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December 2007
I am writing to you because I don't want anyone else to go through what we went through. Sorry it is so long but I have to start from the begining & how it all started & why I used the Bio Spot.
It all started on Sunday November 11th. I went to feed my cats & saw that one was missing, Meeko, so I starting looking around the house for him. I ended up finding him in the computer chair & when I picked him up, I found he was in a puddle of blood. I didn't know what to think but knew this wasn't good & rushed him to the vet. After the vet checked him over, they had found that he had done what males cats can have happen to then-he had blocked up. Basicly, he could not pee & his urine had crystallized. They had also found some flees on him, this lead to more problems. Anyway, the vet told me I should treat the enviroment & the other animals. Two days later, Tues. the 13th, the vet said he could come home that evening. The vet had treated meeko at the vet so I thought I would do what they said & treat the enviroment & my other animals before I brought him home. I have 4 cats & 2 dogs total. So I had 3 cats (since 1 was at the vet) & the 2 dogs to treat. I washed bedding, vacuumed, & applied Bio Spot on my cats & dogs here. A couple of hours later my one cat, Sorbo, was shaking uncontrollably. I had to rush her to the vet where I was told she was having a reaction to the Bio Spot & they had to put her on muscle relaxers & valium to stop the shaking & IV fluids to flush her system. I had to leave her there for them to treat her. If that wasn't bad enough, when I got back home, one of my other cats, Josie, had started with the same things. So back to the vet with her where they did the same treament with her that they did on Sorbo. During all of this, I had tried to wash the stuff off of the cats & the dogs & it must have absorbed through my skin on my hands because I started to get sick. When I was bringing the 2nd cat, Josie, to the vet was when I had started feeling sick & it was just my 16 year old daughter & myself that had gone to the vet so I was the only one that could drive. I was so sick that I could not stop throwing up at the vet & was barely able to drive home. I was so sick from that stuff that once I got home & in bed, I didn't want to move. I was shaking but I was hot & my skin was hot & tingly. I was too sick the next morning to get up to get my 9 year old son, Ronnie, up & ready for school so my 16 year old daughter, Jamie, ended up staying home to take care of me & help out with her brother. I ended up sick for a week because of that stuff, throwing up, diarrhea, the shakes, & unable to eat. My husband also ended up taking vacation time to help me out. Wed. the 14th in the evening, Josie was ok to come home but Sorbo wasn't able to come home until the next morning. It was so scary, we thought our cats were going to die. My vet bills ended up being about $900. I have since contacted Bio Spot to let them know what had happened to Sorbo, Josie, & myself. I told them I felt they should reimburse me for the vet bills for Sorbo & Josie at least but they are being real jerks about everything. I went through a week of pure hell because of their product & they don't even seem to care. I wanted to get my story out there because I don't want anyone to go through what we went through. Please, make sure you tell everyone you know, DO NOT use Bio Spot unless you want to take a chance in hurting your animals or even yourself or a family member or friend. I have read other stories since this happened to me & others were even worse off, they lost there beloved pet because of Bio Spot. The main active ingredient in Bio Spot is a pesticide known as Permethrin (it is used in more than 18 similar products, including Bayer K9 Advantix, Defend EXspot, and Hartz Control OneSpot). It kills insects by paralyzing their nervous system (that is also how nerve gas works). However, it cannot distinguish between an insect's nervous system, a dog's nervous system, or a human's nervous system. Just don't use it. Thank you for taking the time to read my stroy.
C.M.M. 12/1/07
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On Monday, November 19th I bathed my 10year old maltese with Zodiac Flea and Tick Shampoo to get her ready to be boarded at the kennel for 6 days during the Thanksgiving Holiday. She was fine when I dropped her off on Tuesday, the following Monday when I went to pick up Chloe, she was having a petite mal seizure as they were handing her to me and didn't notice it at first. Apparantly two nights in a row she messed her bed, which is not like her, (we have to assume she had 2 grande mals while at the kennel) and that day she had 4 more petite mal seizures. The vet's did blood work on her, she has Erlichiosis (tick borne disease) and Liver Enzymes were elevated and very dehydrated. They gave her valium, seemed very out of. The next day I witnessed a Grand Mal Seizure, the worst thing I have ever seen. Since then she has been on phenobarb IV and Fluids for 1.5 days, Doxyclin for the tick borne infection and now oral phenobarb to control seizures. All looked good Friday, she hadn't seized in 2 days, then over the weekend 8 more petite mal (last about 20 - 61 seconds). And she is very anxious, walking from room to room, whining and not sleeping at night, only sleeping about 1.5 hours and then an hour later she has the petite mal. We don't know if this could be Toxic from ZODIAC Shampoo or Tick Borne or Brain Lesion. Has anyone had any experience with seizures this long with flea & tick products. She is a paw chewer/licker, so we don't know if she ingested and it took 4 days to show. How long would toxicity last in a dog? It could also be a combination of toxicity and the erlichiosis. Now it's just wait and see how she does, every hour that goes by I thank God no seizure.
