On July 11th, 2008, I purchased Sergeant’s Gold Flea & Tick treatment from Wal-Mart to treat a beginning flea issue with my 13 month old Chihuahua Weezy. Weezy is the sweetest, most submissive dog ever. Within an hour and a half of applying the solution per the manufacturer directions, Weezy became extremely distressed. He began to run around maniacal, whimpering and yelping. He would drop at my feet rolling in the carpets, rubbing against anything he could drop his backside against. I immediately called the 800# on the back of the box to report and seek aid. The operator suggested he “may” be suffering a reaction to the treatment and advised to give him a bath with Dawn, Joy or Palmolive dish detergent. Weezy’s right ear and eye were extremely swollen, red and feverish. The Sergeant’s agent said ‘‘usually” removal of the product with the dish detergent would relieve symptoms and proceeded to give me a claim number regarding the complaint/call. The CSR (Customer Service Rep) also suggested that if symptoms persisted to have my pet see his vet immediately.
My daughter and I washed Weezy 3 times in a head to toe bath of Palmolive, in which during that time he stood unusually tolerant in the sink as if to say “Thank You” while his glazed over, sad eyes looked into mine.
My heart beat in sheer panic and heavily affected in his distress. After bathing, drying and attempting to comfort Weezy, I applied a drop of milk into his eye in hopes of neutralizing the irritation. I suppose that in addition to the excessive bathing and rinsing helped and the ear and eye irritation went down a little. By this time it was 11pm, approximately 4 hours since the initial application and Weezy was still extremely agitated and anxious due to constant twitching, trembling, scratching, and crying. All through the night, he tossed and turned never able to rest for more than 5 minute increments. I did not sleep at all that night. After hours of both of us tossing and turning, him trying to find comfort, and me in duress of trying to comfort him, Weezy finally jumped off the bed and went into the bathroom to sleep which was totally out of his nature. He stayed there for over 2 hours. My heart just ached for him.
At 6:30 am the next morning, I continued to call for him and he just looked at me with his still glazed over eyes. He would not come. When I left from the same room he came and sat between my feet, still twitching in agonizing distress. At this point I called Sargeant’s Customer Service back to rage further complaint. I was in tears. They again told me that his reaction was “unusual” and should be seen by a Vet.
I wish I had read these posts before trying to save a penny. Though my dog is priceless in value to me, I was simply trying to save a few dollars from the high cost of Frontline, Advantage, etc. I cannot express the immense guilt I felt that in trying to save money, I expended this ridiculous pain and suffering onto my sweet baby. He had done nothing but love me unconditionally and without any reservation, and here I was being cheap!
Without further hesitation I took Weezy to his Vet. Upon examination, she assured me I had done the right thing (as I couldn’t’t help but feel I basically applied a poison to kill fleas and damn near killed my own lovable dog). She explained these OTC Flea Treatments are nothing but ‘’chemicals” and are designed to seize the central nervous system of the flea killing it on contact, but at the same time can cause severe reaction and complications in the animal. Weezy was suffering from chemical toxicity due to the single application of Sergeant’s Gold Flea & Tick Treatment. Weezy had a temperature of over 103 degrees, he was dehydrated, and in distress. The good news: his heart rate was slow/normal and his gums were still pink, which according to the Vet were good signs. Weezy was given a shot of corticosteroids and subcutaneous fluids to help re-hydrate and bring the fever down. About 3 hours after treatment we finally got a pee-pee and bowel movement from him after almost 12 hours of nothing. He also ate and took some water as the Vet said the steroids would cause him to be hungry and thirsty.
It is now almost 48 hours since the initial application of this blasphemous poison, and Weezy is for the most part back to his active normal, loving self. He is still suffering from twitching and is still scratching ridiculously. I am also observing him to be chewing and biting at his paws incessantly and am now concerned this may cause Hot Spots. I will be following up with the Vet tomorrow regarding these lingering issues. My only hope is Weezy will not suffer permanent issues from this poisonous crap, as I will be devastated.
