Advantage®II is a fast and effective flea treatment
Advantage®II is a topical flea treatment that contains an active ingredient which works to kill fleas through contact.
Applied as drops to the skin, the active ingredient in Advantage®II spreads throughout the skin quickly and kills fleas through contact. Unlike some other treatments available (for example, those available in pill form), your cat doesn’t have to be bitten for the treatment to work.
Advantage®II kills fleas within two hours and remains effective for up to four weeks.
How does Advantage®II work?
Advantage®II is not absorbed into the bloodstream. When applied to the back of your cat’s neck it remains locked in the oils of the cat’s skin and quickly spreads across the entire skin surface. The treated coat and skin results in the paralysis and death of adult fleas, flea eggs, and flea larvae.
Advantage®II not only kills adult fleas through contact, the product also contains the insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen which is distributed into the home on the fur and skin shed by the cat. This prevents flea eggs and larvae from developing into the next stage of the flea life cycle, effectively killing them.