Mycodex Pet Shampoo with Carbaryl Review

Good grief. I just washed my big old cat with Mycodex with carbaryl. To make matters worse, my kid helped me. He's a teen kid, but he will always be my kid.

The vet sold me this Mydocex with carbaryl when we had a flea problem a few years back. We don't have those problems much, or we would not still have this bottle of flea and tick shampoo for cats and dogs.

Today I got a flea on my leg. I am not an anal housekeeper, but show me a flea and I get my butt in gear. My boys really hate when that happens. We're usually very laid back unless I see a bug. Then I call out the troops - all two of my boys.

I sprayed and sprayed and extra sprayed to be sure and then deemed that Sugar would be having a bath. This is a major production, since Sugar is a 20 pound cat with even bigger opinions.

I must say Sugar is a good sport. When we first got him from the pound, I gave him a bath. He was so scared. He put his mouth around my hand but did not bite me - and new to our family. Today he did not even cry in the bathtub, and that is a first. Someone threw him out a car window in a cooler, so trust is an issue with him. He still hyperventilates in the car but not as bad as when he was younger.

I washed big old Sugar with Mycodex pet shampoo with Carbaryl. This has always worked before, so it seemed like the thing to do.

Then I got to reading on carbaryl. Yes. I am a nerd. Unfortunately, I did this after the bath and not before.

Some onliners were talking about how it was hard to find flea shampoo with carbaryl. The reason was that there are problems with it. Big problems. There are lawsuits out there about this product. It's been banned in the UK. I'm still looking to see if it has been in the US. I'd say that's likely, since folks are having a hard time finding and buying it. 

Here is what I found about carbaryl:

"Carbaryl -- a highly toxic pesticide used in large-scale agriculture, lawn products, commercial garden centers and pet products --  is particularly toxic to the developing nervous system in fetuses, infants, and young children. EPA acknowledges that carbaryl can overstimulate the nervous system, inducing symptoms including nausea, dizziness, confusion, and even death in extreme cases."

I am not pregnant (thank the Lord) and do not have young children. Still, I do not feel good about having just put this on my wonderful cat and having my boys helping. Since the vet sold me this, I never thought to check before the big bath today. But maybe I can help someone out who has old bottles of cat/dog shampoo in the cabinet. I'd say, "Throw this out." It's not worth the risk. While it does get rid of fleas, I have to now wonder what else it does and if I put my cat and kids at risk - and maybe myself as well.