While brushing my beautiful Siamese 8 month kitten, I notice 2 fleas. I purchased the Hartz Advanced Plus Flea & Tick over the counter product. Following the instructions carefully and reading the packaging to see if there was an insert with warnings, i.E., may be harmful to pet. There was only a warning of skin irratation to the cat and a Human warning of eye irratation.
I proceeded to apply it from her shoulder blades to her tail. Immediately she didn't like it on her. She began licking it making me even more worried, I took the box again turning it making sure I didn't miss an insert or Warning can be hazardourous to animals.
Within hours she became irritable, vomiting, her belly swelled, she slavated all over, frequent urination and no bowel movements, she stopped eating her eyes became clouded and she was restless and lathriqic.
Upon waking the next morning she was in real bad shape. I took her to the sink and washed the Hartz stuff off. She let me put her in the sink and put water on her. It was like she was so happy to have it off of her.
Again within hours she started showing noticable changes. Her eyes cleared up, her belly shrunk, she began eating within 6 hours of removing the flea and tick product. I took her to the Vet to test her for liver damage and to make sure she was alright.
$150.00 it cost me to never use this product again. I called Customer Service and requested they pay me back and most of all put a warning in the box alerting pet owners that their product has possible side effects. If we can put warnings on products humans use, why not alert pet owners that these side effects exist for their pets.
If I would have seen it could have cause my poor kitten this much pain, I would have never applied it on her. I not only am requesting my $150.00 back, I want Hartz Moutain to be responsible to place this warning on their product.
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