't believe your vet told you to do that!! the reason those flea repellents come in weight sizes per animal (dog/cat) is because they are formulated for specific sizes on animals proportionally. You can accidentally poison your cats if you use a dog formula on them. I saw it on Animal Cops on Animal Planet, this woman put flea repellent for a dog on a cat, & the cat died. even if you use a lesser amount, do you really want to take the chance of harming your cats?
4. I had one cat die of a seizure which the vet couldn't explain, although I had just started a regimen of flea control. I had another cat die a month after I had my home sprayed with pest control for the first time. One of my dogs developed shaky legs which completely disappeared after I stopped giving her meds for flea and tick control. I am ABSOLUTELY convinced that these medicines are what caused the problems with my pets and only use natural remedies now... It is completely not natural to use chemicals on animals and if you see cancer or behavioral problems, hot spots, etc., you can be sure of the source. This is a hard thing to figure out when you live in a flea prone area, which I did in the past. Now I live in a climate that has a winter season and fleas and tick are no longer present, so this is not a concern, thank Goodness! Keeping your cat indoors will avoid the flea problem altogether and help your cat live longer. I would seriously think twice about putting these toxic chemicals on your loving kitty.
5. your vet is absolutely wrong!!! They make revolution for cats. It costs less than the kind for dogs too. The kind for dogs is not just in a bigger tube, there are different ingredients, you see, revolution kills internal parasites and heartworm, so the medications contained in the dog kind are different from the kind made for cats. Read the label on the box, it says not to use it on cats.
6. You better think this one out cause sometimes flea meds kill cats. Front line is good though, but a little expensive.
7. you should really call and talk with the tech that helped you. you could seriously injure your cats with any flea medication. I would recheck your ml's. ml's is the same as cc's what you have is way to much to give to a cat. you would actually be overdosing if you calculated it. your dose might me 0.6ml which is way different than 6ml double check with your vet.
8. Revolution is the same for both cats and dogs, its just the amounts given that are different. I personally don't use the stuff on cats since there are many that react badly to the stuff, especially Siamese breeds. Frontline I have found to be the best product on the market for cats of all types with hardly ever a reaction to it. If you must use the revolution remember cc's and ml are the same in either measurement. If you see any reactions though,bathe them right away and call the vet.
9. All the conversion charts I have found say that 1 ml = 1 cc. If your vet said to give 6cc per kg the math says 13.64cc for a 5 lb animal. I would do the math myself to make sure but that's what I came up with. Hope this helps.
10. If you and your vet and Pfizer say it is ok then you should have asked them NOT people on Yahoo
11. At least you are doing something to help. That is correct. This medication is weight based. An mL and cc are the exact same thing. If the medication is packaged as to give 6mL per 1 kg, then you would give a 5 pound cat 13.8 or round to 14 mL/cc. A 10 pound cat would get double that, 28 mL/cc. That seems like a lot. If the one I posted before this went through, please disregard it; I completely calculated on pounds and kg. That makes a huge difference. For everyone else, this medication is not just a flea medication. That is why some animals have an adverse reaction. You should also make sure you look into that too. This medication is not only used to kill fleas, but it also kills worms. It does a couple of different things. For those of you who don't know about Revolution, you should get a vet to explain it to you instead of just saying it is a bad product. The medicine IS different because it is used to treat multiple things.
12. I would change vets. dog and cats are not to use the same medicine. My vet doesn't think it is a good idea and I work at the biggest animal hospital in The los angeles area.
13. Feed your pet garlic and it won't get fleas or ticks. just put ground garlic in their food dish and it will control it all. and it won't harm your pet.