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May 2004
I also was using Biospot on my miniature pincher, Baxter, who just turned 3. We used it on him all last summer with no problems so we decided to use it again this year. I put it on him for the first time this year in the beginning of April. Almost instantly, he started to act funny. He just laid around, not playing, it took all his energy away. We just figured it was because of the strong citrus smell. Then today when I put it on him he started to act the same way. I decided to look it up online and found this site. Within an hour of putting it on him I had my husband give him a bath. Thankfully he has his spunk back and is acting fine. We were lucky that it didn¹t have the hazardous affect as did some of the others. We only used Biospot to save a few dollars, but it is not worth it. If you love your animal you will stop using it now.
Susan 5/5/04
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My cat Jax is currently at the vet hospital after his owners used Bio Spot on him. Jax became overly excited, was jumping all over the place, he started foaming at the mouth and he started having jerky movements. My name is Kristine and Jax has been a part of our family since he was a little fluffy kitten, now he is struggling for his life after becoming poisoned by this stuff. We had used it once before on him and he showed no reaction so last night before we went to bed we used it on him for a 2nd time. Right after we put it down his back I noticed his behavior start to change. He started to dart all over the house, jumping up on the furniture, wanting to go outside then come back inside, he just wasn't acting himself. After I had gone to bed Jax kept jumping up into bed with me and he'd lay quietly next to me for a little while before he began to bite at himself, he kept this up for about 30 minutes until I could take no more. I finally had my husband give him a bath, he washed him down with warm water and scrubbed him good. It was too late, the poison had already gotten into Jax's system and this was only hours later.
The next morning after I had left for work @ 3:30am, my husband noticed jax wasn't around anywhere, and he is always around for his morning belly rub but this morning he wasn't, so he went looking for him and found him laying lifeless out in the front yard, where he probably laid for hours before he was found. He called out his name but Jax didn't even look up, he couldn't move! He was shaking and trembling and foaming at the mouth, my poor kitty, I cant believe he had to go through something like that just because greedy b*stards want to make money!! My husband rushed him to the vet where he was given an antidote and IV fluids, he is still there tonight, the vet said he is stable and should be okay, it just has to work its way through his system but he knew immediately what was wrong with Jax, and he said he wouldn't recommend this product to any one, He said it shouldn't be on the market, that it is a killer for our animals. They wouldn't let something like this for our children to be put out on the shelves if even one child could be harmed from it, would they? Sure they say that some pet owners have found it to be great, and so did I the first time we used it but what about the second time and the third time, and what about the pet owners who this isnt great for? What are we suppose to do, watch our pets suffer and die for the few who can use it? I say NO!!! and so should all of you!!! We need to do something about this before one more pet owner has to go through what me and all of you have already gone through, our voice needs to be heard loud and clear by everyone!!!!
If anyone knows where we can write to or who we can contact or what else we can do to get this stuff banned from shelves everywhere please let me know, I will be first in line!! Jax is suppose to be coming home tomorrow but it sure is lonely tonight without him, not hearing his little jingle from his collar and tags as he plays with his toys, bouncing from room to room, he's all alone right now in a pet hospital all because of someone else's greed.
Jax's momma, kristine 5/5/04
Thank you for your response! And the valuable information you gave me. Jax made a complete recovery from his Bio Spot poisoning, thank the Lord. The vet had to shave a 3" by 12" strip of his fur from his back to remove the remaining poisoning, he said that stuff should never be used and should be banned from all store shelves! The vet said he was surprised at Jax's fast recovery usually cats have had to stay longer , he only had to stay one night, and the vet bill only came to $200.00, which I am thankful for but it was a $200.00 lesson worth learning, one which I'd rather not have had to go through, nor Jax. He came home and was a little wobbly from the sedation and he showed a little bit of agitation for a day or so but I believe the fact that we took him straight to the vet instead of waiting to see if it would work its way through his system saved his life, the vet said if we would have waited he would not have made it.
