-please note: I am not affiliated with this products company, or recieve any endorsement of any kind. I am simply writing about my real world experiences using the product.-
I’ve used Wondercide for over 2 years We needed a safer alternative to the toxic pesticide versions sold, but I’ve always wondered if in fact it worked as advertised?
And just a little forewarning on just how dangerous the popular selling flea and tick medications are, read the following :
The FDA has FINALLY publicly addressed the dangers in these pesticides in 2018 as having “neurologic adverse reactions in dogs and cats when treated with drugs that are in the isoxazoline class. Products such as “Bravecto (fluralaner) tablets for dogs, Bravecto (fluralaner) topical solution for cats and dogs, Nexgard (afoxalaner) tablets for dogs, or Simparica (sarolaner) tablets for dogs, have experienced adverse events such as muscle tremors, ataxia, and seizures.
Two additional products in this class, Credelio (lotilaner) tablets for dogs and Revolution Plus (selamectin and sarolaner topical solution) for cats, recently received FDA approval. These products are approved for the treatment and prevention of flea infestations, and the treatment and control of tick infestations. Revolution Plus, is also approved for prevention of heartworm disease, treatment and control of ear mite infestations and some gastrointestinal parasite infections.”
Update: April 22, 2019
This posting was updated on April 22, 2019 to include another recently approved product in the isoxazoline class, Revolution Plus (selamectin and sarolaner topical solution).
In fact , Dogs having adverse reactions to these chemicals are so common, There’s even a Facebook group with over 45,000 members Titled “does bravecto kill dogs”
So on our quest to find a safer alternative to these poisons, We opted to use Wondercide back in 2017. We’ve always seemed to have pretty good results using the product but I’ve always wondered if it’s purely by chance on the days we spray we’re not picking up ticks? or is the spray actually deterring and/or killing the ticks? after all, the product does claim right on the label that it “kills ticks”.
We’ve still picked up some ticks here and there over the years using the product, and it’s important to note that I go out sometimes as many as 7 days a week to the Forest Preserve with my dog Emie, so the odds are greatly increased that we’ll encounter ticks based solely on the frequency of how often we’re exposed to them. I’ve never found ticks any other time than when we venture into the forest preserves. I’ve never found them from being in our yard, local park etc.
So finally I had the chance to really see what effect Wondercide actually had on ticks when I captured a few on one of our forest preserve adventures.
I sprayed Emie with wondercide before starting our usual run at the forest preserve. I did not spray any on myself like I usually do. Halfway through our outing, I found the first tick on my leg- not attached, just crawling. I sprayed it with wondercide- no effect- it kept crawling around/no issues. I then placed the tick on the ground and sprayed again- same thing, no real effect/kept moving. I then placed tick inside plastic cap from my spray bottle of wondercide, sprayed a few more times so it was basically submerged- set down cap- continued our run and came back 10 minutes later. Tick was still alive in cap and moving. I then killed the tick and we moved on.
The next tick i found on my hand/unattached/just crawling around when we were leaving the forest preserve. Again , I sprayed with wondercide and no effect. I then placed the tick inside a plastic bag and drove home. 10 minutes later tick was still alive in bag when we got home. I then placed the tick in a plastic container with lid- sprayed again before placing lid on.
I did my normal “bug check” before we went in the house and found a tick on Emie on the very underside o f her chest, basically facing straight down at the ground. in all fairness to the “test”, this would have been an area most likely not sprayed with wondercide when I sprayed her. I try and get every part of her body when I spray her, but realistically who knows how much got on the very underside of her chest. If the tick had been on the main side of her torso, then I could argue that I 100% liberally sprayed that part of her body.
I removed tick and placed that one in the container as well. I then found another tick on her paw and put that one in container too.
After all ticks were in container it took about 5 hours until they died. Now, did they die from a lack of oxygen in the sealed container? die from the concentrated fumes of the wondercide being trapped in the container? would they have lived if the container was ventilated with oxygen? ,who knows. but its safe to say they certainly did not die in any short amount of time after coming in contact with the product.
I always carry a tick twister with us to remove any ticks
Some have reported using a lint roller as a good way to quickly and easily pick any loose/unattached ticks that may be on your dog. If you have a longer haired dog it will be much harder to spot this insects.
So even tho its advertised to “Kill” ticks, I certainly did not see this result in any timely fashion. I will continue to comfortably use the product for nothing more than a deterrent. However, I will not put false hope in relying on it to prevent ticks/kill ticks/ or stop them from attaching to myself or my dog. I can however vouch for how well it works to repel mosquito’s , it seems to do this very well. And heartworm is transmitted by mosquito’s so this product may be of some benefit to help reduce heartworm transmission.
Many have reported great results using this for fleas. Including my friend Shelly who is co-owner of a cat rescue group in Chicago called the CatCade. She commented on how well it worked when they had to deal with a bout of fleas with the cats in their rescue group and how she literally watched it kill the fleas on contact with the spray.
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