Zodiac Flea & Tick Powder for Dogs, Puppies, Cats & Kittens beige Small

I've been using Zodiac on my animals for years, and truly like it. It's easy to shake out on their bedding, then vacuum after a while. It helps and us humans don't have to battle with flees.

Good product

Very effective when used properly. This includes.. 1. Washing the dog THOROUGHLY with flea shampoo or at least dish soap as this kills existing fleas. 2 washing the dogs bedding at least once a month (this helps eliminate eggs) treat the bedding too. 3. Treat carpet with flea carpet powder and vacuum thoroughly. This regimen WORKS. 4. Learn about flea life cycle so you understand the measures needed. Eliminating all the fleas your pet has at the moment IS NOT ENOUGH! Also... To those who say.... diatomaceous earth (DE) works better... Please understand that DE is the base ingredient for this product. It's just augmented with VERY SMALL amounts of an effective pesticide against fleas. This product will not kill fleas immediately on contact.

If you have a moderate flea/tick issue and want a reasonably priced powder you can use on your pet and in their living areas, the Zodiac powder is okay. It worked for me to reduce fleas, but it did not fully resolve a heavy infestation, and I am somewhat concerned by some of the red‑flags others have raised about OTC flea/tick products. I would buy it again only as part of a broader flea/tick control plan (including vet advice, environmental cleaning, and maybe supplemental treatments).

I give this 3 stars only because it states it can be used on cats as well as dogs. Where the pugs are concerned, maybe 5 stars. Read on- About 12 hours after I dusted my long hair cat with this, I noticed he wasn't walking straight and almost bumped into furniture. Almost like an intoxicated, drunk human. And he seemed low key. So I filled my bathtub a few inches with warm water and risked the safety of my flesh, to deep clean his coat with shampoo. He was sweet and didn't shred me. So it's been about 36 hours since he was exposed, 24 hours since his bath. He has been lethargic, hasn't moved from my side of the bed all day (momma's boy), no appetite, some shallow fast breathing, but not panting or convulsing. He wants to be left alone, poor guy. I moved him to his food bowls tonight and he ate a couple kibbles, no wet food though. And won't drink water. He just wants to sleep in peace. Besides him, my 3 pugs were also dusted, without notable incident. I won't be using pyrethrin based flea prevention on my cat anymore, at least not OTC. I took a chance with this product, since it was labeled as cat safe. I won't say it was a known risk to me but now having scoured the Internet about cats and these active ingredients, and how to mitigate toxicity, it's just not worth the risk. This powder has a low percentage of pyrethrin which by all guidelines should be acceptable for cats, unlike products meant solely for dogs with much higher doses, which is toxic and fatal for cats as they cannot metabolize and excrete the toxins, but if you choose to, use this powder with great care if you plan to expose your cat. As for the flea problem, I'm hitting them from about every angle possible, we first saw fleas in January with this warm winter season in Northern California, and now we're in April and the battle continues. The pugs seem to be scratching less and I haven't found a live one with the flea comb on any pug in about 24 hours so we'll see. The cat is a Maine coon mix so his coat is almost impossible to comb for fleas. I've also tried advantix topical which left the fleas half dead at 5 days post treatment, hartz flea collars which claim 9 months effectiveness but really need replacement at 30 days, this flea powder and kennel dip diluted for spraying on the pugs only. I only started the last 2 products 2 days ago so I'm still reviewing the whole situation. The fleas will only get worse if we don't get the upper hand so I feel I'm walking a fine line here, to eradicate them yet not poison my pets. This is the first year we've ever dealt with this problem, and it's likely coming from the couple of homeless cats that my husband decided to feed through the winter and now they hang around our yard every morning and evening. Sigh......

Flea reduction,value money

I don't recommend this product. The product instructions read that it's a pesticide, don't use near food and water, don't get it on your skin or clothing, etc. and after applying the flea powder on your pet rub it in well and give the flea powder a week to work. Well, it didn't work. After a week of applying the flea powder to my cats, they were still scratching. I literally doused them with the flea powder again. It didn't work well the second time around either. I might as well applied regular flour on the cats. This product is a disappointment.

THIS PRODUCT ABSOLUTELY WORKS.FLEAS DONT HAVE SKELETONS, ABRASIVE POWDER BREAKS DOWN OUTER SHELL & THEY DEHYDRATE,TAKES 3-4 DAYS,BUT IT SHURE DOES WORK.

My cats gets fleas as soon as they shake off the powder.