I am contacting this company first thing in the morning. I will ask for my vet bill to be reimbursed and I will contact the National Pesticide Information center and every other center there is to contact! This needs to be stopped or they need to put warnings on their label that states this stuff kills our pets not just 'may cause a sensitivity" some sensitivity!! I will help make that happen if it takes 10 years to do so. If you know of any way I can help please let me know.
Thanks James for your time and help. I hope your pet is still thriving and doing well?
Kristine 5/10/04
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Thanks for your website. By reading it, I got one more week with my dog Annie. Annie was a 65 pound lab & shepherd mix, 8 years old. Ticks are bad this year and for the first time in her life, I put on a tick repellant, Bio-Spot. Within 12 hours she was lethargic and wouldn't stand up. I called the vet and checked the web and with the advice of both, gave Annie a bath. Immediately she opened her eyes more and was peppier. As the next week went by, she seemed to be back to normal. However, this morning, 9 days since giving her Bio-spot she is dead. She had what appeared to be a seizure and trouble breathing. Within 15 minutes, she was dead. We took her body to the vet and with the speed of her death, he believes it was cardiac arrest, that he says may or may not have been caused by the Bio-Spot. But I wanted to post this message, as I firmly believe the Bio-Spot killed her as 9 days before she was a healthy dog. Unfortunately, I am afraid most people won't seek the information out until "after" administering the Bio-Spot, and then it is too late. But even if it saves another pet lover from this anguish, it will be worth it.
Sue 5/7/04
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We purchased Bio Spot for the same reason as most people. It apeared to be the same as Advantage, what we used before, but was cheaper. Well little did we know that within 12 hours our boxer's face would swell up and her eyes would swell up so bad they were almost closed. We rushed her to the vet as soon as we noticed it, which was as soon as we woke up. They looked at her and listened to her heart and lungs. The vet said everything appeared ok and it was probably an allergic reaction to something. It was like a light went on, my wife and I remembered we had just applied Bio Spot late the night before. He told us to use Benadryl 3 times a day for 3 days and keep an eye on her. I am so glad her reaction was a little swelling and nothing worse.I will NEVER again use Bio Spot OR recommend it.
Charles 5/8/04
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My friend's dog died from the use of Biospot. The owner put it on as instructed but the dog, a 5 yr old German Shepherd started vomiting, so bad indeed her intestines twisted (which I understand is common to larger dogs). My friend thought it would be as good as that at the vets, and it saved her $8. The dog stayed alive for a week (at the vets), came home for Saturday and Sunday. Sunday evening she got worse and went back to the vets ....Tuesday morning my friend got a call that Ellie had died along with a bill of $1500.
I don't understand why Hartz is still being sold. They have had 2 large lawsuits (with many plaintiffs); one lawsuit for blockade paid out $75,000 yet the product is still on the shelves. Apparently the settlement included posting a note to the container about the dangers of this product.
G. Black 5/16/04
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Thursday night, I used Bio-Spot on my cat and she has been at the Vets ever since. We will be bringing her home today and with any luck at all she will be fine. If we had waited any longer to bring her to the vets she would not have survived. She has been hooked up to I.V.s all weekend.
I have been reading all the information that was sent to you from other pet owners and I can feel their pain. I too felt so bad for using this product just to save a few bucks. My cat is worth so much more that than the few bucks that I thought I was saving. I almost lost my cat due to Bio-Spot and cannot believe that someone hasn't done something to get this removed from the market. How many more pets need to suffer this way?
I will be contacting Bio-Spot directly just to let them know how frustrated that I am with their company.
I wanted to thank you for setting up this site.
