I was reading an article at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/hartzq_a.htm#7 and that was how I found out how dangerous hartz flea products can be to our pets. My cat, Loki, was unusually fussy and squirmy, and kept scratching at the area to which we applied the drops hours and hours after application. He kept prowling around the house [...]

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The Day before yesterday I too was crunched for money so close to fridays payday, looking through pet smart for a safe flea product that I could afford I came across Hartz flea spray, I came home and sprayed my dog Elfy, she hated to be sprayed and ran under the dog house. Not thinking [...]

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As, many of the other horrid tales here, my buddy Nico was one of the luck ones. Nico is an almost 12 year old Portuguese Podengo, a rare breed, even though he is this age, he is extremely alert. My tale of woe began, with the horror of discovering he had fleas for the first [...]

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I know Blockade is well do*****ented for pet deaths, so this is just another log on the fire I guess… —————————————————— Think of this picture.. – Two cute cuddly kittens (one white, one grey tabby) snuggled together vomiting blood and convulsing while their eyes are glazing over… The white one died within hours thankfully. – [...]

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I put Hartz advanced flea drops on my beagle and my cat 2 nights ago. Since last night my cat has been acting very strange, agitated, and even paranoid. I took her to an emergency vet after looking at this web site. The vet said he didn’t see anything wrong with her, and the trip [...]

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Earlier this year, my healthy six-year-old rabbit, Callisto, was in dire need of a bath, and I was out of bunny shampoo. I had some leftover Hartz kitten shampoo and figured that, since young kittens are fairly sensitive and the shampoo wasn’t medicated, it would be safe to use on the rabbit. I was wrong. [...]

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Why do you have pets if you can’t afford to care for them? Story after story said “I couldn’t afford to take them to the vet” or “I couldn’t afford the bill”

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Eight years ago I gave my cat a Hartz flea dip & she became seriously ill. I took her to the Vet & she was admitted but died overnight. The Vet informed me that many animals have had serious complications or death from Hartz products. I know I am not the only victom of heartache [...]

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I bought HARTZ advanced care flea and tick drops for cats and kittens waying under 10 pounds. This stuff is horrible. It smells like fabric softener sheets and it gave my cat smelly spiked hair on the back of its head. I put it on my little cat and by bigger one who is probably [...]

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A couple of months ago I couldnt get into the Banfields Vet to get my cats their usuall flea drops, so I picked up some of the Hartz Flea and Tick drops thinking Hartz has been around a long time and I have used some of their products before, ok. I put the drops on [...]

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Hello my name is Christine I’m from Hamburg New Jersey. I own 8 cats and two dogs. One of the cats Jon, unlike the other cats, really liked the dogs. He would play and sleep with this one dog at night and they are just best friends. I had no idea about what this flea [...]

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Willow is a 2-year-old blue point Siamese. I recently moved from Colorado, where we don’t have flea problems, to the Tampa Florida area. I took my other cat Andy to the Vet and he was treated with Revolution but it cost close to $50 for 3 or 4 treatments so I decided to try and [...]

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I have an 11 month old kitten, Noodles who I gave Hartz Advanced care flea and tick drops. This poor little cat. The guilt that I feel due to applying this poison. I put the drops on her Thursday evening and Friday morning she could barely walk. She was lifting her front legs up really [...]

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Sender’s Name: debbie johnson Sender’s Email: bustercat90720@msn.com Message: I have a strange problem with my black and white cat, he is fixed and is between 3 and 4 years old. He all of a sudden has started pawing and humping the couch or afghan and gets all glassy eyed and makes a weird meow, I [...]

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Sender’s Name: Linda Sachs Message: I am a producer with CH 2 News in New York City. I am interested in talking with any New York metropolitan area cat owners whose cats got sick after they used Hartz Advanced Care Flea and Tick Once a Month Drops. Am interested in problems that have occurred with [...]

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Yes!It is another hartz story.When is it going to end.My poor cat Tiffany did get sick from this and I wish I knew about this stuff before hand.She lost her hair and her skin was so irritated from this stuff.I called my vet and he told me to bring her right in.Her eyes where dialated [...]

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I am writing about Hartz flea and tick topical solution for cats. I put this on my cat Tazi Monday night. She started acting a little funny. I thought is was just because she didn’t like the way it smelled. The next morning she could not hardly walk and had horrible tremors. I rushed her [...]

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I need help right this second if possible. My stepbrother used a dog dose of Hartz on MY Cat. and now she is laying on the ground straching like crazy and she tense up and shakes. She had been given 2 baths one with dawn and antoerh with human shampoo. my email is angeleyes2006_2007@yahoo.com and [...]

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My strictly indoor cats recently got fleas. I went to Wal-Mart to find something to offer relief until I got to my vet, and bougth Hartz Luster Bath. I used this product on my 1 year old cat, Jane (named after my deceased grandmother) as directed…Just rub in, wipe off. No bathing, no dipping. 2 [...]

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My cats itch so bad, i have 5, and 4 of the 5 are itchy misserable. I will never put that hartz stuff on them again, and Ill tell everyone i know. they are all headed for the tub now. Wish I had found this site before I put that stuff on them. Thanks for [...]

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I have a 3 year old cat named Lily.I had used Hartz flea liquid before with no problems.At the beginning of April I used The Harts green tube flea stuff for cats 10lbs and over. My cat weighs 11.5lbs. The next morning she was shaking uncontrollably. Twitching non stop.I was so scared.I called the vet [...]

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Part 1: I put some of those Hartz brand flea drops on my cat Oscar the other day. He was fine UNTIL yesterday morning. He woke me up crying VERY loudly. I went to see what was the matter and he was very agitated. I looked at the place where i had put the medicine, [...]

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Josh, Our Against Hartz web site at www.geocities.com/againsthartz was also recently hacked. I’ll bet money Hartz is behind both our sites being hacked. Dani

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