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by sueintx on 16 March 2009 - 02:03
Hi,
This isn't about a German Shepherd but I wanted to share our story. After a long wait after the death of our 20-year-old cat, my husband and I decided now was a good time to adopt a dog. We visited the county Animal Control shelter on Friday, where a friendly black and caramel long-haired mutt seduced my husband through the fence. The staff wasn't around so we went back the next day and chose to adopt her. She was infested with ticks, though, and staffers started cleaning them off of her, telling us she'd be ready late afternoon or the next morning. So late this morning we picked her up and brought her home. The staff had applied ProMeris supplied by the local vet and most of the ticks were gone though some were still walking or falling off her. She was subdued and relaxed. During the afternoon she vomited. She was lethargic, and was drooling. This evening, she died. We had her 8 hours on a Sunday, and never even knew what she was really like.
This isn't about a German Shepherd but I wanted to share our story. After a long wait after the death of our 20-year-old cat, my husband and I decided now was a good time to adopt a dog. We visited the county Animal Control shelter on Friday, where a friendly black and caramel long-haired mutt seduced my husband through the fence. The staff wasn't around so we went back the next day and chose to adopt her. She was infested with ticks, though, and staffers started cleaning them off of her, telling us she'd be ready late afternoon or the next morning. So late this morning we picked her up and brought her home. The staff had applied ProMeris supplied by the local vet and most of the ticks were gone though some were still walking or falling off her. She was subdued and relaxed. During the afternoon she vomited. She was lethargic, and was drooling. This evening, she died. We had her 8 hours on a Sunday, and never even knew what she was really like.
by Mystere on 16 March 2009 - 15:03
I am so sorry to hear that you lost her. It is so sad that she died, just as she'd found a new home.
by sueintx on 16 March 2009 - 15:03
My husband spoke with the vet this morning, who said that the animal control people should have told us the bad reactions to look for. The vet said she could have administered an antidote. She also said that the reason ProMeris is used is that it does attack the pests in their larval state, something that Frontline doesn't do. Lesson for us is to never adopt an animal that you can't take to the vet for checkup immediately. This all happened on a Sunday.
Now my husband is thinking whether to adopt at all. It took him a year to get over our cat's demise.
Now my husband is thinking whether to adopt at all. It took him a year to get over our cat's demise.
by funnychia on 31 March 2009 - 17:03
I use Promeris on my dogs and have had no adverse reactions! GARLIC will make dog anemic and it doesn't take much to do it! So garlic is not the answer. Garlic and onions are no no for dogs!
by joelimome on 12 April 2009 - 22:04
I own a 5.5 year old female Cavalier King Charles, and the nearly nearly passed away after an application of Promeris 2 weeks ago, that we had tried on recommendation from our vet (we used to use Frontline).
A couple hours after the application, our dog started fainting, and could not stand on its leg anymore. My wife had the good reaction to wash the dog immediately and thoroughly, and we took the pet to the emergency local vet (it was in the evening) where the dog stayed overnight, and did fine in the end. The vet gave it a Dawn wash, heart monitoring (the rate had fallen low) and fluids injections.
It tells me one thing: there are adverse reactions to Promeris, and the level of due diligence and vetting done on vet products seems to be something that is neither thorough nor very scientific.
IMHO this product should never have been on the market in the first place, especially when you can read the EPA submissions and reports, where most if not all the focus is on the product effects on ticks and fleas, yet ignore most of the effects on the pets themselves.
Some internet researches are showing that the EPA takes the problem seriously:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/foia/reviews/281250/281250-2006-11-30a.pdf
they seem to question Fort Dodge marketing of that drug for puppies, which at least a start, but I can see most adverse reactions accounts here and elsewhere on adults dogs and cast instead.
Their European counterparts reports similar issues too:
http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/vet/press/pr/39100906.pdf
though the fact that the drugs was still approved is appalling.
For the full list of EPA reports on Promeris (which contains two drugs combined together):
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/foia/reviews/106201/
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/foia/reviews/281250/
A couple hours after the application, our dog started fainting, and could not stand on its leg anymore. My wife had the good reaction to wash the dog immediately and thoroughly, and we took the pet to the emergency local vet (it was in the evening) where the dog stayed overnight, and did fine in the end. The vet gave it a Dawn wash, heart monitoring (the rate had fallen low) and fluids injections.
It tells me one thing: there are adverse reactions to Promeris, and the level of due diligence and vetting done on vet products seems to be something that is neither thorough nor very scientific.
IMHO this product should never have been on the market in the first place, especially when you can read the EPA submissions and reports, where most if not all the focus is on the product effects on ticks and fleas, yet ignore most of the effects on the pets themselves.
Some internet researches are showing that the EPA takes the problem seriously:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/foia/reviews/281250/281250-2006-11-30a.pdf
they seem to question Fort Dodge marketing of that drug for puppies, which at least a start, but I can see most adverse reactions accounts here and elsewhere on adults dogs and cast instead.
Their European counterparts reports similar issues too:
http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/vet/press/pr/39100906.pdf
though the fact that the drugs was still approved is appalling.
For the full list of EPA reports on Promeris (which contains two drugs combined together):
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/foia/reviews/106201/
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/foia/reviews/281250/
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