Re: Lessons learned (was: Re: Please add to the CLS - and HELP - long, sorry)

2006-11-07 Thread cindy reasoner
What about their cat litter?

Cindy Reasoner

--- Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Mine was about the dangers of Hartz.  Using their
> flea stuff is actually
> how I discovered that my first Felv+ cat was Felv+. 
> Thinking that if it was
> on the shelf, it was safe (what a naive consumer), I
> put it on Sushi and
> woke the next morning to an extremely lethargic cat.
>  I rushed her to the
> vet's office, where the vet (who I hated) berated me
> for poisoning my cat -
> not that he was wrong, but the condescension was a
> little much in a crisis.
> When they were doing bloodwork, they tested for
> Felv+ and the rest is
> history.  She ended up recovering fully $500 later.
> 
> Many bad things that happen are random, you could do
> the same thing every
> day and be fine, and if Hartz weren't known in the
> vet community for being a
> dangerous product, I wouldn't spread the fear, but
> PLEASE don't use their
> products (especially) flea stuff on any of your
> animals, postivie, negative,
> dog, ferret, cat, whatever.
> 
> Okay, off the soapbox.
> 
> Leslie
> 
> 
> From: TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Please add to the CLS - and HELP -
> long, sorry
> >
> > oh, my, phaewyrn, can i second that! i've learned
> some of the hardest
> > lessons in my life via "not knowing better" with
> the cats.
> >
> > why we sometimes have to learn in such a difficult
> way i do not know, but
> > in
> > passing on what we've learned from them, we honor
> them every time we help
> > someone else NOT learn the hard way
> >
> > (my biggies were finding out about what anemia
> looks like, and the
> > susceptibility of purrsians to pesticides )
> 




 

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Lessons learned (was: Re: Please add to the CLS - and HELP - long, sorry)

2006-11-07 Thread Leslie

Mine was about the dangers of Hartz.  Using their flea stuff is actually how I discovered that my first Felv+ cat was Felv+.  Thinking that if it was on the shelf, it was safe (what a naive consumer), I put it on Sushi and woke the next morning to an extremely lethargic cat.  I rushed her to the vet's office, where the vet (who I hated) berated me for poisoning my cat - not that he was wrong, but the condescension was a little much in a crisis.  When they were doing bloodwork, they tested for Felv+ and the rest is history.  She ended up recovering fully $500 later.

 
Many bad things that happen are random, you could do the same thing every day and be fine, and if Hartz weren't known in the vet community for being a dangerous product, I wouldn't spread the fear, but PLEASE don't use their products (especially) flea stuff on any of your animals, postivie, negative, dog, ferret, cat, whatever.

Okay, off the soapbox.
 
Leslie
 
From: TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: Please add to the CLS - and HELP - long, sorry
oh, my, phaewyrn, can i second that! i've learned some of the hardestlessons in my life via "not knowing better" with the cats.why we sometimes have to learn in such a difficult way i do not know, but in
passing on what we've learned from them, we honor them every time we helpsomeone else NOT learn the hard way(my biggies were finding out about what anemia looks like, and thesusceptibility of purrsians to pesticides )