Flea Treatments Can Kill
Photo by Meneer Zjeroen (opens in a new window) “Flea treatments can kill” sounds a bit frightening but it is true. The spot-on flea treatments can kill your cat. And if they don’t kill your cat they...
View ArticleAdvantage Cat Flea Treatment better than Frontline?
There are signs from comments in forums on the internet and on this website that Advantage flea treatment is better than Frontline (topical spot treatments). There is a page on the Mumsnet website (a...
View ArticleBe safe, use veterinary products only
The title to this post does not always apply! In my opinion, you have to exercise a bit of caution and common sense when assuming that veterinary products are safe and the best because vets are in...
View ArticleAlternatives to chemical pesticides to help control fleas and ticks
By Sandy In 2012 the EPA notified manufacturers to make labeling changes to spot on flea and tick products, yet 3 years later….. We see that in spite of a disturbing rise in adverse reactions to these...
View ArticleHartz Flea Treatments – Read This Page Before Buying
I am flagging up the acute dangers of this flea treatment product. It’s a USA product available, I presume, only in the USA. From what I have read and seen in photos, I wouldn’t buy this product. I...
View ArticleDangerous and Deadly Flea Products In Memory of Tiny Timmy
This is a very hard story to write because Tiny Timmy touched so many lives in so many ways. To condense his life into a few paragraphs doesn’t seem a fitting tribute, because he is deserving of so...
View ArticleHerbal Cat Flea Remedies Are No Safer Than Conventional Treatments
I was looking for safe and natural home treatments for the notorious cat flea (my cat does not have fleas 🙂 ). I thought about herbs. Herbs after all are plants from the natural world. They aren’t...
View ArticleBeware: Trifexis can harm dogs. Products for cats contain the same insecticides
There are clear indications, through the first hand experiences of dog caretakers/guardians, that the heartworm treatment for dogs, Trifexis, is dangerous and possibly lethal. Here is one extremely...
View ArticleBad experience with a Bob Martin ‘spot on’ treatment. Advice please.
By Suzy I’ve had a very bad experience with a Bob Martin ‘spot on’ treatment. I need advice and also to get this off my chest. I will no doubt post to Bob Martin via Twitter of my bad experience …...
View ArticleCompany incorrectly packages tick treatment for dogs as a cat flea treatment
In the UK don’t use Armitage Pet Care Flea and Tick Drops. It could kill your cat. Bio-Tech Solutions have admitted that they have packaged ‘flea drops’ (presumed to be a flea spot treatment)...
View ArticleThe flea spray which poisons cats
A flea spray based upon the naturally occurring insecticide, pyrethrins, is being pulled from supermarket shelves in Australia after adverse reactions by cats. Pyrethrins are poisonous to cats whether...
View ArticleCat and Dog Flea Treatments Are Polluting Rivers
Imidacloprid a neonicotinoid insecticide used in some cat flea treatments such as Advantage II pollutes streams and rivers where it harms birds and other animals and kills insects inhabiting these...
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