Thank you.
Suzan 12/3/07
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Searching for answers I found your web sight.November 20,07 a night I'll never forget. I own two dogs, two cats. A Saint Bernard 220 lbs of gentle giant, a golden retriever 7 months old, Indoor cat Ceaser, outdoor cat Putter.I always used Frontline on them all. Recently I've been out of work with some health issues so I thought I look for something a little more affordable to treat our fur children and protect them from fleas as the frost set in here in PA. My saint because of his size requires three doses at a time to meet his body weight it gets very expensive. Anyway I treated the dogs with Sergeants gold. I treated the cats with Bio spot FOR CATS PINK BOX CATS OVER 5 LBS. The indoor cat is my sons and stays in his room most of the time. About 30 min. after I treated them my son came home and said something was wrong with his cat. I replied yea hes a little oily I put drops on him for fleas. He was very upset with me he was screaming no mom something's wrong with my cat.When I went to look, yes the cat was shaking uncontrollably his eyes were black and he was stiff as a board yet limp. I never saw anything like this in my life. My son rushed him to the only thing open on a Sunday, Valley Central emergency and the min he walked in with the cat they said you put drops on him didn't you. They bathed, him started IV, shaved his hair off his back. He was there 5 days until he was stable to come home. It cost me over 2000.00. And an a huge amount of stress. The outside cat was also in trouble we washed him and held him in a blanket tight to control the seizers, I couldn't afford to take him to the Emergency clinic too. I forced him to drink, and eat, it took 3 days and slowly he stopped shaking, and got his balance back, his eyes returned to normal. I think he's a stronger cat because he is outside and also he's only one year old. My sons cat is 8 and never sees the outside world.After the trauma of all this, I started searching for answers and questioning myself. This is so wrong. I bought these products to Protect the animals and I almost killed them. I am an avid pet lover I'd have a dozen if I could afford them never would I put them in danger like that. And after I read the emails on your sight I got sick and scared for everyone out there owning a fur baby. Can you imagine I put Three doses on my Saint. Its like a death sentence. I'll never ever use these products again. I'm now searching for natural remedies. Maybe you can help me. And is there anything I can do to help stop the selling of these products. I've told all my friends and family I've printed out the emails and spread the word. I also have been watching the stores that are carrying Bio Spot. One store was selling it for 27.99 a box. Another 3.00 box how many people do you think will buy that thinking they're saving a lot of money in today's world when gas is 3.00 a gallon? Please email me if you can help, and also is there any way I can reach the Farman company and recoup any of our expense for something that should never have happened. These people should not be able to promote these products knowing the risk. Consumers feel confident that if its on the store shelf its safe and has been tested. When shopping for pet supplies it never crossed my mind to question whether it was going to kill my fur babies.
Thanks
Holly in PA 12/5/07
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We are having the same problem as many of these owners, b/c of the toxic ingredient in the OTC Flea & Tick meds. We used Cutter Flea & Tick medicine on both of our dogs. The smaller dog, Toby, is now lying in the animal hospital on the verge of dieing. He started seizing, fainting, vomiting and a lot of other, un-normal behaviors. We do not know if he will make it at this time, but we are hopeful.
I know the toxic ingredients in the these over the counter flea and tick meds. are Pyrethroids (e.g.; Permethrin, Phenothrin, EtofenproxI)!!!! Be aware it is not only BioSpot is is all of the OTC flea and tick meds. I want to know what we can do to help get this off of the market!!!
Regards,
Erin & Jon 12/7/07
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Hi James
Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while but Gizmo has had more seizures & we have now decided to start medicating him until we can get him stabilized. The last cluster of fits he had were really bad & he was not gaining consciousness in between the seizures, so I feel the best thing for him is to medicate him for a while & then take it from there.
I have had a letter from Meriel today, offering to pay Gizmo's vet bill & I have to sign a letter saying that this is accept payment in full & final settlement, that the letter is confidential & will not be disclosed to any party, that Meriel are not accepting any liability etc.