Donna 5/18/04
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I am the proud parent of an 11 yr. old, 15 lb. male Jack Russell and a 3yr. old, 10 lb. female jack. I have just gotten back from the vets with my little girl "Z". You see on Monday evening at approx. 9 pm. I gave her a dose of Bio-Spot between her shoulder blades and then my husband took them both for their usual 20 minute stroll. I noticed immediately after I put the Bio-Spot on her she became quite agitated and trying to rub it off. When my husband got back with them from their walk she just wasn't her usual self. She was very latargic, irregular heartbeat, labored and erratic breathing, and salivating alot. I immediately put her in our laundry sink and started to wash the area where I placed the Bio Spot. She then began running around like a wild woman. (More that usual for this jack.) At 11:00 I called our vet, in the meantime I placed her in our bathtub which has a hand held sprayer. I lathered her up 3 times and constantly kept water running on the applied area. In the meantime the vet spoke with my husband telling him what I was doing was the best thing that we could do. I sat with her wrapped in a heavy blanket til 3 in the morning trying to get her to stop shaking. She constantly kept licking her mouth. Finally when she would fall asleep she would jerk and raise her head then lay back down. On Tues. she was slightly better, I returned to work and my 19 yr. old son was with her. When I got home she greeted me from the back of the couch as usual but her eyes were kind of hazy. She chased our older jack and then lied down like it had really taken it out of her. She went outside right before bed as she usually does and her bowels moved, nothing but stringy bloody mucous. She did this 2x and in between vomited up a frothy white. I collected her stool and once again at 11 pm. placed a call to our vet. She said get some pepto bismol in her and bring her in to the office tomorrow.
Well, like I said we just got back and the good news after $102 vet bill (small price to pay!!) it looks like she is on the mend. Just let me tell you though I took along the container that came with the Bio Spot and the vet called the 800 number and the only thing they did was say call poison control. Well, poison control will not give any info without your credit card with the debit for $45. That is sad. Bio Spot should be made to foot the cost after everything that I have read about this stuff. Which I wish I would have done before. She is on limited water and special science diet food and anti-nausea, diarrhea medicine.
I failed to tell you that the reason that my older jack did not have a reaction is because I gave him the last treatment of Frontline that I had and while shopping at PetSmart for toys the other day saw this product and decided to try it on the advice of my neighbor who uses it on all 5 of her dogs.
Well, thank you for letting me vent my anger and frustration my next letter will be to the manufacturers of BioSpot.
Sue 5/19/04
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I am writing to you because I am sick thinking that I may have caused my wonderful dog harm.
I have a 14 month old Vizsla who is the light of my life. I have been using K9 Advantix on him since he was a puppy (on the recommendation from our vet). He has been through hell over the last six months, in and out of the hospital with digestive problems (vomiting/diarrhea/severe weight loss) and he just had surgery to remove two histiocytomas from his skin. He has been recovering nicely, finally (but only after many sleepless nights and a huge drain on my bank account) and during his recovery period we did not apply the K9 Advantix and he did not have any problems -- no more vomiting, etc.
Since he was "all better" and he is outside a lot more now that it is summer here, I applied K9 Advantix once again, never thinking that it may have been harmful in the first place. Now my boy is vomiting, is lethargic, and does not have the same appetite as he did a week or so ago (before I applied it). I bathed him today but I don't think that it helped. I am going out of my mind thinking that I did this to him and what if all the problems he had all along were the result of applying this supposedly "safe" topical medication. I know most of the articles and posts on your site dealt with "Biospot", but I believe that K9 Advantix has many of the same ingredients and properties.
Please let me know if you have any specific information regarding this product, and if you have any ideas on where to go from here. I can't afford to lose the most beautiful, loving, and intelligent dog I have ever seen in my life.
