We live in an area thick with deer ticks. We have found with our cats that Front Line and Revolution are too strong for a couple of them. They are all healthy and huge but the products are just too much for them. It makes us really hesitant to use it on the others and on the dogs but with the heartworm threat, it's one or the other. Anyway, everyone on this site knows to read instructions carefully and err on the side of conservatism.
________________________________ From: Amie McCaig <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 8:15:05 AM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Fw: Re: Promeris flea/tick stuff--IMPORTANT passing this along; --- On Tue, 9/28/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Promeris flea/tick stuff--IMPORTANT >To: [email protected] >Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 1:02 PM > > >pass it on everywhere, your lists!! > > >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>Subject: [blind-deaf-dogs] Promeris >>>Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 11:21 AM >>> >>>I wanted to share with the group something that happened to one of my >>>babies. I >>>recently took one of my dogs to Fortpayne Alabama to a vet there. He is an >>>hour >>>from me but, I like the way he interacts with my dogs. While there, I >>>decided to >>>get some Frontline. He explained that he had patients unhappy with that >>>product >>>and began carrying Promeris. I hadn't heard of this product but felt he >>>wouldn't >>>carry it if there were problems. >>> >>>I applied the product to seven of my dogs one afternoon. Everyone appeared >>>to be >>>fine however, Banjo(Shepherd/Collie X) vomited a bit of grass but, that >>>wasn't >>>alarming to me. I never left the house that night but was upstairs in my >>>office >>>working. When I came down stairs Banjo wasn't at the hallway door where he >>>always waited for me. I found him in my bedroom laying on his pillow his >>>little >>>head between his paws, his eyes staring. I called for him, no response. My >>>boy >>>was dead. I couldn't understand what could have happened to my baby? He was >>>only >>>4 yrs old. Beautiful, healthy, energetic boy. It was a holiday weekend(Sept >>>3) >>>so I called the crematorium to see if they would allow me to freeze him >>>until I >>>could get over the shock of this and figure out what I wanted to do. It >>>suddenly >>>hit me,the promeris? I called my vet were I purchased this. He agreed that >>>it >>>was very suspicious and requested that I bring Banjo to him for an autopsy. >>>As >>>much as I didn't want to do this, as a rescuer,I felt it would be >>>irresponsible >>>not to follow through. >>> >>>Our suspicions were accurate. The chemical in the product shut down his >>>motor >>>cortex at the base of his brain. It appeared that the neurological inhibitor >>>put >>>my Banjo to sleep. His application was for less than his body weight. The >>>vet >>>said that if he had gotten the full dosage he would have been gone in 30 >>>minutes. The product takes 8 to 10 hours to get in to there blood stream. >>>Banjo >>>was dead 9 hours after his application. >>> >>>The company(Visor)that makes this product has asked for a pathology report >>>to be >>>done. Dr. Lee sent more tissue samples off to Auburn University and we are >>>waiting for the results. Not certain the tissue will still be viable. Please >>>tell everyone you know to stay clear of this flea/tick product. It's a roll >>>of >>>the dice and not worth the risk. I have 6 dogs that appear to be o.k. but, >>>Banjo >>>lost his life. I don't know that I have ever felt such heartache. I will >>>fight >>>in his memory to have this product pulled or at the very least have the >>>wording"this product could be fatal to some dogs"added to packaging. My vet >>>boxed up this product and sent it back to Visor after his autopsy findings. >>>He >>>said he would not carry a product that could harm a dog in this way. Thank >>>you >>>Dr. Lee. >>> >>> >>>Sincerely, >>>Beth Ann Webb >>>Wet Noses and Wagging Tails >>> >>> >>____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat!
