I am posting this because yesterday I had to put my 7 year old cat
fluffy to sleep because he had a severe reaction to sergeants brand
flea and tick medication he had severe seizers and tremors there was
no way he would have made it so I was forced to make the decision no
pet owner wants to make .... my heart is broken but now I feel I need
to do this for Fluffy so hopefully maybe I can save another pet from
being taken this way !
here are some other peoples stories i found on a web site
All flea meds,shampoos, powders have this chemical permmethrin its a
pestiside and its in all of them beware !
I am writing in alarm and concern about the Sergeant's Pet Care
products for cats that are being sold on the market. I recently used
a brand new bottle of Sergeant's® Skip-Flea® & Tick Shampoo for Cats.
Within about 11 hours of using it, my cat was having seizures, and
then went into some sort of coma. Her pupils were so big that her
eyes were completely black. I took her to the vet hospital where I
learned that the shampoo contained this chemical called Permethrin.
This is a known PESTICIDE that is lethal and toxic to cats. This
isn't the first case the hospital has had of cats coming in affected
by this. Nine hours after getting her to the hospital she died. My
cat was perfectly healthy until this moment. I have contacted the
company and they are not quite willing to cooperate. I am looking for
help in bringing awareness to other pet owners about these harmful
products. I've done a lot of research and I found out that these
following products are also hurting and killing pets (cats and dogs).
To read each story of what each animal went through is heartbreaking:
Bio Spot, Advantage, Frontline, Sergeant's Nature's Guardian flea and
tick products. I have emailed several people whose pets have died and
become injured. There an amazing amount of people that need help.
I've contacted the Department of Consumer Affairs and Department of
Pesticide Regulation so far and have not gotten very far. Sara
Paredesscr@aol. com Sacramento, CA:
Frontline:
"The day that ur 8 year old Tibetan Spaniel received the frontline
plus on his back, he seem very unhappy, like he knew he had received
something bad for him. The following days he refused to walk - he had
to be carried to his favorite tree. He was extremely lethargic. He
only moved to eat and drink. He seemed depressed - he did not wag his
tail, or show any affection as he usually does. IT was as if his
personality was changed - he became a depressed, sad dog. In the last
two weeks (after 3 weeks of this) he started to 'improve' and while
he started scratching a bit more as the flea poison wore off, he
started seeming to feeel better, to walk, to 'smile', to be happy to
see his dog friends on the street. He now seems just about fine -
although still not walking quite as much as he was 5 weeks ago before
the frontline" Lily lily0278@gmail. com
Alert! "Farnam's Bio Spot Flea and Tick Almost Killed our Dog."
One day while shopping, we cameacross an over-the-counter product,
called Bio Spot Flea and Tick Control (by Farnam Pet Products). It
looked similar to the Frontline product, but it was much cheaper, so
we decided to try it. The Bio Spot seemed to work just as well as
Frontline, so we used it again six weeks later. An hour after
applying the Bio Spot, we found Hamish thrashing about on the
ground. His body was completely stiff. His head was raised in the
air, and his jaws were opened wide. A thick foamy saliva was spewing
from his mouth. Horrified, I tried to determine if something was
stuck in his throat. His windpipe was clear, but he was not
breathing. His eyes began to roll back in his head. He was dying
and we did not know what to do to save him! We made a desperate call
to our veterinarian .... more --- Here are some of the e-mail
messages that I have received from others whose dogs and cats have
experienced adverse reactions to flea control products. (after
clicking on a date message board, scroll down a little to view the
message)
Alert Zodiac flea control killed 2 cats
" We have just lost 2 cats because of Zodiac flea trol drops. They
died one after another , 2 healthy pets, we used this Zodiac drops
for about 2 moths as instructed on the package. The vet said it went
through the skin and damaged the liver. We will e-mail the company as
well." Andrei in Canada : andreikraev@ yahoo.ca
I shampooed my dog with Zodiac Flea and Tick Shampoo on sunday the
20th. The dog seems to be fine but I have extreme pain in the hand
I used to rub the shampoo in. It took me a few days to realize
what had happened. The pain starts in my fingers and goes all the
way to my shoulder. Unless you like pain or want to kill your pet,
DO NOT USE THIS SHAMPOO! Carol Dunn lcd @ briskweb.net
Other testimonials about dangerous pet products
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