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submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Times have gotten rough for a lot of us and as a slave to a feline one of the things that I have found that has gotten completely overpriced is flea treatment.

I normally purchase Bravecto plus (3 month) and the average price is getting close to double what it was a few years ago (averaging $90 for each 3 month treatment).

Kitty was facing gaps in treatment due to other bills taking precedence but thankfully I came across a Tauranga vet service "MyVet" who are selling most of the common flea treatments (and other treatments & prescriptions) for about half the price of everywhere else.

In January I used some holiday pay and brought a years supply saving about $150.

Which may not seem like a big saving but it buys a whole lot of cat biscuits and soft food.

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Her name is Matilda Sassy Pants, she is a tortoiseshell seal point tonkinese who I took in after my mum had to go into a rest home.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

That cat is adorable .

I think what happens is sometimes brick and mortar shops don't update their online pricing regularly. I have found a few good deals over the years that way on pet things and dentist things.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We have an old dog, and he gets a goopy food additive to help with arthritis. By looking around online, I've also found it for half the normal price (though not consistently). In fact, the cheapest I've ever found it I'm pretty sure was through the site you linked. It's the 4cyte liquid stuff, and I got a 4 pack for less than $200 - but only the one time.

For fleas, we use a seresto collar. It lasts for about 8 months, and we put on a fresh one in the spring when the risk is highest. Through the winter we typically don't worry and just leave it on for the full 12 months, but I will often do a cheap supermarket dose of flea treatment halfway through winter just to tide over the full 12 months. I see they have cat ones as well: https://www.myvet.co.nz/seresto-flea-and-tick-collar-for-cats.html

Doing that would probably be significantly cheaper, but now that I think about I think many cats don't like collars and end up getting them off, so maybe that's not going to work. We don't have a cat (despite my kids pleading for a kitten) so I'm not very experienced.

this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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