After taking Weezy to the Vet, I did follow up with Sergeant’s Customer Service. I submitted a claim that I wanted to be reimbursed for Vet costs. The CSR asked me a series of questions and told me a list of things I would have to submit by mail to the company for a claim to be considered for reimbursement. I will follow up actively, without hesitation, and will not cease to spread the word on the effects of this product. I am without words in how I feel violated as a consumer, as well as the risk I subjected my beloved dog too, The ability of Companies to manufacture such product’s that have factual and detrimental health risks to animals.
This is without a doubt, considered to be, by me; inhuman and unlawful!
Should Sergeant’s decide not to compensate reimbursement for my Vet’s bill, as there is no price on my dog’s suffering, I will seek further action. I would love to see a Class Action Lawsuit brought upon this company; with the least action being removal of these harmful products from the shelves.
I cannot even began to express how utterly shocked I was to Google this product’s adverse reactions and witness how many stories read just like Weezy’s. My Sweet dog has no voice but through me, and I shall not rest without speaking mine for him.
Sent with compassion…
A caring dog mom…
Stumble it!
33 Comments Received
July 31st, 2008 @6:13 am
I also used the Sergeants Gold flea treatment on my 17 months old cocker spaniel, CHAZ. I normally buy Frontline from the vet but had not made a special trip to purchase it. He had the same symptoms as Weezy the chihuahua. Upon administering the product CHAZ became very agitated and kept going to the bathroom (where he gets a bath). We bathed the product off using DAWN dishwashing detergent. He start twitching and jerking and at one point could not stand or walk. He called the vet at 1am and made an emergency visit of the tune of $174. He was administered cortisone and a antidote serum. He recovered after several days but I agree that this product should be banned. I filed a comment with the company but I have not received any comment which I did not expect to receive. The $11 I used to purchase the product will be my last and I will tell everyone I know about the harmful effects of their product….
July 31st, 2008 @4:26 pm
My small 10 lb dog is another victim to Sergeant’s Gold. Shortly after putting it on him he started scratching & was very aggitated. I gave him a bath and put medicated powders and anti-itch medicine on him to no avail. I gave him another bath (didn’t know about Dawn)and Benadryl. The Benadryl helped with the body itch but he started shaking his head every few mins. and constantly chewing his foot. He couldn’t walk very well…like his back legs were stiff. I took him to the vet and he gave him a shot and some ointment for his ears. I put the poison on him on Monday morning & this is Thursday night and he still is not back to normal. That company needs to be put out of business and their socks sued off for putting such crap out there to be used on our beloved pets. They say it kills fleas and ticks but doesn’t say it will also kill your pet.
August 3rd, 2008 @7:11 pm
I went through this same hell just last night with my dog. I use topical flea treatment on “Daisy” every month, but my usual brand was not available, so I picked up Sergeants Gold at Walmart. I put this on Daisy at 11:00am yesterday and went off to work. I came home at 9:30 pm to find my dog panting like crazy, whining, rubbing herself all over the furniture and floor, drooling, falling down when she tried to walk and twitching and trying to bite her back. I looked on line to see if there were any know reactions to the stuff and found plenty of horror stories affirming that this stuff is dangerous. I put her in the tub immediately and bathed her 3 times with dishsoap and cool water. I then ran to the store and got children’s benadryl chewables and hydrocortizone cream. I gave her 1/2 tablet and rubbed her ears neck and back with the cream. She seemed so appreciative when I kept rubbing her all over….I can only imagine it felt to her as if she had hives. It was a very restless night and neither one of us slept very well. She threw up this morning and wouldn’t eat, but she was drinking water and using the bathroom. I bathed her again today and gave her the benadryl again. She finally ate tonight and is resting although she twitches occasionally and tries to bite her back. This crap should be pulled off the shelves and hopefully if enough peoople complain, something will be done!
