I am in bits! On Monday night treated my elderly cat (16 years!) with a 'spot on' flea treatment from the supermarket (lets say the manufacturers were Pob Fartin, if using brand names gets me into trouble...)
She's had fleas for a while, have always treated her effectively with similar products in the past (she is my childhood pet, but been living with my mum until 2 years ago, this is the 1st summer she's spent any real time outside, so had been using up the flea products my mum gave me before buying this)
Immediately, it had a bad affect on her, she was twitching and struggling to use her back legs. This has continued, and although she eats and drinks if I put it in front of her, her pupils are smashed and all she wants to do is hide in dark corners of the garden. I know that's a bad sign.
I took her to the vet on Tues night, but they did little - a blood test showed she was anemic from the fleas. They just said to wash her to try get the flea treatment off (did this, didn't help) and try keep her hydrated. They have some flea stuff of their own for me to pick up.
Been googling and discovered how vicious this product I used is - how can they sell it so widely?! Is there anything I can do for her? She is so old, and was already underweight and frail. I feel so horribly guilty I've done this to my childhood pet...
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poisoned my cat with flea treatment - please help!
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PerpetualStudent · 04/08/2016 10:06
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