We Love You Bruno

My cat Bitz developed itchy bumps & boils shortly after I applied Hartz Ultra Guard OneSpot on April 18, 2012. She’s 17 yrs old, and has been an indoor-cat ONLY since 2006; however, she’d previously shown extreme allergic reaction to a single flea-bite in 2003. When the weather warmed-up early April, I open my windows (with double-screens), to allow fresh air into the house (and to allow both my cats to mash their little noses to the screens). Since late April 2012, my cat Bitz has been wearing a ‘princess crown’ (collar), to keep her from scratching & worrying at her wounds caused by HARTZ OneSpot. I’m on a limited, fixed income. CAN afford a simple Vet visit (if skimping on other basics like food/medicine) – but the county in which I live passed a law in late 2011, that ALL cats treated in a Vet’s office MUST be microchipped = at minimum fee of $120 per cat. Taking Bitz to a Vet was not an affordable option for me, in treating her for the POISONOUS application of Hartz OneSpot. I tried oral antihistamines (human – but knowledgeable pharmacist (cat-lover) helped me figure out which would be easier to cut into approved dosages (based on weight); the pharmacist didn’t know that Bitz licks her “treats”; didn’t know that Bitz BITES when something is shoved down her throat! THAT didn’t work. I tried cortisone cream; tried antihistamine cream; even tried my own arthritis cream… some helped for a day or three. DID FINALLY FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKED. WALGREEN’S ANTI-ITCH CLEAR. I had a squeeze tube in my medicine cabinet from 4 years ago – with Bitz still in her “princess collar”, I knew she couldn’t reach/scratch the damned Hartz-OneSpot-infected area – so I tried it. IT WORKED!!! I applied it to Bitz’ denuded & blistered nape & upper back the first time… and for the first time in 6 months, I wasn’t awakened several times in the night, by the noise of Bitz trying to scratch her wounds. Application every other evening – no more itching & scratching AT ALL. It’s been 4 weeks since I first used the Walgreen’s Anti-Itch stuff. Bitz’s fur on her upper back & nape is now growing back – so I took off her “princess collar” – and hoped against hope that she is finally over the Hartz plague. She IS. Yeah, she’s got a few itchy spots that she’s over-grooming (NONE where the Hartz One-Spot, nor the Anti-Itch was applied).. but who WOULDN’T have itchy spots, after being unable to scratch those itches for the last SEVEN months? Label on the Anti-Itch Walgreen’s cream says “Compare to Caladryl Clear” – also says “relieves pain and itching from poison ivy and oak sumac”.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT HARTZ ONE-SPOT MIGHT CONTAIN POISON IVY OR OAK SUMAC???

i applaud you for suing. i hope you win and i sure as hell hope hartz will be taken off the market. its as if they WANT animals to die. pathetic.