I found this site looking for anyone who had experience with pet flea products causing harm. I recently adopted a kitten and she had 1 or 2 fleas that I noticed over a week period so I decided to treat her and my other cat and dog. I have a 2 year old and a [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Kimber died 8/27/07 from 4in1 drops
My name is Rachelle Petersen. I lost my dog just this past Monday morning at 5 am. Her name is Kimber and she was 5 y/o. My husband and I lost a baby the night before we got married and he gave me Kimber a short while later. He knew I needed someone to take [...]
Anonymous
I lost one cat to kidney failure and feel like it was because he licked the strip on bio spot product. Another cat had a reaction to the Sergeants Gold Spot on and I just about lost her, but my vet pulled her through. It took about 3 months and 6 different anti-biotics. Then like [...]
I now have no doubt that Hartz killed my cat.
My ex and I adopted a cat named Jack from the Raleigh SPCA 3 years ago. We took him to regular checkups and he always scanned a-ok. Then we bought some Hartz flea and tick drops from a local Target. Jack developed a rash between his shoulder blades and eventually just a bald spot after [...]
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HARTZ 2-1 Flea and Tick Spray-Dogs
If this saves one dog’s life I will be happy! I bought Hartz 2 in 1 Flea and Tick Spray and used it once on my 15 week old puppy. I am EXTREMELY lucky that I took him in when I did because I almost lost him yesterday. If I wouldn’t have given my vet [...]
2 week old rottweiler puppies
Hi, I have been hand raising four two week old puppies since their birth and have been feeding them milk replacer from the vets and they all have been thriving excellent. I ran out of the esbilac and purchased the hartz milk replacer from walmart. As soon as I started to feed them the hartz [...]
Hartz 2 and 1 Rid Flea Dog Shampoo burns sensitive areas
Just wanted you to know a stupid thing I did and I mean it as a warning. Our family has always used the green Hartz flea shampoo without problem until this week. With no warnings of where NOT to use the shampoo I gave my dog a good bath when I found a flea on [...]
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my chocolate lab
about a couple weeks ago i noticed that my dogs pupils were huge. I took him to the vet and his eyes were not responding to light which is the first sign of something wrong in the brain or worse a brain tumor. They put him on penicillian and gave him a cortizone shot in [...]
Roman's symptoms
My dog Roman had explosive diarreah for four days after applying Hartz flea drops. He layed in his crate all day for two days and obviously felt horrible. His diarreah was uncontrollable and I ended up having to rent a steam vac to clean the carpet. I guess we were lucky though. Hartz should be [...]
My poor animals..
I couldn’t believe this. I had just finished applying Hartz 4 in 1 flea and tick drops to my dogs, Buddy and Katie. I gave Buddy the 31 to 45 lbs dosage, Katie got the 16 to 30 lbs dosage, and Annah, my cat, got the 4 to 15 lbs dosage for dogs… At the [...]
Hartz Flea mdicine is NO GOOD!
Hi everyone. O.k. I don’t really have a story of Hartz medicine causing seizures or death in our dogs, but this is my issue…. I had heard that Hatrz was one of the cheapest and best ways to get rid of fleas in your animals. My girlfriend and I just decided to go back to [...]
CALLIE'S LIFE IN EXTREME DANGER
MY NAME IS KATIE, I AM THE PROUD MOTHER TO THREE VERY SPECIAL ANIMALS. CALLIE, MY CAT, MILO, MY MEXICN CHI, AND ROXIE, MY FERRET. I WENT TO THE LOCAL PET STORE ABOUT THREE DAYS AGO AND ASKED WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED FOR FLEAS. THEY GAVE ME A THREE PACK OF THE HARTZ 3 IN ONE [...]
Advice for the future
I don’t have a tragedy to share, nor do I have any kind of lawsuit success. Instead, I just want to give some general flea and tick removal advice so as to avoid these kinds of problems in the future. When it comes to flea and tick medication, you get what you pay for. Either [...]
Bio Spot Flea & Tick Preventative – WARNING
I WAS VISINTING IN MARYLAND WITH MY THREE DOGS AND ONE OF THEM CAME IN FROM A WALK WITH A TICK. I LIVE UP NORTH SO I HAD NOT HAD TO START OUR YEARLY PREVENTATIVE. I USUALLY USE FRONTLINE PLUS. I WENT TO THE LOCAL PET STORE AND BOUGHT BIO SPOT, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT [...]
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Bad reaction to ear mite product
My cat Tigger has had ear mites off and on all his life, usually I have 2 cats, plus the cat nextdoor likes to visit us all the time, they are all out door cats close by a big corn field. My job keeps me away from drug stores during the day and the vet, [...]