August 4th, 2008 @8:44 am
I am in total shock that this product is still on the market. My mom got this and put it on my two dogs last night since I found a flea and didn’t have the $60 yet to get Frontline for the dogs. Not long after that they were itching and acting really flippant, like they couldn’t get comfortable. Lucy, my 10 year old Lhasa Apso began slobbering and they were both coughing. They’re going to the vet this afternoon. I feel horrible cos I knew we shouldn’t have been using a cheap OTC to kill fleas. My mom feels horrible cos she bought it.
The bath w/dish soap did hardly anything to soothe them. I’ll probably end up having to get the medicated bath stuff at the vets. NEVER again will I let this happen to my babies and I’m going to do all I can to keep others from buying this.
August 4th, 2008 @4:33 pm
This is incredible. I cannot believe how many people in the past few days have had the same issue. My dog went through the same symptoms and I heard the same story from Seargent’s emergency hotline on Sunday evening.
As soon as my vet opened this morning, I took her in and found out that she too had a severe allergic reaction to this crap. After finding only 1 flea on her, she has been through a lot of pain and suffering and can hardly keep her eyes open even though she still is squirming and panting from being distressed.
Our vet also checked her liver/kidney levels and found her ALT-liver was 688 (anything above 100 is high in a dog). This should correct itself over the next 7-10 days, but in the meantime, I got a vet bill of $134, no sleep and missed work to care for my pet.
If I am not reimbursed for out of pocket costs, I too feel that a group has a better chance of making this company remove the product and pay for damages to pets and owners.
If anyone gets a positive response from submitting claims for this, please post it on the website so others can ensure equal reimbursement.
August 4th, 2008 @9:12 pm
My chihuahua has also fallen victim to Sergeants Gold. I had just rescued him from a bad living situation. He was covered in fleas. Safeway was the only place open at the time. Biggest regret ever. Watching my new poor dog go thru more pain, when I was rescuing him. Devastating.
August 10th, 2008 @11:41 pm
I feel horrible that I used Sergeant’s Gold on my dogs. Within 30 minutes of application, I was using measures to save my 12 pound dog from the reaction. I then washed all three of my dogs off but for a week they had symptoms that required treatment. I am telling my store that they should take this off their shelves.
August 11th, 2008 @9:55 am
I bought Sergeants flea medicine and put it on my 2 dogs 1 large breed and one medium breed. They have NO fleas.
August 16th, 2008 @1:44 pm
My wife gave our 10lb Chihuahua Weenie a bath and used this product.
We left and came back an hour later and he was 99% dead.
We rushed him to the ER ( $900 and 2 days ) later we got him back.
Then the blisters… and scratching/biting and then back to vet for $300 bucks for stitches and sutures because he was biting himself.
What do i do now?
August 19th, 2008 @7:30 am
Hello Alan,
We also had our 3yr old german short-haired pointer mix at a 24hr emergency vet center a few days ago after applying Sergeants Gold flea/tick product to his back as indicated, where our bill came to $419 for labwork, an animal poison control consult, and 2 injections for cortisone and vomiting. Within hrs after applying this product on Aug 13th, he had began vomiting non-stop, gagging, choking, panting, drooling, and was extremely excitable. We immediately washed him, but when his pupils began dilating (I am a RN)at 2am, we took him to the ER. We called Sergeants the next day, and were told to send in copies of vet bill and product box to: Sergeants Pet Care Products, Consumer Affairs Dept, P.O. Box 540399, Omaha, Nebraska 68154-0399. I already have also contacted the EPA, an Amy Mysz….at mysz.amy@epa.gov Her phone is (312) 886-0224 and fax is (312) 353-4788. She can send you a short form you need to fill out and return. If enough people follow thru with this, the product may be looked into more seriously and removed from the shelves. Good luck….my Zach is fine now. My vet stated NEVER USE THESE PRODUCTS…….
August 21st, 2008 @2:15 am
It’s 5:00 AM and I’m still taking care of our dogs. I’d like to thank the good people who started this website because this is where I found the information I need to treat my poor dogs, now whimpering to me from the kitchen but, after only one (rigorous) bath, quieter than when they work me at 3:30. I’ll leave my post at that, but will attach below the email I just sent to Any Mysz (see above post).
