Bob martin cat Spot On is killng our cat!! (Bob Martin Flea Products)

Member Name: lewissv

Product:	Bob Martin Flea Products
Date:	22/02/07 (1164 review reads)
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Advantages: Absolutely none

Disadvantages: may kill or seriously harm your cat. No warnings about this at all even though its known!

We used this on out 18 month old cat Millie. After a few hours she was salivating and slobbering uncontrollably. We put this down to her having maybe tried to clean some of the product of her and got some in her mouth. The packaging says this will happen if they taste any due to its "bitter taste". After another hour or two out cat could hardly walk, her back legs had no function and she had no control of her bladder. She wet herself a couple of times. We called the Bob Martin careline and they suggested we wash her to get rid of any remaining product. We did this but she still got worse. She was twitching uncontrollably and was very "wired". Her eyes very wide, she looked very spaced out and unaware of her surroundings but was very agitated and highly strung. This was very unusual for her as she is such a placid and easy going cat. We got so concerned we took her straight to the vets. The vets also washed her to to remove any traces of the product and told us that this was not an uncommon occurance after using this product and recommended that we don't use it at all. We took her back home but she was still quite bad and still had very little control over her body. She was still wetting her self and acting very strangely and twitching uncontrollably. Later that evening we decided to keep her in the utility room for her own safety and some peace and quiet. Then there was lots of banging from the room and when I entered the room our poor little Millie was having a bad fit. Having never seen anything like this before it was very upsetting and shocking. She was running into the walls and banging into things and obviously was very very ill. This lasted for about 8 minutes and I was trying my best to calm her. The fit eventually slowed down and she was lying on her left side just twitching and shaking. To be honest as the fit subsided and her breathing and heart rate slowed I thought it would stop completely and she was about to die. It was very upsetting and worrying. As soon as the fit had subsided we took her straight back to the vets and she was sedated and put on a drip. She remained in the vets for 2 days. She was still not back to normal when she came home but she is alive and has regained the use of her legs and her functions. Although she is still twitching occasionally. Hopefully this will subside with time. The vets has stated that the chemicals had attacked her nervous system. Bob Martins is available over the counter as it is not as rigorously tested as other products only available from vets. It also contains chemicals that vets do not recommend to be used on cats. Since this I have been researching into this product and found many many pet owners with similar accounts, some not as bad as the reaction we had but also some much worse where the cat had eventually died. This product is dangerous and should not be used at all. It may not effect all cats, but it is not worth taking the risk with yours. There are no warnings on the packet at all stating that some cats may be effected int his way. But this is not an isolated incident. The vets have had other cases and their other cases listed on the internet. Do not use this and risk the health of your cat. You may get lucky and your cat may not be effected, but its a lottery and this product should not be on sale.

Summary: DO NOT RISK YOUR PET BY USING THIS PRODUCT!