Review of Hartz Ultraguard Flea & Tick Drops 16-30lbs

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Hartz Ultraguard Flea & Tick Drops 16-30lbs
By: Hartz Average Rating: 2.5 Total Reviews: 6
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not as good as I thought

On: 2008-03-18

I recently discovered that my poor doggies were infested with fleas! My bf and I decided to bathe them (cause I noticed that they were scratching more and that they smelled) and we killed about twenty five fleas (using Hartz flea and tick shampoo) off my 8 pound Chihuahua and at least fifteen off my sixteen pound Italian Greyhound. I came to my apt last night and saw a few fleas that were lying around (I was extremely upset!), so I went to Ralphs and was so excited to see that there is an OTC flea medication for dogs (Hartz). I bought the ones for my dogs and applied them last night (about 27 hours ago). I also got flea spray and powder to kill those little buggers that decided that they would later bite my dogs. I am still seeing fleas on my dogs!

I usually use Advantage, but, even if I ordered them last night, I would still have to wait for them to arrive. I wish I would have waited! I dont know if maybe it just takes a lot longer for Hartz to start working (unlike advantage, I check the next day, and I cannot find any fleas because it starts killing them within the hour that you put it on!) and I just am impatient (I really want them to die), but I expected more from Hartz. Although, they cost about ten dollars for three months of applications, I now feel like I have to wait almost a month to put the good stuff on!

I was reading up on these stupid fleas and one flea can bite upto 400 times a day! That means that a dog having 10 fleas can be bitten 4000 times in a day! Imagine the 25 that were on my poor dog (10,000)! On average, a fleas lifespan is two to three months. However, pre-emerged fleas (not living on a pet) can survive undisturbed and without a blood meal for more than 100 days.The female flea can lay 2,000 eggs in her lifetime. That means that if all 53 million dogs in the United States each hosted a population of 60 fleas, the U.S. would house more than six trillion flea eggs. Laid end-to-end, those eggs would stretch around the world more than 76 times! Its important to kill fleas before they get a chance to lay eggs. The female flea consumes 15 times her own body weight in blood daily. The largest recorded flea is the North American Hystrichopsylla schefferi. Found in beavers, it can measure 12mm in length - almost 1/2-inch!

Just a little bit of info :)

Apply correctly

On: 2007-09-26

I found that when applied correctly and as directed, this product is safe and works well. I have always applied it between my dogs shoulder blades, away from where he could ingest it, and it has kept fleas away to my satisfaction.

DON'T RISK YOUR PET'S HEALTH!

On: 2007-07-04

as a petcare professional, i strongly urge no one to buy any type of OTC (over the counter) version of flea & tick control. as stated in the first review, it can kill or make your pet seriously ill. my Russian Blue almost died a few years ago when i stupidly tried to save money & i KNEW better! 300 bucks later & a few bags of IV fluids, my Jake started to recover but he may have residual kidney damage.

IS YOUR PETS LIFE WORTH SAVING A FEW BUCKS?? not mine.

even if its worked well in the past, w/ new formulas & products, you are putting your pets life in danger w/ every product such as this you put on them. besides, they dont work as well, last as long or kill a variety of stages like the rx. so you really arent saving money in the long run.

hope this helps.

pw

ps....at least Hartz pd my vet bill!

Hartz flea drops

On: 2007-06-16

this product is wonderful, all you people who use advantix, frontline, or whatever else you use, arent you left wondering why your dog still gets fleas, well i was until i found this. My dog gets this drops on his back every month and it works and is very inexpensive!!!

Hartz flea drops

On: 2007-06-15

this product is wonderful, all you people who use advantix, frontline, or whatever else you use, arent you left wondering why your dog still gets fleas, well i was until i found this. My dog gets this drops on his back every month and it works and is very inexpensive!!!

Don't waste your money

On: 2006-12-01

This product absolutely does not work. I put it on my dogs and it did not make one bit of difference with their flea problem. It is worth it to spend the extra money on Advantage, that one actually works, and works well I might add.

Harmful to pets

On: 2006-11-19

My dogs have been using Frontline for the last couple of years but I decided to give Hartz a try since it had been recommended to me. I applied the appropriate dosage to my Pomeranian mix (20lbs), who immediately after began exhibiting odd behavior including vomiting, and rolling her eyes back. I called up the emergency vet who told me the horrors of Hartz flea treatments. I immediately gave my dog a bath, to get the chemicals off her and drove her to the vet. Unfortunately this product can be lethal, luckily my dog recovered just fine, but not all pets are so lucky. I cant recomendmd this product.