Dear Ms. Mysz:
Please accept my apologies if I am sending this email to the wrong person. I got your email from a website (HartzVictims.org) that said (in a post) that you are the person at the EPA looking into this product. If you are not, could you send this along to the appropriate authority?
In any case, I applied Sergeant’s Gold to my three dogs yesterday around 7:00 PM and awoke to them clamoring around 3:30 AM. (Actually, they had seemed rather excitable at 11 as well). I suspected the product but when I looked at the box the company makes a vague mention of looking for symptoms of “sensitivity.” As I am not a veterinarian I do not know what that is. As I do teach a course on illicit drugs at my college I did suspect a problem, but was nevertheless doubtful that any of them had gotten a hold of Crystal Meth. As the box did not help me, I then checked Sergeant’s website which, of course, discussed the product as a marvel of modern technology but did not advise me as to what “sensitivity” means. I then ran a search (LiveSearch) on “sergeants gold flea” and found the HartzVictims website. They discussed in gory detail the meaning of “sensitivity” and, thank God, what I could do about it. I just spent the past hour bathing all three whimpering, panicked, stoned dogs (note the time I am writing this).
I do not know what would be entailed in getting this product off the market, but it certainly seems a good idea. At the very least, however, there should be some poison control information on their box (and website). Had I not thought about running a wider search, I may have assumed that the dogs got into some coffee grounds or something and gone back to bed. I don’t know if the product is deadly, but given the symptoms I have to think that at the least a dog with a weak heart could succumb.
Thank you for your assistance,
Alex Thomas
August 28th, 2008 @4:50 pm
Like everyone else, i applied the sergeants gold to my two dogs last night and noticed that after a couple hours “Daisy” was walking like she had hurt her front leg. About an hour later she acted as if she had hurt her back leg. That night she was whimpering and barking in her cage when she normally does not do this. This morning she was very agitated and kept rolling and rubbing over anything she could. She kept biting at her paws and continuously scratching at her back. She is so completely uncomfortable and i feel horrible that i cannot seem to comfort her.
I gave her a benedryl and a bath with dawn but neither of these are working. She is so very tired but just can’t sleep because she can’t stop scratching.
I too was trying to save money and went to walmart. I now realize that i will spend three times as much on vet bills by the time this is done.
By the way my other dog seems to have no reaction.
Tina Yard
August 29th, 2008 @4:28 pm
I also bought this flea treatment and applied it to all three of my beagles on August 22, 2008. All three had reactions and were very uncomfortable regardless of the many baths I gave them to rinse away the irritation. It has now been almost a week and two of the three are much better but one has large scabs on his back and he is so miserable. He just began eating and playing a little.
I felt like I was helping them with the itching and irritation of the flea bites but I think that would have been better. This flea treatment has been nothing but painful, itchy and has caused all three beagles alot of stress as well as made me feel horrible for even using it. I normally use frontline but did not have time to go the vet to pick it up, so I picked Sergants up while shopping. I will never use this product again.
Thanks for listening!
Laurie
September 2nd, 2008 @7:07 am
Like everyone else, I too used this product on my beloved pet in a pinch. Two hours after applying the medicine my beloved Willie started panting, gagging and acting agitated. I bathed him in Dawn and gave him benadryl and fortunately he was ok. I will never use this product again.
