Hartz is at it again, I’m sitting here with Simone on my lap twitching and having seizures, she can’t even walk. I have bathed her and no luck, still the same. No vet is open and I’m ready to cry.I think I may have killed her. Believe me I will not let Hartz get away [...]

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On October 11, I put Hartz 2 in 1 on my three cat’s backs and within one half hour, one of my kittens ears were twitching. I didn’t think anything of it at the time because I thought she just didn’t like the meds on her back. I took my daughter out and four hours [...]

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I bathed my 3 year old cat Logan in Hartz flea and tick conditioning shampoo… within the hour he started acting very strange. He was becoming very lethargic, he seemed off balance, he was vomiting, and not eating or drinking. I called my friend who is a vet. He told me to keep him calm [...]

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Hi, I am what you would call a ‘Cat Lady’ I guess. I have 5 beautiful healthy cats, aside from my Hartz incident I have had only one ‘problem’ with my cats and that was an allergic reaction to a bug bite, I include this to show that they are indeed very healthy. I bought [...]

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about 2 years ago, unknown of the hartz product hurting cats, i bought some because i had fleas. i had 3 cats. i applied it on all 3 of them, on the box it said apply a thin line from base of skull to the base of the tail, that did not sound right to [...]

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Cat Fancy Magazine(formerly CATS MAGAZINE) has published articles about Hartz products harming cats, expecially flea soap that is used in bathing them. I believe Wal Mart and perhaps others, were forced to take the shampoo off the shelves for a time, but I think it is back in the store. I will not use anything [...]

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only once have i used hartz, and only once will i ever use it.oliver was 5 years old and i used it with him.he had respretoriy infection becouse of it!sadly, he died on my 15th birthday last october. i miss him. die hartz, die!

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FIRST OF ALL- MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND IF YOUR GETTING A PET FOR CHRISTMAS OR GIVING ONE PLEASE BE CAREFUL OF THE PRODUCTS YOU USE AND IF YOUR GIVING A PET AS A GIFT TELL THAT PERSON NOT TO USE ALL THESE HARMFULL PRODUCTS WE ALL ARE HOPING TO GET PULLED OF THE SHELVES. [...]

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On Saturday afternoon, around 2:00 PM, I put Hartz Plus on my 9 month old Siamese/Manx kitty – Marie. She was hand-raised from birth, and was my family’s most precious baby. She had gone through a lot in the four hours after the Hartz application. After an hour after applying Hartz Plus, she started to [...]

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Late Friday night 12-03-04 I applied Hartz Advance care flea and tick drops to my Bengal stud, my boxer female and my daughter’s DSH. Within just a few hours the DSH was dead and my other 2 animals were extremely sick with seizures and tremors. My vet was afraid that the boxer would be left [...]

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I work at a veterinary emergency clinic as an office manager. I rarely work with the patients just behind the desk but I could not ignore the commotion in the lobby about a week ago when a frantic woman ran into the clinic with her cat having a seizure. The nurse immediately took the cat [...]

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12/7/04 I applied Hartz flea & tick drops to my cat and she now has tremors and twitches her head, she is lathargic and won’t eat. I am taking her to the vet again today for her 2nd IV fluid injection. I will never use another Hartz product again and this product should NOT BE [...]

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Please don’t be fooled into thinking this is just a Hartz problem. I hope everyone is aware that this problems stems from a product called Organophosphates Insecticides. This chemical is used by many different companys who produce flea and tick products. I have listed more products below to avoid along with a link for those [...]

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I got a call from my beloved daughter from the North West area. She has owned, loved and cherished her cat named Sukee. This past week she called me and told me she had put some Hartz medication on Sukee’s neck, and he was acting very strange. She said she had only used half a [...]

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Several years ago, I rented a vacation cabin in the mountains. Pets were allowed, so I took my cat with me. It didn’t take us long to figure out that the cabin was infested with hundreds of hungry, biting fleas. The only place we could find to buy anti-flea supplies was Wal-Mart. I got some [...]

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I have been boycotting Hartz for the past 6 years after I had to rush my twitching, convulsing cat to the vet the morning after applying Hartz Flea and Tick drops. Luckily, I got her to the vet in time, and she is with me today, but I still feel the guilt from poisoning her [...]

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In 1990, I was 10 years old. My dad, who was in the Navy, was about to be shipped off to the 1st Gulf War. A week before he left, he took me to the local pet store and let me pick out a kitten as an early birthday present. I found a gorgeous calico [...]

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Well, not entirely a victim story as opposed to a very, very glowing thank you for having this website up and allowing people like me to learn of the hazards of Hartz products BEFORE using them. I’m the owner of two Abyssinians, Laker (12 years) and Allie (5 years). As we live on a beach-island, [...]

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I had a kitten awhile back, who died under strange circumstances, but this web site (which I happened to stumble across) has shed some light onto what might have happened. He was a beautiful all gray kitten, with big green eyes, I called him Ash. He liked to escape outdoors, and would spend hours outdoors [...]

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As part of my job as a small town reporter, I was doing a “day in the life” series. One of my first was the veterinarian that treats my cat. While I was there, a phone call came in. A lady who had been treating her cat with Hartz for several months had given her [...]

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At lunchtime on September 18, 2003 I noticed my 1 year old purebred Bengal, Jessie, had not eaten her food from the morning. And she did not come to the door to greet me, which was very unusual. I found her huddled under my bed. She was her usual affectionate self, but was not interested [...]

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12-1-04 At 4pm I applied Hartz Flea and Tick Drops to the back of my 6 year old cats neck as directed. By 10 that evening Roadie started vomiting,eyes dialated,falling sideways and losing control of his bowels. I then put him in the bathtub and washed his back with dish soap and rinsed him with [...]

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Yesterday morning I used Hartz flea and tick product on my cats neck, to come home last night to the poor thing shaking uncontrollably and almost in seizures This is my little girls “baby” so the first thing I did was look online to see what to do I came across this website. I can [...]

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If anyone from charleston south carolina is intrested in trying to get these idots to at least take this crap off the market please contact me at mmcjeb@yahoo.com

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I Applied hartz flea drops to my cat, rudy. Later the next day my cat was breathing shallow and acting very lathargic, as well as rolling on the appilaction site. Rudy became very drowsy and not himself. I immediately called the emergency vet in my area to see if I needed to bring rudy in [...]

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Best pets I ever owned , she waited for me every afternoon when I came home from work. Sat when told to ,walked with me in the woods, slept with me at night against my chest. That all ened when I bathed her in a harts product for fleas. It said it was safe on [...]

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This is to inform all of your Canadian Victims, that their is a address and phone number for Hartz here in Canada. Since we launch our complaint with WalMart they then sent it to Hartz and they in return sent us a letter to resolve this issue. The address is : Hartz Canada INC. 1125 [...]

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Two years ago, when a stray cat turned up on Thanksgiving, we adopted him and named him “Turkey”. In October, our cats had a major a flea problem, so we purchased Hartz Advanced Care Flea & Tick Drops. At first, both cats seemed fine, but as time passed Turkey began attacking his fleas viciously. While [...]

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This morning around 3am, I was snuggling with my 6 month old kitten, Zophiel, when I noticed she had a small piece of dirt on her face. I grabbed it to pull it off, and then it crawled into her fur and away from my grasp. Oh no! I thought. A flea. So, I thought [...]

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WELL IT’S ME AGAIN, I just lost my little Princess, she was very sick even two months after I put those drops on her.. I lost Angel first then three days later I lost my lovely cuddles… and now they are all gone…. AND MY HEART IS SO HEAVY I WILL HAVE A HARD TIME [...]

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