My cat Meriadoc was thirteen and still acted like a kitten. My elderly vet said he was the sweetest, most calm and laid-back cat he’d ever met. My cat Madison is half purebred show Persian and has a terrible problem with fleas. I bought the Hartz flea medication hoping it would help, [...]

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My parents got Oliver after they lost their long time friend, Rocky. Oliver has been a great addition to the family. He looks like a corgi but he is a lab/beagle mix. Oliver is now 15 years old. He has gone down hill due to his old age. Recently Oliver [...]

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I sent the following message to Hartz:
I bought this toy for my 8 year old Golden who is a strong chewer but she doesn’t destroy toys easily – they wear down after a while but if they are good quality, they don’t break into dangerous pieces.
I bought her the Dental Rubber Scrubber and within half [...]

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I am quite too upset to talk about this in detail but my cat was given the Hartz flea & tick drops for cats and kittens in August of this year (2006) and the very next month she became anemic, dehydrated lethargic and we had to put her to sleep because she was in so [...]

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According to the Hartz web site (hartz.com), their divisions include Harper’s Pet Products, VMX Pet Vantage, Wardley, LM Animal Farms, and Nature’s Gold.
Please keep this in mind for your aquatic and small animals.
My brother used Wardley products in his aquarium, and ended up having to trash the whole thing.

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same thing happened to us i put the drops on my cat and it made him very sick i found him lying in a box very limp and driping from his nose he also shivered very bad
tupper lake new york

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I am so glad I found this article. My 3 month old tabby kitten, Kurt, has always had a bad problem with fleas. I’ve been using Gold’s shampoo on him but I recently picked up Hartz flea and tick spray for him. I’ve used it on him once with no ill effects but you can [...]

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i am SO glad i found your site BEFORE i ever used such a harmful product on my cats.
i just wanted to add a word of warning to be very careful of some of the hartz toys as well since i have run into a few that are poor quality. some quick examples:
1. [...]

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I am amazed that there are so many similar stories out there like mine and still this product is available!
My 1 1/2 year old health male cat all of a sudden started having seizures. We rushed him to the emergency vet center and was told that it was most likely caused by [...]

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I just adopted my kitten not long ago. She is 6 weeks old and still alive today, but I had a close call with one of the Hartz products.
I was holding Chessy [that's the kitten's name] and I noticed a few fleas crawling on her. So, I took her to the bathroom and looked around [...]

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