HartzVictims.org

My name is Heather Mitchell. Friday I had my husband purchase the hartz ultra guard flea drops. I applied the drops just as the directions said..one tube in between her shoulder blades. I made sure to wash my hands very well afterwards. I or my family did not touch our kitty Luna until the medicine had dried in her fur. All is well with my kitty and she is acting like her normal self. One of the ways she likes to show affection to me is she will walk up to and rub her face and body against my legs as pet her. She is a a very sweet kitty. That nite after she had her dinner, she did just that..came up to me rubbing her little body against my legs purring, so of course I pet her and give her love right back. All seems well so me and the family go to bed. The next morning I wake up and notice my ankles and feet are quite swollen, but I think nothing of it, maybe it’s the heat, even though we have an ac that works real well. As the day goes on the swelling gets worse, and I notice I now have a rash on my stomach. So I decided to to some research..What I find about this product horrified me. I hurry up and bath my kitty 2 times very well. And then I take a long bath myself and make sure my son and husband do as well. That night I try to sleep but by now my feet and ankles are so swollen that Im not comfortable in any way. The next morning I wake up and things are even worse. So my mother takes me to the hospital. As of right now I am on steroids and 2 different types of antihistamines. And I have to go back to the doctor in 2 days. I thank God that my 8 year old son did not have a reaction to this.. and my kitty is just fine. But I am in so much pain this is absolutely horrible. There is nothing else that I came in contact with other than the flea medicine. I will never use this product again.

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Do not, I repeat, DO NOT use Hartz flea and tick shampoo. This has been an ongoing issue for a month for my poor Molly. I called the vet today and explained to her that Molly had gotten fleas and we applied Pet Armor (cheap version of Frontline which she told me is worthless) and this shampoo. I wasn’t so much worried about the fleas as I was that Molly’s skin had broke out and she is now constantly itching. I can just tell she feels horrible. She asked me, without me saying the name, “You didn’t use Hartz brand did you?” I wasn’t at home so I told her I thought it was but that I wasn’t certain. She told me to NEVER use this stuff and to check out hartzvictims.org. There are some horrendous stories on there about this brand. Why is this crap still on the market? I’m lucky. My dogs aren’t dead, but seriously look at the website. Hartz is killing pets. My Molly has a stomach rash, bloody spots in her armpits and ears, and she’s losing hair on the back and side of her leg. I’m an irate doggy mom to say the least. I’m thankful for the nice woman at the vet who helped enlighten me so much and the lady at Pet Smart who walked me through everything I needed to get.

Molly and Lyla have both been bathed in (not cheap) oatmeal shampoo and conditioner, have had an Advantix treatment, and are now resting comfortably, obviously feeling better. The lady at Pet Smart and the Vet told me the best flea shampoo is Dawn dish soap. I don’t believe we will be buying anything for our kids at Walmart anymore. Pet Smart or the vet, that’s it. (Except for food of course)

My cat was poisoned by hartz flea meds. I’m out of the country and my sweet grandmother was watching my kitty, she applied hartz (because that’s what I left her with just in case) and he instantly became lethargic and started having seizures. The vets did what they could, but put him down yesterday to stop his suffering. I’m halfway across the world and my heart is hurting. I hate hartz.

My husband and I noticed our pets had fleas so we picked up some Hartz products. One flea collar each for the two cats, drops for the dogs and for the cats, and carpet and furniture spray for the house. I applied the drops on all the pets and sprayed the house down as directed. The next day, I put the collars on the cats.

I noticed Little Kitty (named so for her stature and not her age) was acting a bit weird, but I chalked it up to her getting used to the smell of the collar. Fast forward one week of progressing lethargy and now three days with no food or water and inability to urinate. I then noticed that there were hundreds of fleas under her thick fur.

I brought her to the vet on the first day of her being unable to eat and rapidly becoming less responsive. The vet asked me what kind of collar it was and when I told her she immediately went back and cut it off of her. She then told me that Hartz products are widely known to Vets to be highly toxic and that they see many pets fall gravely ill because of the collars, sprays, and drops. I never imagined it could have been the toxicity of the product that was made specifically for the pet I used it on.

