WARNING!! Do NOT use Sergeant's or Hartz flea products!!!!

Titus has been scratching for a couple of days but we couldn't find any fleas. A girl at Jay's work said her dog did that so she just got some OTC flea drops for hers and it stopped. So Jay picked up some for the dog and the cats (figuring if he had them, they'd jump to the cats).

We treated the cats first because the dog one was toxic to cats, so we thought we'd do him last and put him to bed for the night until it dried. By the time he'd put it on Noah and Hemi, and then Titus, the cats were running around acting crazy and weird. Noah's fur was all puffed up and his eyes were super dilated, he was being skittish and wouldn't let me near him. He wouldn't even take treats or come out when I shook the bag (unlike him!).

Then he sat on the living room table and started panting. Hard. He looked wild. I went on the net to look up the flea meds, and found all these horror stories of cats dying from using this medication. Immediately I told Jay to get him in the bath. We washed him twice with dish soap to get it all off. He was NOT happy about it. We did the same with Hemi. Got clawed to bits by him! Then we looked up the brand we used on Titus and found out the same thing about it, so we washed him off too.

Thankfully they're ok. Acting normal now, but we were lucky.

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[monk22yrs]

in a couple hours i'm gonna try vineger in a carpet shampooer to kill fleas, along with borax again (though the borax gave me a rash)----way too afraid to use professional stuff.....

....especially when my oldest cat, monkey, is 18 (?) and i'm hoping he turns 22....he's probably lived this long cause no flea collers/etc----imagine breathing in a flea collar for months!

and all that inject stuff must be injected where a cat can't lick it.

too: pregnant women should avoid cat crap.

[tornandbruised]

@monk22yrs Perhaps you should do some research before telling me what a pregnant woman should or should not do. Toxoplasmosis is what is transferred in poop particles, however indoor cats almost never get it because they don't eat raw meat/prey, or play in dirt. Try googling this title for more info: If You are Expecting You CAN Keep Your Cat During Pregnancy

[monk22yrs]

@tornandbruised it's your health; do wtf you want with your health; not my problem.

[tornandbruised]

@monk22yrs How about instead of being a condescending, confrontational douchebag, you actually READ the article? I already explained it in my last msg. Nothing too terribly hard to understand about it; my cats are indoor cats (or one of them is, the other had to be put to sleep last year); my cat(s) have no way to catch the toxoplasmosis virus. Therefore, I had no chance of catching it from scooping the litter box. Didn't realize you had to be a rocket scientist to understand that. Moron.

[artemaugust]

That's horrible. But why did you keep using these products on subsequent pets after the first adverse reaction on the youngest cat?

[tornandbruised]

@artemaugust I didn't "keep using these products on subsequent pets". We had bathed all 3 of our pets with the product at nearly the same time before there WAS a reaction! Do you honestly think we're stupid enough to bathe our pets with something we know is causing harm? Seriously, use your brain.

[tornandbruised]

@WwhelpcompwW If you read the description, you'd know we used the one that was meant for CATS, on our CATS. Seems like you're the "fucking idiota" here. Learn how to spell. Moron.

[TimmyGal]

I use Frontline on my dogs. Never had a problem. Don't know about cats as I don't have any.

[mouse4689]

These companies will not get a single cent from me ever, now that I know this.

[ShewhoisSplit]

@WwhelpcompwW Learn english you dumb ass.

[seijido]

I will not use hearts I just sent my bf just now to buy the collar but thank god I seen this and thank god we only went to dollaramma screw that my cat may have fleas but I rather him deal with it a few more days rather then die over night

[whateverrulez]

i used this on my dog and now shes sick!

[Msbbopalula]

I used the Sergeant flea spray on my cat and it nearly killed him. Took him to the vet and spent about $350 on shots of vitamins, medication, etc. He had a 106 temp, the vet said he may die so prepare for the worst. He would stay in one spot all day till finally he came around and is much better now. DO NOT USE THESE PRODUCTS!!! Vet said never to buy flea control from Target, Walmart, etc.

[NorcrossMedia]

Sent your video around - thanks for posting!