Good morning everyone. I know that every dog reacts differently so I just want to share this story with you, should you wonder if there are potential side effects with this product.
When I took Sophie to the vet on Sept 27th (1 week ago) we decided to try the Seresto flea and tick collar. Sophie is allergic to fleas but unfortunately we have never found a flea control product that works for her. The vet told me about the Seresto product and I thought let's give it a try. No one told me there could be a reaction of any type.
For the next couple days, no change,, although she actually appeared to be scraching more. I know miracles don't happen over night and that we have to give it time.
On Thursday night Sophie was acting like she was insane. She was running high speed through the house, jumping on and off furniture, scratching like crazy, couldn't get comfortable, no matter what. I got up and stayed up all night with her. There was one point she was going in circles then started dragging her back legs as though she had a stroke - it was short lived but I was frightened. The only thing I could think to try and make her comfortable was a Rimadyl which did calm her down some.
I called the vet first thing in the morning (anther story in itself about getting a call back) and when someone finally talked to me they couldn't figure out what could be causing the behaviour (amazing never even told to bring her in for a check up). The words the flea collar couldn't be causing it were spoken but I never thought about it (can a flea collar hurt your dog?). On Friday we went for a walk after work and after dinner she went into the hyper mode again. I started doing a web search and looked for adverse reactions to the collar (just for the sake of the exercise). It took a few searches but I finally found a number of them and what a surprise the symptoms were all similar in one detail or another (Complete with seizures, stroke like symptoms, etc.). Needless to say I took the collar off and washed all around her neck. A couple hours later she was more relaxed. The next morning (14 hours after taking the collar off) she was totally herself with no symptoms and totally relaxed. I called he vets office and eventually one of the vets called back. She told me, to-date no dog from their practice had a reaction and that she was going to note Sophie's file, tell all the vets in the office about the reaction so they could inform potential buyers that yes, there could be a reaction and will call Bayer on Monday and inform them of what happened. She was very sorry for what happened. She also told me to wash Sophie with Dawn dish soap (used after environmental accidents on wildlife) to wash off the residual product. One of the active ingredients in the oollar is a very powerful insecticide.
As I said at the start, a lot of dogs don't have reactions, but a few do. I would be negligent if I don't mention this to as many dog owners as I can. If you choose to use the product, be aware that there can be an adverse reaction and know to take the collar off immediately and wash with Dawn soap. It scares me to think what could've happened if I didn't do my own research. BTW - I'm still up tonight bothered by what happened, Sophie's finally sleeping soundly.
When I took Sophie to the vet on Sept 27th (1 week ago) we decided to try the Seresto flea and tick collar. Sophie is allergic to fleas but unfortunately we have never found a flea control product that works for her. The vet told me about the Seresto product and I thought let's give it a try. No one told me there could be a reaction of any type.
For the next couple days, no change,, although she actually appeared to be scraching more. I know miracles don't happen over night and that we have to give it time.
On Thursday night Sophie was acting like she was insane. She was running high speed through the house, jumping on and off furniture, scratching like crazy, couldn't get comfortable, no matter what. I got up and stayed up all night with her. There was one point she was going in circles then started dragging her back legs as though she had a stroke - it was short lived but I was frightened. The only thing I could think to try and make her comfortable was a Rimadyl which did calm her down some.
I called the vet first thing in the morning (anther story in itself about getting a call back) and when someone finally talked to me they couldn't figure out what could be causing the behaviour (amazing never even told to bring her in for a check up). The words the flea collar couldn't be causing it were spoken but I never thought about it (can a flea collar hurt your dog?). On Friday we went for a walk after work and after dinner she went into the hyper mode again. I started doing a web search and looked for adverse reactions to the collar (just for the sake of the exercise). It took a few searches but I finally found a number of them and what a surprise the symptoms were all similar in one detail or another (Complete with seizures, stroke like symptoms, etc.). Needless to say I took the collar off and washed all around her neck. A couple hours later she was more relaxed. The next morning (14 hours after taking the collar off) she was totally herself with no symptoms and totally relaxed. I called he vets office and eventually one of the vets called back. She told me, to-date no dog from their practice had a reaction and that she was going to note Sophie's file, tell all the vets in the office about the reaction so they could inform potential buyers that yes, there could be a reaction and will call Bayer on Monday and inform them of what happened. She was very sorry for what happened. She also told me to wash Sophie with Dawn dish soap (used after environmental accidents on wildlife) to wash off the residual product. One of the active ingredients in the oollar is a very powerful insecticide.
As I said at the start, a lot of dogs don't have reactions, but a few do. I would be negligent if I don't mention this to as many dog owners as I can. If you choose to use the product, be aware that there can be an adverse reaction and know to take the collar off immediately and wash with Dawn soap. It scares me to think what could've happened if I didn't do my own research. BTW - I'm still up tonight bothered by what happened, Sophie's finally sleeping soundly.