Shelley Matthews
September 2nd, 2008 @7:55 am
Sunday August 31st, 2008 my family & I were on our way to visit family. Our 2 year old, 10lb. Pomeranian Maltese mix “Koda” always sits on my lap during car rides. During this trip I found two live fleas on him. We decide to stop at the Wal*Mart in Ludington, MI where I purchased Sergeant’s Gold Flea Treatment. At our destination I applied the treatment and within 30 minutes Koda started acting differently. I thought it was just the treatment working. We returned home with Koda at 9:30pm. He was extremely uncomfortable. My husband decided to bathe him to get the medicine off. I read the box which stated a possible ’sensitivity’ issue. I have never used this product so I thought that was the cause of Koda’s condition. I thought his skin was just sensitive to the medication. At midnight he still was uncomfortable. I gave him some children’s Benadryl to no avail. Gave him another dose of Benadryl an hour later and two more baths. Today is September 2nd, 2008. Koda seems to be a little better. He has eaten and relieved himself a couple times. However he is still shaking his head and scratching his ears from time to time. I will NEVER purchase this product again!
September 2nd, 2008 @2:24 pm
I did as everyone else did, things have been very rough money wise. I purchased Sergeants Gold from Walmart in Cortland NY. After bathing my black Lab and White Lab Shepard mix I had given them the Sergeants Gold. My husband and I had gone out to eat about an half hour after putting the treatment on. Unknown to me by the time 3 hours later when we returned home my house was in shambles my black Lab in so much distress tore the house apart and the other would not come out of the closet. I tried several times to contact someone on the emergency number with no luck. I didn’t waste anymore time I called the vet he told me to give them aspirin and bath them.
We had no sleep that might and by 2:00 o’clock the next day they could not walk they were still twiching badly I brought them into the vet on 09-01-08 they were given 2 shots each and the white dog is just starting to walk today without liping. I will do everything to have this product banned please contact me anyone we have to stick together.
September 3rd, 2008 @2:55 pm
I have never needed to apply any flea or tick product to my five year old Snauzer, Grettel, until this month when I noticed she had picked up a flea or two and had began scratching. I purchased Sergeant’s Gold from Wal-Mart yesterday and applied it as directed around 4:30 p.m. I noticed she was really scratching two or three hours after and wondered to myself when it would start working. By 1:30 a.m. she was going nuts: excessive scratching, biting at her back, twitching,and panting. No vet at that hour so I called the hotline on the box and got the same song and dance as everyone else. I followed their advice and gave Grettel three very long baths with dish washing liquid. She was very comforted by the long periods of rinsing. She has had Benedryl and can rest only if she lays on her back. After 24 hours, she is still scratching and biting at her back. She looks miserable. I have spoken with our vet and all he can say is “watch her for dehydration.” I am an attorney, so I am curious if any of you have actually filed a lawsuit. I would guess that Seargeant’s current packaging, i.e., warnings, are probably in compliance with all that is required of them, but don’t know. Unfair to us unsuspecting consumers who have suffered all night with our pets and dish soap! Helpful Hint: An ice pack rubbed up and down Grettel’s spine last night appeared to calm her and bring her temporary relief.
September 8th, 2008 @11:05 am
I had similar instances with 2 of my dogs. I’ve read all of your stories, and am concerned nothing more has been done. I am interested in starting a class action lawsuit to get this product off the market. If you have any interest at all in joining, please email me at nicolestines86@live.com.
September 11th, 2008 @4:54 pm
This stuff needs to be banned we waisted alot of money on their stuff trying to attack from every angle. Nothing worked and we gained an infestation!!!
I will be calling the attorney general and notifying my congress man. This is seriously a big scam and they have no business marketing this stuff the way they do. It is 100% false advertising if I have ever seen it!
We as people need to put a stop to this! NOTIFY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NOTIFY YOUR CONGRESS MAN OR WOMAN! Every person counts!
Do it for the sake of our animals!!! How many need to be injured because some company wants in YOUR POCKET!
Stand Up For Your Pet! God Knows They Can’t!
September 13th, 2008 @4:13 am
I wish I would have found all of this, I too purchased this SARGEANT’S GOLD FLEA & TICK SQUEEZE and it has almost killed my two dogs!! My poor Yorkie is pitaful, panting, acting crazy foaming at the mouth. My Boston Terrier is digging and foaming at the mouth, she is a little overweight and I think that has helped her. How can they sell this stuff knowing what it is doing to peoples pets, that we love and think of as our children!!! It pisses me off to no end. We have been up all night helping Izzi (our yorkie) and Daphne (our Boston Terrier)hoping they are okay until the vet in the city opens, as we live in the country. Something needs to be done about this. It is wrong and awful, please advise everyone you know do not buy SARGEANTS!!!!!! It will hurt your pets, maybe even kill, If our dogs die or I do have to make a vet trip I will pursue with legal action.
