Flea, Tick, Mite & Worm Control

This collection covers flea, tick and worm treatment for dogs and cats, plus mite cover and a poultry wormer. The range takes in spot-ons, chews, tablets, sprays, rinse concentrates and worming suspensions from Bravecto, NexGard, NexGard Spectra, Advocate, Advantage, Advantix, Credelio Plus, Revolution Plus, Frontline, Felpreva, Drontal, Milbemax, Milpro, Profender, ParaGard, Endogard, HeartGard Plus and Fido's.

Work out what actually needs covering

The brand name rarely tells you the full picture, so read the parasite list before the price. Advantage is a flea treatment. Advantix and Frontline cover fleas and ticks. Bravecto chews and spot-ons cover fleas, ticks and mites. The products carrying Plus or Spectra in the name, meaning Bravecto Plus, Credelio Plus, NexGard Spectra and Revolution Plus, add worm cover to the flea and tick protection, which is what lets some households run a single monthly product instead of two. Allwormers including Drontal, Milbemax, Milpro, ParaGard, Endogard, Profender and HeartGard Plus handle worms only, so if your flea product stops at fleas and ticks, you still need one of these on its own schedule. Remember that most of a flea population lives in carpet and bedding rather than on the pet, so wash bedding and vacuum while a treatment takes effect.

Weight bands and species are not interchangeable

Nearly everything here is dosed by bodyweight, and the older spot-on ranges are colour-coded to match. Across Advantage, Advantix and Advocate, dogs run green for 0 to 4kg, aqua for 4 to 10kg, red for 10 to 25kg and blue above 25kg, while cats split at 4kg into orange and purple. Bravecto, NexGard Spectra and Credelio Plus use their own bands, running from 1.2kg and 1.35kg at the small end up to 60kg. Weigh your pet rather than estimating, and buy the band your pet sits in instead of splitting a larger pack. Species is a hard line too: Advantix is listed for dogs only, and the cat and dog versions of Bravecto, Frontline, Advocate and Milbemax are separate products with separate doses. Puppies and kittens have their own options, including Drontal Worming Suspension for Puppies and ParaGard Allwormer for Cats and Kittens.

Formats by brand

Chews come from Bravecto, NexGard, NexGard Spectra, Credelio Plus, HeartGard Plus and Drontal. Spot-ons come from Advantage, Advantix, Advocate, Bravecto, Frontline, Felpreva, Revolution Plus, NexGard Spectra for cats and Profender. Tablets and suspensions come from Drontal, Milbemax, Milpro, ParaGard, Endogard and Fido's. Sprays, rinses and shampoos come from Frontline and Fido's.

• Pet health care and supplements
• Dog grooming supplies
• Cat grooming supplies
• Dental care
• Dog food
• Cat food
• Dog wormers
• Cat wormers
• Horse wormers

Shop by product

The choice usually comes down to chew versus spot-on, and to whether you need worming covered in the same product or separately.

• Cat flea, tick and worm control — every cat spot-on, tablet and spray in one place, including the combination products that cover fleas, ticks and worms together.
• NexGard Spectra for dogs — monthly beef-flavoured chews in five weight bands from 1.35kg to 60kg, in 3 pack and 6 pack.
• Profender for cats — a spot-on allwormer covering intestinal worms and tapeworms, for cats that will not take a tablet.