Hartz Flea & Tick Collar
We recently had used the Hartz Flea & Tick Collar on our mini pinscher. He’s a tough little dog very strong. After about a week of him having this flea/tick collar on he started to become extremely aggressive, bearing teeth when we wanted to get close to him. He was never be calm always tearing [...]
Hartz flea drops Killed Cuddles
On August 17th I applied Hartz flea drops for cats to my beloved 3rd generation Himalayan cat Cuddles. At 4 AM Saturday August 18th I awoke to him Having convulsions, foaming at the mouth, vomiting and unable to stand. I called my vet at 5:30 in the morning, told him the symptoms, that I had [...]
Harts 2 in 1 rid flea dog shampoo with oatmeal
I have a 10 year terrier and I used the hartz 2 in 1 rid flea dog shampoo with oatmeal and I’ve had nothng but the best results with the dog but my girlfriend who actually washed the dog has had problems with her hands…dry flaking skin to the point of bleeding sometimes…her nails are [...]
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Hartz dog killing foaming shampoo
My dog is currently at the vets, on an IV drip. She was poisoned because I used the foaming flea and tick shampoo that promises it would kill not only the fleas, but the flea larva and eggs. Not only did it not kill the fleas, but it nearly killed the dog. I was going [...]
Thankful It wasn't Worse!
I have 3 indoor cats who somehow managed to get fleas. I looked online to see how much the vet recommended flea medicine was and found that it was about 45 dollars for 3 months, thus to do all my cats once it would be 45 dollars. I decided instead to by the Hartz 4 [...]
Hartz One Spot cat flea drops
Hello, I just registered here while browsing to find out what may be wrong with my cats. It’s a shame. We rescued both of these beautiful cats from the shelter…had them both ‘fixed’, and they now rule our home. We noticed a little scratching, so we bathed them, and bought this product to use on [...]
Got it on my hand and got sick
I got the Hartz product for my cats that kills fleas, flea larvae and flea eggs. I never had a problem until the purple squeeze tube opened when I cut it and got some on my hands. Over the next day or so, I got sick. I felt flu-like symptoms but with no fever. Groggy, [...]
I am in soooo angry!!
As I’m writing these lines, my little one year old shiztsu, Herni, is sitting on my lap, still damp from the emergency bath my daughter and I gave her a while ago. Yesterday we found a flea in her, so today, I bought at the supermarket Stop and Shop a pack of HARTZ 3 in [...]
Sergants flea drops killed 3 of my cats
My family had 6 of the best, cuddly cats EVER. 4 were the babies of one we didnt know was pregnant, One my wife hand raised from 1day 2oz. I actualy helped in the birthing of the 4 babies because Ginger (the mother) came yowling for me and then ran to the bedroom, and started [...]
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Hartz 3 in 1 cat spray
i read the bottle looking for some kind of age warning, cause i had just gotten a 7 month old kitten named rocko. i sprayed it on him, and 15 minutes later, he couldn’t move, had 100% pupil dialation, foaming of the mouth, and seizures… he later died. i think there should actually be a [...]
2 in 1 Rid Flea dog shampoo with oatmeal
Last week I thought my 14 year old shitzu she got choked on a doggie treat, as she acted like she was trying to cough it up and she quit eating it. I went to work and thought she was ok but when I got home 9 hours later, she was having a hard time [...]
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Broken Hearted In Alaska More Info for all of you
Ok I contacted hartzs, they were very nice to me and so they say they are sorry, Anyway They are paying to have my Yorkies body sent out for an auptosy and to have her cremated and ashes sent to me, They told me that an Independt company would do the report. They also said [...]
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warning if you love your cats
I am here to warn everyone I can about this product.It isULTRA GUARD plus for fleas for cats….myself and my daughter baught some of this product ..After applying this to the cats one had a severe reaction to it … we had to give the cats a bath to get this off them .. one [...]
UP ALL NIGHT
I am a mother of 4 kids ,3 cats,1 dog and 1 bird. My sister in law was watching my cats. When she sent them home she put that hartz on them. The little cat Mickey is only 14 months old. It attacked him the worst. He was screaming! This poor cat was shaking sooo [...]
Seargent Silver Flea Control Burned a Hole in My Cat
I noticed a flea on my Jackie-Boy, so I got some Seargent’s Silver Flea Control. I was nervous about putting OTC flea medication on him, but I knew that I couldn’t take him to the vet for another month or so. Well, it was the worst mistake I could have made. I applied the medication. [...]
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