Hurt and Mad in VA!!
September 13th, 2008 @5:35 pm
PLEASE everyone who has problems with these products, you need to be proactive…..email an Amy Mysz at mysz.amy@epa.gov If everyone follows thru with this, something may be done. Also, send a letter (with a copy of your vet bill if you have one) to Sergeants and notify the store where you bought the product of what happened to your pet.
September 16th, 2008 @8:52 pm
This has been on the NEWS!!!
http://wkytarchives.com/watch?v=3499
September 21st, 2008 @3:52 am
The same thing happened to me only with dogs and cats. My cats were staggering and crying. My dogs were very distressed. When I called the 800#, I asked if this was happening to anyone else’s pets. They said every once in a while pets do have reactions to any medication. But how can everyone of my pets have an allergic reaction? I got the same dish soap crap. It helped the cats a little but not the dogs. We had to wait it out. It took a couple of days, but they were eventually fine. One of the many times I called back, they told me to take them to the vet. I explained I didn’t have the money. I thought maybe they’d help, since it was their product that caused this. They were of no help. Maybe sticking a note on the rack of their products will warn some until it gets ripped off by an employee. Wal mart also didn’t care and continues to stock it.
September 21st, 2008 @10:14 am
I would be thrilled to sign any pettition or join any boycott to get this stuff off the market.
September 21st, 2008 @3:49 pm
It was time for my dog Abby’s(pompoo) flea medicine and I could’nt get to the vet for her frontline so I to went to walmart and bought Sergeants Gold Flea & Tick squeeze-on. I gave it to her around 3:00 pm and she seemed okay but when it was time for bed around 11:00 she started going crazy. She always gets at the foot of the bed and goes right to sleep, but last night she keep running around and jumping on and off the bed and would not settle down. She vomited 2 times and keep wanting to go outside. She too keep rolling around and then jumped into the bathtub and she hates baths. One time she fell asleep and I couldnt wake her and it scared me to death, I thought she was dead. I finally gave her a bath and she seemed to get a little better. I put calamine lotion on her and that seem to soothe her. Today she has ate and is acting better. Monday I will call the vet to make sure I don’t need to do anything else. I would like for this product to be banned also.
September 21st, 2008 @10:20 pm
I need help dont know what to do we dont have a 24 hr vet around here,My irish setter is a victim to sargents gold.He is running around like he is drunk hitting into things cant get comfortable,wont eat or drink and drooling heavily at the mouth.I gave him a bath in dawns and it hasnt helped at all,plz what do i do???
September 23rd, 2008 @8:25 pm
My rat terrier Buster has been to the vet today due to a severe reaaction to the Sergeants tick and flea squeeze. He was at my mom’s b/c I think we have a flea problem in our yard. Well I guess she does too, because she noticed he got some more fleas over there, and she put that awful medicine on his back. He started out going crazy like he was trying to get the stuff off by rolling around, then he was foaming and drooling at the mouth, vomiting, and he even tried jumping in his water bowl(like he could anyway) like he knew that the cool water would give him relief. My mom and dad both washed him 3 or 4 times to get the stuff off. He had to get two shots at the vet which cost 62.00 , and he’s still itching tonight. This has been an all day nightmare, even I’m itching just being around him. The vet said there’s been alot of dogs and cats affected by this flea medication, and that it might not happen to every dog that uses it, but it did to him. I called Walmart to ask if they had a recall on this stuff yet, or any complaints but she hadn’t heard of any. I did not read that box like I should have, I did not think it was anything different from the others we’ve used before. This product does NOT need to be on the shelves!
