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Cost of Rearguard?

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cara

Alpha Buck
I have just rang vets and Rearguard is £32.18. I was quite shocked!

Anybody bought it recently and how much did you pay?

Also, Vets say it can only be purchased from a Vets - is this right? I have seen it online a lot cheaper but would not like to buy something dangerous online.
 
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rearguard is classified as a NFA-VPS medicine which means it can be sold legally by a vet, pharmacist or Suitably Qualified Person. So you can buy it online where they have a vet or SQP monitoring the sale, and it will be the same product. my vet charges the same as yours and this includes application (which is why i prefer it from the vet!)
 
elmoandfern said:
rearguard is classified as a NFA-VPS medicine which means it can be sold legally by a vet, pharmacist or Suitably Qualified Person. So you can buy it online where they have a vet or SQP monitoring the sale, and it will be the same product. my vet charges the same as yours and this includes application (which is why i prefer it from the vet!)
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Does this include Amazon, do you know? It's a lot cheaper on there!
 
I got given two at work last week for free didn't realise how much it was :shock:

So if you buy it online on amazon is it the real stuff? If it has to be dispensed by a vet then surely it's illegal to sell it online without a prescription?
 
Lady Logamorph said:
I got given two at work last week for free didn't realise how much it was :shock:

So if you buy it online on amazon is it the real stuff? If it has to be dispensed by a vet then surely it's illegal to sell it online without a prescription?
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it doesn't have to be dispensed by a vet, it has to be dispensed by a vet, pharmacist or suitably qualified person
 
cara said:
My Vets say they must have seen the rabbit recently or I cannot buy it from them :?
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some vets do have weird policies about not prescribing meds to animals they havent seen recently (usually in over a year) just for legal reasons (to make sure the animal hasn't died or something and the owner is using the meds themselves/selling it etc.) but its odd that they apply it to rearguard! maybe its just a blanket policy
 
elmoandfern said:
some vets do have weird policies about not prescribing meds to animals they havent seen recently (usually in over a year) just for legal reasons (to make sure the animal hasn't died or something and the owner is using the meds themselves/selling it etc.) but its odd that they apply it to rearguard! maybe its just a blanket policy
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I'd imagine so. Alf is on long-term meds and he has to be seen, by law, every so often (it's either 6 months or a year) if they are to keep giving us metacam when we run out :wave:
 
I just looked on amazon - is the Beaphar guard the one you mean? It is a lot cheaper than the Rearguard - is it just as effective?:wave:
 
scatter said:
I just looked on amazon - is the Beaphar guard the one you mean? It is a lot cheaper than the Rearguard - is it just as effective?:wave:
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No they are different products with different active ingredients :wave: the beapher one will not be as effective
 
I've realised that I use the Beaphar stuff 'fly guard' I think it's called. But after reading this thread I think I'm not going to bother with rearguard given that my two are otherwise perfectly healthy bunnies.
 
I have ordered from Vetimed at a cost of £23 incl vat and postage @£1.99. Will see how long it takes to arrive :)

Edited to rectify VetUK rather than the one I mentioned above :roll:
 
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Ailstar said:
I've realised that I use the Beaphar stuff 'fly guard' I think it's called. But after reading this thread I think I'm not going to bother with rearguard given that my two are otherwise perfectly healthy bunnies.
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Yeah I realised that the stuff I ordered was the Beaphar stuff. For some reason I always thought it was the same!
 
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