Do you use Seresto Flea Collars?
Atlanta News is reporting that the Seresto brand flea collar is killing dogs or at a minimum making them sick. This particular brand is sold at Walmart.
I don’t think that it was this particular brand, but it was the same style that almost killed a blind neighbor’s seeing eye dog. For whatever reason, he couldn’t get the dog into the vet right away for a flea dip & a well meaning friend bought him a flea collar that looked a lot like this one & put it on the dog. Within 2 days, the dog was foaming at the mouth & having seizures. He called the vet to ask what he should do because he knew the vet was backlogged & the vet asked him a few questions…one of which was IF he had purchased one of these style collars. When he responded yes, the vet instructed him to remove it immediately & throw it in the garbage to see IF that might stop the seizures. Sure enough, by the very next morning, the dog wasn’t having seizures every 15–20 minutes or so & had stopped foaming at the mouth. It took him a couple of days to get back to feeling well enough to start eating again. This guy tries tell everyone he knows to stay away from this style flea collar, but they just laugh & respond that they wouldn’t be sold in the pet department of the stores IF they weren’t safe.
Has your dog ever had a bad reaction to this style flea collar? Would you discontinue using them for a while IF you knew that others are having medical problems with their dogs or are you willing to risk your dog’s life?
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I tried that nasty thing once and my rat terrier broke out in hives and needed a steroid shot, she was writhing in itchy skin. I only use my vets good product now, zero over the counter.
@KNOWITALL That is awful…especially for your dog!!! It appears to me that it’s most frequently the smaller dogs that are affected the worst, but the seeing eye dog weighed 75–85 pounds & just seemed to have bigger problems!!!
I wouldn’t use flea collars for the very reason you mentioned, but also, the dog isn’t the only one who would be getting a dose of the poison. Everyone who touched the dog, and everything the dog touched would get a dose of the poison!
I would never put a flea collar on an animal!
I tried one once and it made my neck break out.
@snowberry Think about every toddler running around…they ARE going to touch that collar & then those cute little fingers will be going straight into their mouth!!!
@seawulf575 ALL dog owners should be required to test whatever they plan on using on their dog just to see what it feels like…dogs would be better off!!!
@LadyMarissa It is interesting how we treat our dogs. We give them flea and tick medicines and heartworm medicines all of which are poisons. We feed them food that most of us wouldn’t touch. We castrate them. And the oddest part about the whole thing is that they love us unconditionally.
@seawulf575 I agree. I refused to do the heart worm on my dogs. My SIL had a golden retriever that had seizures from it. I did use Seresto for a few years, but stopped because I felt it was poison also.
It’s hard to know how to take care of your pets without making them suffer with fleas or heart worm or poison.
@seawulf575 Yes, NO matter what we do to them, they REFUSE to hate us!!!
@chyna There is a flea treatment out there that uses essential oils like Tea Tree & Lavender & a few others I can’t remember right this second. It didn’t work for more than a few days at a time, but it did work well while working. I just made it a habit to spray my dogs before breakfast & they were good for most of the day. I bought it from an online pet supply store. This was many years back & I’m drawing a blank on the store’s name right now. With a little bit of research, I bet you could find a recipe to make your own!!!
Because it contained Tea Tree, it wasn’t recommended for use on cats though.
Went to find more info & according to this site Tea Tree is no longer considered good for dogs either. It didnt bother my Black Labs though. Their recommended list is Rosemary & Peppermint added to their shampoo. We both know how well Rosemary & Peppermint work in shampoo, so I wouldn’t fear trying that recommendation!!!
Just for cats. They’re awesome and effective. I used to pull multiple engorged ticks a day off my dudes in the summer.
Aren’t those soaked in insecticide? Eww!
I guess if you were looking for natural alternatives, you can plant marigolds around your yard, you could crush fresh sunflower seeds and use the oils you get directly on your cat or dog, or you could rub Rosemary, thyme, sage, lemon balm or holy basil directly onto your pet to help keep the pests away.
It’s just that none of those other ones work particularly well. Certainly not if you’re dealing with high populations of insects in your area. They kinda work, for a little while, then they stop.
As far as the insecticide in the collar… uhh, yeah, that’s the point. There are alternatives but they are less effective and more expensive.
Sure no one wants an overdose of insecticide, but I figure that anything that lasts 8 months is releasing its dose pretty slowly.
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