She has had IV liquids, steroids, vitamins, antibiotics, Capstar, Revolution, and so many other things done for her in the last two days to try to save her, but now she has a low body temp and low blood pressure along with anemia from all the flea bites. She is not responding to treatment and if she shows no response by tomorrow morning, I am going to lose my beautiful, talkative, prissy Little Kitty forever.

Hartz is poison.

Put the ultra guard Plus on my 2 year old cat followed the instructions but after 10 mins he just started acting crazy. Read online that you have to wash the poison off as soon as possible. I’ve washed him 4 times and used 4 separate towels to get the poison off his body,

He is on the couch shaking. I’ve never seen him like this.

This stuff is poison.

I had a Boston terrier for 8 years until June 13 2016 five days before she had a flea or two and got her some drops put it on her like direction saies and she started acting different and couldn’t hardly walk wouldn’t stop vomiting or diarrhea and we live in small town and had to take her to another town and it being a weekend too by time Monday morning got here she was gone within minutes from vets. Office and nothing they could do so I paid a company 20 to kill my dog when I wanted to kill fleas not my baby I have researched andd seen since 2002 they have had at least 1 death every month of every year but in 2015 only had five months where they didn’t have a dog or cat killed by that poison they claim to be flea medicine I just pray no one else goes thru what I had to seeing my baby and couldn’t do a thing and knowing she died a awful death by bleeding out only had half pint blood and that was all in her lungs where she more less drown so thanks hartz what a wonderful name to have I guess because y’all don’t have a heart got to have it in thd box cause yall been killing our dogs and cats for years now and seem not to care
One question does the owners use their own product on their dogs? I think not if so they wouldn’t have any

I noticed that my cat had fleas earlier this morning, so I went out to get some flea medication. I couldn’t afford the more expensive stuff, so I settled for Hartz. After about 10 minutes, my cats starts running around and meowing, and completely avoiding me and hiding, which is completely different from her usual behavior. She started panting, and I decided to take her to the vets. They explained that this is unfortunately a typical reaction for this brand. I have never been more distressed than when I thought I was gonna lose my kitty. Please, if you love your pets, don’t use this poison on them.

My husband and I noticed fleas on our pets (2 dogs, one cat) and immediately went out to get some flea treatment. Hartz was all they had at the time so that’s what we brought home. The first application went smoothly for all three animals. The second application I applied this morning; both dogs took it fine, but now the cat is shaking, twitching, running away from us and hiding (which is unlike her normal social/snuggly self). My husband is giving her a warm bath now as I write this and next time I’ll make sure to check around at other stores before ever settling for this poison again.

I Put this crap ( Sergeants) on my two small shitzu/ poodle cross dogs. Both had a reaction but one had far more severe reaction. It has been five days (three with benadryl) and he is still going crazy!!. Shaking his head, itching uncontrollably, panting, so agitated and anxious. He looks at me and begs to make it stop. I am sick about this! How in the world is it even possible that this product is still on the shelf?? People have been posting on this site for years and not one single attorney has come forward to take these cases to court? I finally called the vet today after trying the dawn and benadryl. I think it has helped but not nearly enough.

Dante is a very active 8 year old Long Haired Chihuahua. I gave him a bath one morning and later in the day my little Dante wouldn’t walk at all. He refused to go outside or play. Every time I tries to stand him up he just fell back down. He tried to vomit a few times but nothing came up and he wouldn’t eat. Also, Dante was scratching and seem to be sneezing. I called the vet and was told to give him benedryl and just monitor him for 24 hours unless he gets worse. Then bring him in immediately. I was so worried. I went online looking for answer and found an article about the dangers of using Hartz products. I immediately rewashed Dante using his regular shampoo. After 24 hour Dante started to move around little by little. He would only eat a soft food. He did this for two days. It took almost a week for Dante to recover. I will never use Hartz products again.