tea tree oil paralysis

[chrissywolcott]

I am very happy to report that Cocoa Bear is 100% better. maybe even 101%. He certainly has fewer fleas than he had before my big mistake, and it seems that his ear mite problem has suddenly vanished.

He is back to his bubbly, happy, frisbee catching self. The turnaround from only one week ago is amazing. I am so glad he pulled out of it without any damage.

I don't want to scare anyone away from using tea tree oil, because it's pretty obvious to me that it does work to kill pests, I just overdosed my poor old dog. He may simply be very sensitive to it, so I'm not going to use it on him again. I'll stick with giving him baths.

[lv4dogs]

I'm glad to hear he's back to normal! HORAY!
I don't blame you for not using it on him again.

Thanks for the update!

[chrissywolcott]

There was a moment when I thought I might use a diluted solution on him, becuase it really did kill so many fleas! But after this scare, better to deal with the fleas in other ways than to put my Cocoa Bear in more danger.

I still get sick to my stomach thinking about him all helpless and sad.

[lv4dogs]

I'd use advantage or Frontline for fleas, they work awesome!

[Kfamr]

I'm glad your baby is better and welcome to Pet Talk!


I've used Tea Tree Oil for YEARS and have yet to have a problem. My suggestion is, if you ever want to use it again (It really does work well on repelling fleas.) is to put a tiny, tiny drop into the whole bottle of shampoo or conditioner. We put a tiny drop into their new shampoo bottle and shake it up. We rarely have fleas, knock on wood, while using the tea tree oil.

It doesn't KILL fleas, it just repells them.

Good luck if you plan to use it in the future.

[carolann]

I used tea tree oil on my chocolate lab yesterday and by late last night his entire hind quarters seem to be paralyzed! I am completely in disarray over me causing this to my beloved Cocoa Bear.

Anyone out there have experience with this? It appears that he's doing better now, though slowly.

Please email me at [email protected]

i did the same thing and my dog can't walk do they always recover from this ?

[Freedom]

You have revived a very old thread, from 2005. I understand, most likely you were searching for info and found this.

I really have no idea or info for you, just wanted to help get this thread noticed, so you get some info.