J. May 5/20/04
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I'm thankful this site is up, I only wish I had looked for it prior to applying Biospot to my 5 year old cat Peaches. Like many of these stories, mine begins with Petco. I did not buy the Biospot from the store, but ordered it online, opting for the cheaper product. It will be a mistake I'll regret for the rest of my life. Yesterday I applied the flea drops to my two cats. The first cat, Dot, had no problems with the medication, but less than an hour after application Peaches became irritable. I assumed she was just angry at me (she wasn't named Princess Peaches for nothing). I didn't notice a real problem until this morning. I was laying in bed, petting her, when she suddenly developed tremors. The vet's office was not open yet and I was in a panic to find out what I could do. I washed her with soap and water, hoping to get that horrid poison off her skin. About an hour later Peaches had a seizure. She lost all control of her limbs and was unable to walk. I called the vet as soon as they opened and warned them that I was bringing her in. My story does not have a happy ending, they were unable to save my cat and we had to have her put to sleep. I wish I could say they were surprised, that it must have been some fluke of nature, a rare reaction to flea medication, but it wasn't. I was told story after story about these horrific drops..Hartz...Biospot...it didn't matter, they all had one thing in common and it had killed my cat.
Amy 5/21/04
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We have two pampered and spoiled 2 and 2-1/2 year old pugs and travel with them whenever we go places. Four days ago I administered to both of them the K9 Advantix prescribed by our vet. The youngest has showed no reaction at all to this product. The oldest (approximately 2-1/2 years old) almost immediately started sliding his head over his bedding like he was trying to get it off. He's a spoiled rascal and my husband and I just considered it more of his antics. I was horrified early the next morning when I awoke to find Buster standing underneath one of our chairs, almost comatose, his tail completely down, staring into space. He could barely move! I called the vet immediately and they said give him a bath as it could be the Advantix. I did. He has not gotten better. I've had him at the vet three times. His primary symptoms are profound physical weakness. He can barely get off his bead. He also exhibits a lack of interest in food and water, as well as interacting with our other pug, who has been his big buddy for a long time. He walks a few steps and just stares like he is confused. Now my vet says he could have pug encephalitis. It may be true that he has this, but if he does, it was brought on by the Advantix because it started within an hour after I administered it to him. I am just sick. I can only pray that through some miracle he can get over it. May I say that two days before I put this stuff on him he was at the vet, with blood tests, and the vet had pronounced him a perfect, healthy pug. Now I think he may not make it. If he lives, I will never, never put anything like that on him again. One last thing, if this helps anyone else. We were in the process of taking a trip. Within two days Buster had his rabies, kennel cough and other vaccinations, was given a worm pill, and then given Advantix. Whether it all was too much or it was just the Advantix, I'll never know. I'll write back to tell you how it goes.
Donna 5/23/04
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Thanks for your website. It certainly clears up what has happened to our poodle. The summer is approaching so we put on Zodiac spot on flea control. A few hours later she would not walk. She is having pain in her hind quarters and moans in pain. The vet checked her out and ran tests, but was unclear what it was. We suspected the flea control, but now we have proof. We just do not know what to do now, hopefully it clear up. My wife is washing her as we speak.
Carl 5/24/04
I contacted Zodiac and they already had a consumer hotline set up that goes directly to the ASPCA and I talked to a doctor there. One recommendation other than bathing is to rub vitamin E on the affected area and cold compresses can relieve the pain as well. Maybe you can pass this along to others that will have this problem. I also made my Vet aware of the issue and will be calling Petco, where I bought the stuff, and inform them as well as the EPA.
One question, Do you know of any clinical studies that have shown the harmful effects on dogs. I would like to present something more scientific to my vet that anecdotal evidence. Thanks!
Carl 5/25/04
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On 5/23/04 my healthy 6 year old Weimaraner had a grand-mal seizure (she has never had a seizure before). We used K-9 Advantix on her just one day before on 5/22/04. During the seizure she was seemingly paralyzed. She could not lift her head or limbs- her limbs were fixed in a straight position and locked. Her mouth was open with excessive drooling and her breathing was rapid and labored- we thought she would die. She spent the night in the emergency veterinary clinic. It took several hours for her to regain her ability to walk and she is still not herself. Our vet did mention that the chemical in the K-9 Advantix could cause neurological problems and after reading the information posted on the site I am convinced that the K-9 Advantix is responsible for her seizure. Now we are told that she will spend the remainder of her life on anti-seizure drugs. These products should be taken off the market and a class-action lawsuit should be put together to protect our animals.
