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All Guinea Pigs need regular grooming for their overall health and wellness. Learn how to bathe, brush, and cut your Guinea Pigs nails safely.
Updated on June 19th, 2026
Learn how to prevent disease in small animals. As a pet parent it is important to know when one of your small animals is diseased and how to treat it.
Updated on October 23rd, 2025
Learn how to take precautions to keep your small pets safe and healthy during the warmest period of the year.
Updated on June 19th, 2026
Find answers to the most common dog bathing questions. From how often you should you bathe your pup based on their coat and breed.
Updated on June 19th, 2026
Recognizing the signs of stress in our animals and understanding some of the ways to help are integral steps in helping your pet. Read which behaviors are normal in small animals and which may mean your pet is stressed.
Updated on October 23rd, 2025

The small dog dose should be sufficient when she is borderline between small and medium. You should also treat all bedding, sleeping and resting areas with an insecticidal household flea spray as 95% of the flea burden is present as eggs and larvae in the environment and only 5% are adults on your pet. Be sure to treat all in contact animals and treat with a dewormer active against tapeworms as these can be transmitted by fleas
Updated on September 24th, 2025

Yes, you can! However, it is generally recommended that you bathe your dog before applying K9 Advantix II. You should also make sure you've dried your dog thoroughly before applying it. If you decide to bathe your dog in between treatments, I suggest you use of a general grooming shampoo for pets. Also, if you have cats, keep in mind that you shouldn't use K9 Advantix II on them.
Updated on September 24th, 2025

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Thankfully, you have a few options here. I recommend you consider using a product called Capstar which is to kill a lot of fleas at once to complement a flea preventative product like Advantage. You can go ahead and give another dose of Advantage now as well. I would not give up on Advantage just yet. Continue to use it for now as this flea may be was a one time occurrence and the Advantage was still being effective. Another option is switching to Bravecto now though again Advantage may still be effective so it may be best to exhaust its use. Good luck and have a great day!
Updated on September 24th, 2025

You can use Advantage spot on but you will need the two different sizes (for small cats and for large cats), you won't find any reliable and safe treatment that would treat a 2 pound cat as well as a 20 pound cat, there is no such thing.
Updated on September 24th, 2025

Hi and thanks for posting on Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! If the Hartz flea and tick was applied and then was given a bath a couple days later, the product is already absorbed in her system. A bath two days later will not wash off the product. I would not recommend using the advantage multi in addition as this will be an overload on her system and may Rose sick. Better safe than sorry on this one. I hope this helps!
Updated on September 24th, 2025