I was almost sick reading this site realizing that my poor cat might have died from my stupidity, but am so glad I did find this. I bought Hartz Ultra Guard One Spot Treatment for cats last night and applied it to my cat. Shortly afterwards, he began trying to lick the area and scratching it. A few hours later he appeared foaming at the mouth, so I rushed him into the bath and used Ivory soap to get the stuff off him. Thankfully, he is okay and eating and behaving normally. I SO wish I had checked this out on the web before using it, but I stupidly trusted Hartz. I bought this at Atlantic Superstore in PEI Canada and am going to write and beg them to stop carrying it; also, I am going to make sure I post notices at the Humane Society and anywhere else I can think of to save other pets from this horrible fate. From me and my sweet little boy Billy, thanks to everyone else who took the time to post here to let others know about the dangers of this product.
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September 3rd, 2011 @7:56 pm
This site gave me important direction when time was very critical and very well may have saved my pet, too. God knows, there wasn’t any bit of help on the product box. (Unreal!)
September 20th, 2011 @3:40 pm
My kitten did the EXACT same thing, the foaming at the mouth as well. He also was just salivating everywhere and was trembling and jumping around and moaning it was scary. He almost had a seizure from it too. Hartz company told me he had a reaction to the pesticide. and they told me it was MY fault because they said i didn’t wipe down there paws enough and the licked the pesticide. Cat’s are going to lick themselves,. that’s how they get clean and its still on their fur so it’s not like i have control, no one does. They need to make animal safe products since they will lick themselves and NOT blame it on a customer.
September 20th, 2011 @7:03 pm
Angela: I truly hope your kitty is now fine and recovering from his ordeal. Please let me know!
Hartz is to blame for this; not you. If you live in the United States, you might be interested to read the following: http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/health/petproductseval.html
http://epa.gov/pesticides/health/spot-on-meeting-may2009.pdf. If you live in Canada, you can file a complaint with Health Canada in the Pesticides Branch, about this adverse reaction. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may also have someplace where you can file a notice there. Write the corporate office of the store where you bought it and include the links I have provided, showing that this is a legitimate concern. Perhaps if enough of us do this, we may be able to stop this product from being sold.
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