Month: January 2011

Bentley is a 2.5 yr old chihuahua mix weighing about 13 lbs. I applied the Hart Flea @ Tick drops for dogs 4-15lbs. My dog almost died. I applied them at approximately 5pm and around 10pm everyone went to bed as usual. Luckily he sleeps with my mom and she felt him shaking around 12am and felt a wet spot on the bed (which turned out to be vomit). She woke me up and it was a sight I will never forget. Bentley was shaking uncontrollably, couldn’t walk, drooling and had a heartbeat that was out of control. I immediately called my vet and she met me at her office. She immediately frowned when I told her what I had given him that day and told me to never use that again (worse thing on the market). We bathed him, IV was put in, valium was given and I was told not to get my hopes up because there was a high probability he wouldn’t make it. Luckily after 12 hrs of observation and more medication my Bentley was back to normal.

It cost me approximately $800 to save him. Trust me I would’ve paid anything but this would’ve never happened if Hartz wasn’t allowed to continue selling a product that is obviously killing/harming our pets. Please warn all your friends and family!! Maybe enough people will stop purchasing their products and they will finally go away.

OMG! Why didn’t I run a search before I used this poison! I was drawn to it because it says on the box..”clear dry” and I dislike the oily residue left by all these squeeze on’s. Not only is it just as messy requiring the cat be kept away from the children, but the poor cat spent 2 or 3 days with huge eyes and her body was very ridged feeling. She was better after a couple days, but now her hair is falling out in clumps and her neck is getting a bald spot! I will never use another Sargents product again!

Well I had purchased Hartz Ultra Guard Pro for cats flea drops today. And when I had arrived home from work applied the flea medicine as it says to. As soon as I had applied the medicine she immediately started to rub the back of her neck and licking it off. At first I had thought that this is how a cat would just react to this kind of thing. So then about an hour goes by and I go to see what she is up to. And she is in the middle of a nap. And the entire area that I had applied the medicine on was a pinkish red, almost like blood.

I panic, looking for any areas of which blood is coming from. And I don’t find any. So now I don’t know if this is a chemical reaction or what. I got a wet rag and SOAKED her all of the area that the medicine had been exposed to. And then took some handsoap and re-soaked the area. Aswell as  starting to comb out everything.

I’m really freaking out. She is also have back leg spacisms. Every time she is beginning to walk and licking her toes and hands.

Here eyes are extremely dilated.

But she is eating and drinking water. She has used the bathroom.

I’m just really nervous that this is only going to get worse. I really regret not reading up about this stuff before buying it and using it on my poor cat. She doesn’t deserve this.

And I hope whoever reads this hopefully didn’t find out about all this in a state of panic.

I am so shocked after readind this. Growing up I can remember my parents giving this to my pets all the time. I usually give my dog advantage just as a precaution. I haven’t given it to her in awhile so I was at walmart and decided to get her Hartz ultragaurd drops. WORST MISTAKE! Within 45mins to a hour she started to itch and rub herself anywhere to sooth herself. We put her in the bath right away. And scrubbed her down. I watched her over night. She is still uncomfortable and will only lay on her side/back. This seems to be a comfortable position where she wont scratch. She is sooo sleepy. Is this normal? Did anyone else have this issue. I called the vet and they said keep an eye on her. She should be fine if she is still doing her business and eating/drinking. I’m just wondering if she is out of the ball park or could there possibly be worst to come? It’s been 15-16 hours since we put it on her and bathed her.

I gave my cat the flea drops before going to bed the other night. I woke up to her making a ton of noise in the morning when I went and checked on her she was having a seizure. I managed to calm her down and bathe her to do what I could to get the “medication” off of her coat. She was spasming throughout the day so I took her into see the vet. While we were waiting for the vet she had a second seizure. At that time the vet put her on IV fluids, and diazapam and sent me to the local pharmacy to pick up human muscle relaxants. They then told me she had ingested/absorbed a lot of the poison and that she had a 50% chance of living, and with each seizure she is more likely to have brain damage. She stayed with the vet under critical care that night. My cat is a fighter and she pulled through. I have her at home with me now, she is still having spasms and is on the muscle relaxants. As for the brain damage, I wont know until she is off the medication. After reading up on Hartz products I am absolutely appalled that they are still on the market.

My heart goes out to those whose animals were not so fortunate.

I used the hartz flea and tic drops on my 8 year old dalmation mix. Within 5 hours she was having horrible seizures. Her mouth was wide open, front and back paws flailing, foaming at the mouth, and urinating. This went on for about 2 minutes and then she had another one following the first one. This dog has never had any illness. After I researched and found this website, I washed her thoroughly and she seems to have recovered. This stuff is poison. There is no warning on the hartz ultra guard packaging about this type of reaction. We need to stop the sale of this poison!!!!