What should you do if you use a flea spot on treatment for dogs on a cat (containing permethrin)?

Answer 1

This substance is very toxic to cats!

Here's an article about it: http://www.aspca.org/site/DocServer/toxbrief_1298.pdf?docID=128
And here's another one: http://www.critterchat.net/permethrin.htm

It can cause seizures in cats! The best thing you can do for your cat is get her to a vet immediately! Even if your cat seems fine, seizures can develop up to 48 hours later. If there is going to be a delay in getting your cat to the vet, I would bathe her immediately in dish soap, and then take her to the vet.
Hope your kitty is fine...

Answer 2

I personally highly doubt that your cats were at risk, even when it was first applied to your dogs. If it was medication that was put on the back of the dog's neck, it would have been absorbed through the skin on the dogs. If your cats were the type that like to cuddle or groom the dogs, then there could have been a risk if the cats groomed the very spot on the dog where the medication was applied. I think it just meant that cats it would have been bad if the cats had come into direct contact with the medication, such as having the medication applied on them. To answer your question, I think the cats would have been fine even before the medication was washed off. Hope this helps :)

Answer 3

Get someone like me to slap you upside the head very hard to knock some sense into you , then get it to a vet ASAP or start digging a hole in the garden to bury it.
Some people here seem to be rather thick and don't understand the question. Hey dumbos, the question wasn't about frontline or anything else, it was specifically about permethrin products which are TOXIC to cats. Frontline doesn't contain permethrin .

Answer 4

A vet told a friend to only buy the large dog breed Advantage for all her animals. He said it's the same mixture, but it's just a bigger tube for the bigger animal. He gave her the proper dosage to use. And, you really need the proper dosage, too little won't help, too much can seriously affect them. I do't remember any of it though. I know it was a heck of a lot cheaper that way. I know this to be true, my vet gave me Advantage for cats under 8 lbs, for my ferrets, said to put a few drops on each. Pretty much told me the same.

Now, if you already put the whole dog tube on a cat, I'd do as the others recommended, wash the area thoroughly and contact a vet.

Answer 5

Check the weight limit on the flea product. If it is meant for a larger pet, bathe the cat with soap and water to wash off the excess. There are permitherin products for cats,too, so the product in itself shouldn't be toxic. The Hartz product I have just says not for kittens under 12 weeks old.

Answer 6

Hi Be careful we treated our two Tabby cats for flea's and thought we would do the
Rabbits at the same time,I had to wash it off
fast it was burning the rabbits necks.

Answer 7

I would call your vet and ask them. I was told by my vet to use frontline for dogs on my cat, but to only use a small amount. I didn't use it because I have heard it can be harmful to cats. I would call the vet just to be sure.

Answer 8

Hi Joe
I would ring a vet any vet and ask them is it harm full to your cat. Al it will cost you is the price of a phone call. Worth it and safer for your cat

Answer 9

I would bath the area as quick as poss, then phone the local vet, they should be open for evening surgery right now and would advise you over the phone for something like this.

Answer 10

Phone the vet PRONTO. If not available, RSPCA/PDSA or even Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.