Thumbs down on Promeris
The office I work for has opted to stock Promeris instead of Advantix for the coming year. Literature and presentation by the company representative of course look good, supposedly safer. Minor detail, in our opinion it doesn't work for sh*t. The smell is awful from the eucalyptus. Two days after applying our dogs looked like they had had Crisco applied to them. All of this I could have lived with. But, Todd and I applied it on Tuesday night and have not bathed the dogs. Tonight, while Iris was sitting on my lap, we found six attached, living, blood engorged tick upon her. My little girl who is supposed to make her debut in the show ring in two weeks is covered in welts. Most of the ticks were located close to the sight of product application.
So, while I know not everyone is a fan of using flea/tick products, I thought I'd share our negative experience with the product. We'll be going back to Advantix.
I'm very disappointed. I've been reading about ProMeris in Amanda's veterinary magazines, they even have a radio advertisement. The tick active is the same as the "heavy duty" tick collars we use. I really like Fort Dodge products and think they have been "done wrong" on ProHeart 6.
Here's my critique of the Promeris product: Packaging is acceptable, but not good. All packages are the same color, the dog varies, but we don't keep beagles and boxers. There are no stickers, and I like stickers. There are five or six dose sizes, which takes up a lot of room in the vet's office, and since it's all the same color, seems easier to make a mistake.
Packaging Grade: C
The "pleasant" eucalyptus "fragrance" is really stinky and eye-watering. The volume of the liquid is much greater than the competitors.
Days later there is a grease slick on the dog. It's gross to look at, nasty to touch and doesn't wipe away very well. It still stinks.
User Friendly Grade: F
If it worked as advertised, I'd still use the product because it is supposed to be very safe and very effective.
But it didn't kill ticks. Ticks are the problem for us.
Effectiveness Grade: F
Overall Grade: F
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OK, we have yet to find another tick, but are still very disappointed with the product.
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So, after our initial dissatisfaction with Promeris, someone told me that it took about 30 days to reach maximum efficacy. So today is day 28 and I thought I'd best check Iris since we had returned yesterday from being out at the lake in Connecticut. I lost count at 20 live ticks removed from the poor thing. If anything, I'm now even less a fan of the product.
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