Pet help - Fleas

[the chi]

Originally Posted by marko138

First thing I'd do is get rid of the Hartz. It's junk, and quite frankly, has been linked to health problems in dogs. Seizures and such.

TIMES ELEVENTY BILLION!!! Dont use anything you get from Walmart!! I put that crap on my cat and she started foaming at the mouth and had seizures for hours even tho I immediately washed it off. It was horrible.

Go to your vet, get a small pill for each cat called Capstar, get some advantage from the vet and get some carpet powder from walmart and call it good.

The Capstar kills everything on the animal within 24 hours, there is no jumping off. The advantage works for the month period. The carpet powder will need to sit for at least 30 minutes, vacuum, and you should see no more fleas. Repeat as needed.

(I had 7 indoor cats and using this method, no problems ever.)

[marko138]

Yeah, my dog got seizures when we used Hartz flea/tic stuff on him. I never put together that the Hartz could have been the problem. Then I did a story on it. Stopped using that shit and he hasn't had one since. Fuck that garbage. No vet will recommend it.

[the chi]

Originally Posted by marko138

Yeah, my dog got seizures when we used Hartz flea/tic stuff on him. I never put together that the Hartz could have been the problem. Then I did a story on it. Stopped using that shit and he hasn't had one since. Fuck that garbage. No vet will recommend it.

I read the warnings, but was poor as shit and figured it would never happen. Out of 7, she was the only one who reacted and quite literally could have died. It was a terrible night and taught me a lesson. I'll skimp on other things, but not my pet care.

[marko138]

I was unfamiliar with the whole situation until I did the story when I worked in news. And I thought, man, I have some of that stuff at home. It helped for b-roll though...

[Tsunami]

Holy crap why is that hartz stuff still on the shelf?

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Holy crap why is that hartz stuff still on the shelf?

Good question.

[the chi]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Holy crap why is that hartz stuff still on the shelf?

Because people don't know any better. Most animals will never react, and people don't wanna pay 4 time the price at their vets.

[Avatard]

It's simple; once the cost of the lawsuits from dogs dying exceeds the profits from the product, then and only then will it be removed from the shelves.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Avatard

It's simple; once the cost of the lawsuits from dogs dying exceeds the profits from the product, then and only then will it be removed from the shelves.

Yep that would be a tough case though... It's not like you aren't warned all over the package and hell, even on a MOTORCYCLE FORUM about the possible side effects...

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by thunderex

Advantage is amazing. Both my cats got fleas once and as soon as I put the Advantage on them I started to see fleas literally falling off the cats and dying. They would fall out of their fur and struggle on the ground where I'd pick them up in a piece of toilet paper and squeeze em til they popped.