We gave our two beautiful BSH blue girls a flea tablet prescribed by the vet after their annual checkup and vaccination.
Two hours later, E died even though she had been given a clean bill of health from the vet. Vet said that she had died from heart failure or poisoning but couldn’t be sure without an expensive autopsy.
Two weeks later, A died. As she had been playing with a mouse shortly before she died, we assumed she’d been accidentally poisoned. The vet said that it was definitely not the flea tablet.
We bought the girls to keep as house cats but eventually let them outside. They both died before their third birthday.
We bought two BSH cream boys and have kept them as house cats. Last week, we again gave them both the same flea tablets as we have previously given the girls as prescribed by the vet as we are away on holiday. They do not go outdoors so we only flea them when they are going to the cattery when we go away.
M died within three hours of taking the tablet on Friday, 2nd August. His death was exactly the same as E’s. Sick, tongue hanging out of his mouth, pupils dilated and then he was dead.
The vet rang the pharmaceutical company who have offered to pay for an autopsy and cremation after being told that we have lost three fur babies after giving them tablets to prevent fleas. They paid for our remaining cat to be seen by the vet and given blood tests. We don’t have the results back yet.
The death of our beautiful boy has totally ruined our holiday and we are terrified that our remaining boy will die.
Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced this after fleeing their fur babies? The vet recommended this brand as the BSH breed have such dense fur. So worried about our boy and gutted that we couldn’t keep our beautiful babies alive even though we took such great care of them.
All 3 died after taking the same tablet, after being given a clean bill of health from the vet and whilst so young. None of them reached anywhere near three years old.
The girls were sisters, the boys were brothers and both were bought from different breeders. Any thoughts or advice please
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3 of our cats have died after being treated with flea tablets
30ishiwish · 07/08/2019 21:30
Oh no that's terrible, they were so beautiful. Hope the other boy is ok and you find out why this happened to them. 
What’s the name of the tablet OP?
Unfortunately I have seen this happen - not from flea tablets as such, but have seen multiple cats from households poisoned by the same thing and die at the same time as each other.
So sorry for your losses
This is just so awful. Please share the name of the product - I will avoid it regardless of the autopsy of your poor cat. I’m so sorry
I always use a spot on flea treatment/deterrent, easier than giving them tablets. Once a month, stops them getting fleas.
I'm glad the makers of this flea tablet are going to pay for an autopsy. It cannot be just a coincidence that three of your babies died not long after taking it. I bet other cat owners in different parts of the country have lost their pets too and no one knows why as they are spread out. However you have had three die, they have to sit up and take notice.
I'm so sorry, it's terribly hard losing a pet and it seems so unfair when they are young.
Please come back and let us know what happens.
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