While it would help to have the vet bill paid, I am a bit hesitant to sign it, as yet again Meriel are trying to keep me quiet & want to hide that fact that Frontline has some very bad side effects. I personally would not want anybody else dog to go through what Gizmo has been through, because of this incident, I have lost my chance for Gizmo to qualify for Crufts, I had wanted to breed from Gizmo & the stress has had a negative effect on my condition.
Julie 12/10/07
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I really wish I had found this website earlier. I have 2 male Shih-Tzu's that I dearly love. I bought some Sentry Pro XFC at the local Petsmart in Knoxville and now I really regret it terribly. Within minutes of applying this stuff, my poor dears were twitching and whining. I have given them baths all over to try and get this off. It does not seem to have done much good. I will be taking them to the vet in the morning as we have no emergency clinic around us.
Is there anything that I can do other than to write the company and post on this board to possibly get this product pulled? Thank you for your time and help in this matter.
Mary 12/17/07
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My 4 year Golden Retriever started having epilepsy seizures in February after we started using Frontline Plus. Then after his Rabies vaccination in June, he had the worst seizures ever...cluster seizures...6 in 30 minutes. We will never give another rabies vaccination. We also removed all Flea and Tick and Heartgard applications. Recently my vet said that our dog had to at least have heartworm meds so we tried Interceptor which is suppose to be less toxic. Although he did not seize, we had two weeks of weakness and lethargy so regardless of any medical recommendations...we will never use ANY brand of flea/tick/heartworm/vaccines as our pet is sensitive to all chemicals. I have read that it helps to give benadryl with the chemicals but I am not willing to risk our pet's health again with anything.
Colleen 12/21/07
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Last night I gave my two dogs advantix, to which Gracie is accustomed but Billy has only had once before. He had a serious reaction to it. He had burn like marks around the area of application and was pacing and whining and jittery something fierce. Couldn't settle down at all. It was awful, and I haven't done justice to how the poor baby was suffering. I washed it off best I could, and gave him some children's benadryl. An hour after the benadryl and after more pacing and in and out of the house he finally fell asleep for about 3 or 4 hours. During my fretting and worrying and wondering do I take him to emergency care I googled advantix reaction and discovered many people's dogs and cats had serious reactions to it. So I googled frontline reaction and saw the same type thing. I felt like a horrible mother and really was just getting up to get dressed to take him in when he finally fell asleep. This morning he wasn't as bad but still digging at his back and wouldn't let me touch it, was pacing fiercely (not like him at all) and looking for places to hide. I gave him more benadryl but it didn't work as well the second time. He was anxious and really tried to calm down when I held him but he kept having involuntary shakes and jitters. Like mini seizures. I called the vet this am, they said bring him in. The vet said he'd never heard of any reactions to advantix, which surprised me given all the anecdotal evidence. I'd think he'd at least have heard, even if he wasn't willing to agree it was the cause. I know it was. Billy was given a shot and sent home with pills and he's much better now. Still pacing but not as frantically. He gave me such a scare. My niece is a new vet in New York State. She tells me she and her fiance, also a vet, have each seen a couple of cases of severe reaction to flea control drugs in dogs and/or cats. I have to wonder how it can be that she's already experienced this in a cold climate, and my more seasoned vet in New Orleans, the seeming flea capital of the world, has not.
Judy 12/24/07
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I have a Belgian Tervuren and have used frontline for years, not knowing the potential danger of the stuff. Anyway I have a littermate to mine that is having seizures, and mine is fine, but i did notice when i was using the frontline mine used to drool allot all the time, since he is off of it which has been 60 days he does not drool, hardly at all. The foster home he was in, their vet said it could be applied everytime after the dog had a bath, we are not sure how often it was applied, but we think at least 2 times a month, and they were also giving Sentinel for heartworm med. The 11 month old dog at the time it had its first seizures had 2 in the month of Nov, and one in the beginning of Dec. Then he came to me and is off everything, he has had diarrhea off and on since he has been with me and that is since Dec 8th. Last night it had been 17 days since his last seizure and he had three, though they were not as bad as when he was at the foster home. What i was wondering is how long do you think it will take for all of this to purge from his system so we can make sure it is not idiopathic Epilepsy. We also gave him one bath with dawn dish soap. Had blood tests done and everything came back normal, as we figured it would. I feel since his seizures are getting farther apart and recovery time is fairly quick, do you think it will get better, I just hope that he doesn't have these the rest of his life... Any help would be appreciated. The last seizure he had we gave him rescue remedy, and it works great!! Any help would be appreciated. Also my vet feels if this is what was given to him that this could be why he is having seizures and my vet also said that idiopathic epilepsy just does not happen in dogs under a year old. Thank you signed
WMC 12/24/07
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