shaking vomiting

[mich515]

my cat is an indoor outdoor cat she was fine this morning and was mainly indoors all day today. this afternoon she started to vomit(looked like her dry food) shaking and walking off balance almost as if she was drunk. she did her flea drops but on her yesterday. what should i do?

[mich515]

i did end of taking her to the vet after 20min after i wrote the 1st. she seemed as she was getting worse. they ended up keeping her and are running labs. the flea drop brand was hartz.

[Aleda M Cheng, D.V.M., C.V.A]

Misfits4Me has given you good advise.  This forum is NOT for emergencies and I hope that you did take her to a vet immediately.

The symptoms that you described were neurological and gastrointestinal and did sound like a toxic exposure.  Toxins can be ingested or soak into the skin and cause systemic effects.  These can be reversible with elimination of the offending toxin and treatment.

[Misfits4Me]

I'm not the Vet...You may have to wait till tomorrow for a response...........What your cat is experiencing is Poisoning due to the Flea Drops.....You need to wash the drops off as best as possible....Do not use anything chemically harsh.....Dish liquid would be best as it will break down the oil in the drops....Or just a bar of plain soap.....

I'm curious as to what brand of flea preventative this was....Possibly Hartz?

Provide her with plenty of fresh water...Offer her canned food..The moisture will help to flush the toxins from her system....She really needs moist food fulltime anyway, but that's another story...If she's getting worse, get her to a Vet ASAP....I hope she is better by now....Good luck
P.S. DON"T use whatever product again on her.....