September 26th, 2008 @1:08 am
Same problems. Bad stuff.
September 28th, 2008 @6:23 pm
WE PUT THIS CRAP ON OUR 2 DOG LAST NIGHT AROUND 9PM AND ONE HOUR LATER WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO THE DOGS WHERE BOTH GOING CRAZY. MY GERMAN SHEPHERD WAS FLYIN AROUND LIKE HE WAS ON FIRE AND MY WIFES SHIH-TZU WAS SO BAD IT WOULD NOT STOP ITCHING AND CRYING. THEN MY WIFE GAVE HER A BATH WITH THE DISH SOAP LIKE THEY SAID TO DO WHEN YOU CALL THE # ON BOX BUT IT DID NOT GET BETER IT GOT WORSE SHE COULD BARELY WALK AND WAS BREATHING VERY WEIRD AND OUR VET WAS ON VACATION TILL MONDAY SO MY WIFE STAYED UP ALL NIGHT AND DAY HOLDING AND TRYING TO HELP HER. 24 HOURS LATER MY SHEPHERD IS A LOT BETTER BUT MY WIFES DOG IS STILL MESSED UP SHE IS STILL BREATHING WEIRD AND STAGGERING WHEN SHE WALKS. I THINK WE ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO? DATE 9-27-08 IS WHEN THIS STARTED AND WE DONT KNOW WHEN THE DOGS WILL BE NORMAL AGAIN.
September 29th, 2008 @4:26 pm
You can add one more victim to the list. I purchased Sergeant’s Gold Flea & Tick Squeeze-On for Dogs on Friday evening and applied it on my Shih-Tzu Saturday morning. Within a few hours my dog could not lay still. When he tried to lay down his head would jerk around and I sensed something was wrong. Although I suspected the Sergeant’s product, I unfortunately did not act upon my suspicions until around midnight that night at which time I did a search on the Internet and found tons of bad information about this product. I am thankful to all of you who posted your experiences with this product and provided information about what to do in response, i.e. bathe the pet in diswashing liquid, etc. I immeidately bathed my dog. Fortunately he was not having any skin reaction or foaming at the mouth and vomiting. Only the seizures. I sat up with him most of the night and finally around 5 or 6 a.m. on Sunday morning he was able to go to sleep without his head jerking around. Today is Monday and he seems to be okay. I just called Sergeant’s consumer line and spoke with a represenative to voice my complaint about this product and urge that they quit selling it to an unsuspecting public, especially given the complaints that appear to date back several years. Anyway, thank you all for putting the word out there about this product and I hope that my post will help someone as well. Fortunately my story seems to have a good ending, at least as of now.
September 30th, 2008 @8:49 am
We lost our two cats because of Sergeants flea powder. We flea powdered them about 5pm. They started crying and scratching. We gave them a couple baths each. They seemed to calm down. They slept. About 1Am next morning my oldest cat crawled up in my arms she looked at me she shuddered and died. By 7am her sister died. Sergeants must be stopped.
October 3rd, 2008 @9:46 pm
My dog is also a victim of Sergeant’s Gold Flea & Tick. I wish I would have known this before I bought it. I called the Emergency center for Sergeants and got the wash it off and that this doesn’t happen that often blah blah blah. I decided to look it up and realized this happens alot more than you think. My dog was foaming at the mouth, her eyes were barely open and she just layed there. I washed her with Dawn soap twice and was told to break open Vitamin E and put on her. So I have done all this and she is laying here with an ice pack on her. She seems to be doing better. I don’t thank I have ever been s upset with myself in my entire life. I fell terrible that I did this. I think Sergeant should be put out of buisness this is ridiculous. They are suppose to help us not hurt us. I am outraged. I called the vet and they said this happens all the time with this product. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS! I hope that my puppy will be okay.
October 4th, 2008 @6:50 am
We are dealing with this right now with out Shishon….came across this website instantly. My family was up all night trying to calm the dog. I am so sad that I cannot help him get through this immediately. Cannot believe this product can be on the shelf.
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