Jenean 5/26/04
Thanks for your comments. I have already contacted Bayer by phone and of course was told that the product is safe. I have emailed Bayer's CEO in Germany- Werner Wenning (his email is: werner.wenning.ww@bayer-ag.de), and have also contacted EPA, CNN, and Petsmart (where we purchased the product). I am still not sure about whether Belle should be on the anti-seizure meds or not- don't really know what to do about this.
Please contact CNN yourself about this if you have the time-, I sent them an email by locating the "News Tips" box on the website. I would also encourage others to do the same as public awareness is the only way to get these products off the market.
Jenean 5/26/04
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I am sitting here frantically trying to find a web site to help me, help my daughter's cat Fizzy! She has just had her second siezure and we are all freaking out right now!!! Her eyes are completely black, she's sitting about three inches facing the wall and shaking with her back to us. At about 5:00 I put Bio Spot behind her neck and thought nothing else about it. About 9:00 my daughter came in my room, I was talking on the phone and hadn't even noticed that Fizzy had come up and was laying on the bed with me. My daughter went to pet her and told me she was blinking and shaking. I hung up and thought maybe she had gotten some of the medication in her eyes, so I dropped saline solution in her eyes and bathed her in the bath tub. I thought she was OK. I had NO IDEA she would have such a reaction! A little while later she started acting REALLY WIERD!!! I called the only emergency vet clinic that was open to get directions, they basically said if I didn't have $400-$500+ cash or credit card I should borrow the money or not bother to bring her in, I asked if they would let me make installments and they insisted I should try and borrow the money.....so my next step was FIND HELP on the web....and here I am and it's now 1:30 a.m.....and I'm scared to death...according to this site most animals do make it through this...or maybe that's the letters I wanted to remember, that way I still have hope....I feel terrible!!!! Just terrible!!!! We're giving her water with an eye dropper as much as we can...and we're praying for her...she can't walk but she keeps trying so hard, this is the worst thing I've ever seen...I put the vegetable oil behind her neck after reading one letter from a lady, I'm not sure that anything is going to help her so I'm pretty much hating myself at this minute, also the vet clinic and Bio Spot but mostly me....I hope if anyone knows ANYTHING about what to do in this situation, that they will post it here and maybe they can help someone help their pet who has been turned down by the vet.
She's still spazing...I gotta go...
Rhonda 5/30/04
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I bought Zodiac® Spot On® for my beloved afghan hounds. My groomer recommended it and since she is a very "natural" type (not big on drugs, hormones, etc.), I took her advice.
On Monday, I put the stuff on according to the directions - very carefully. Luckily, I am really badat getting this stuff on, and it usually sits on top of their fur more than going to their skin. I took a paper towel and sponged off the excess (the stuff that didn't make it down to the skin). Another lucky thing.
Today is Sunday and I have been watching one of my dogs experience problems all week. I found this site tonight and immediately washed her with Dawn® dish soap. Here's what has been happening:
She started limping on her left, front leg/foot. I carefully checked her from shoulder to toenail and shedoes not even flinch when I rub or squeeze her foot/leg. She is shaky, lethargic and started to vomit at least once a day - always right after eating.
I called the product hotline to see what line of bull they might be handing out. I got the usual: That's not consistent with the product. Go to your vet.
You folks all know how it is - you KNOW that there is something wrong with your pet. This was a perfectly happy/healthy dog who is now feeling poorly. Thankfully, she has not had the severe reactions that most of your lovely pets have suffered. This may be a mild case of poisoning, but I am confident that this is exactly what it is. It just all adds up.
Tomorrow is Memorial Day, so unless I can find the money for an emergency vet visit, I will be waiting until Tuesday. It is sad that we have to dictate our beloved pets health by what we can afford.
Best wishes to you all and my deepest sympathies to those who have lost their furry children. 'Tis a sad world indeed, sometimes.
JR 5/30/04
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