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Are flea collars safe for my 13-year-old cat? What are better options?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Mediumhair | Female | spayed

Are Flea collars are safe for a 13 year old cat?

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 27th, 2018

In my opinion flea collars are not a good idea any more (except the seresto collar) as they usually contain carbamates which are liver toxic. It would be better to use a spot on, for example. Here are some products: Spot-ons and/or chews Advantage, Advantix Advantage Multi (Advocate in the UK) Frontline (ticks as well) Bravecto spot on (ticks as well) - for cats, in tablet form for dogs Simparica, Nexgard Revolution (stronghold in the UK) Tablets: comfortis (will only kill fleas once) Collar: Seresto (ticks as well)

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