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Sergeant's 'Gold' : Okay for our cat?
PJ has been scratching lately, but I didn't know what brand of flea treatment to get him. On the grocery run to Wal-Mart today, I found they had 3 brands; Sergeant's (regular and 'gold' varieties), Hartz (nightmare stories there), and another ("Nexxum" or something, about $7.00 ). Is the Sergeant's Gold okay, or should I hunt around for Fronline or Advantage? Here's what Sergeant's has Etofenprox...........................55.00% Pyriproxyfen...........................2.20% INERT INGREDIENTS......42.80% Anything frightening there? I remember that it was pyrethrins that made Hartz so dangerous and that they refused to recognize the problem. Any help you can offer, thanks alot. JM |
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a word of caution i used hartz on my cat Toby Keith and he had an allergic
reaction to it and went into seizures. You can certainly guess what an emergency run to the vets office on a sunday and a few days on meds for the seizures and several bathes to wash all the flea product off him cost. the vet told me many cats have this reaction. as a result of this because my cats are indoors all the time except short walks on their leashes she felt as long as my dog has flea products on her that i would not have a problems and i have not. "DemoDisk" wrote in message ... PJ has been scratching lately, but I didn't know what brand of flea treatment to get him. On the grocery run to Wal-Mart today, I found they had 3 brands; Sergeant's (regular and 'gold' varieties), Hartz (nightmare stories there), and another ("Nexxum" or something, about $7.00 ). Is the Sergeant's Gold okay, or should I hunt around for Fronline or Advantage? Here's what Sergeant's has Etofenprox...........................55.00% Pyriproxyfen...........................2.20% INERT INGREDIENTS......42.80% Anything frightening there? I remember that it was pyrethrins that made Hartz so dangerous and that they refused to recognize the problem. Any help you can offer, thanks alot. JM |
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"cdchap911" wrote in message news:eOBhd.353463$D%.331363@attbi_s51... a word of caution i used hartz on my cat Toby Keith and he had an allergic reaction to it and went into seizures. You can certainly guess what an emergency run to the vets office on a sunday and a few days on meds for the seizures and several bathes to wash all the flea product off him cost. the vet told me many cats have this reaction. as a result of this because my cats are indoors all the time except short walks on their leashes she felt as long as my dog has flea products on her that i would not have a problems and i have not. Thanks for your answer. Interesting that your dog's flea protection helps the entire house. PJ is also an indoor cat. I'd like to let him explore the outdoors, and maybe a leash would allow that -- if I could get him to accept a collar! JM |
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explore the outdoors, and maybe a leash would allow that -- if I could
get him to accept a collar! Please....a harness, not a collar! A cat can slip out of a collar easily. AND a cat can get the lower jaw stuck under the collar & get very bloody while going nuts. I've seen it & it wasn't pretty. www.mimiforsyth.com |
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since the dog doesnt bring in any fleas the cats arent getting them because
they are rarely outside in grass or places they can get them...and i agree use a harness much easier on the animal and safer "DemoDisk" wrote in message ... "cdchap911" wrote in message news:eOBhd.353463$D%.331363@attbi_s51... a word of caution i used hartz on my cat Toby Keith and he had an allergic reaction to it and went into seizures. You can certainly guess what an emergency run to the vets office on a sunday and a few days on meds for the seizures and several bathes to wash all the flea product off him cost. the vet told me many cats have this reaction. as a result of this because my cats are indoors all the time except short walks on their leashes she felt as long as my dog has flea products on her that i would not have a problems and i have not. Thanks for your answer. Interesting that your dog's flea protection helps the entire house. PJ is also an indoor cat. I'd like to let him explore the outdoors, and maybe a leash would allow that -- if I could get him to accept a collar! JM |
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