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Heartworm prevention
Just a reminder: This is prime mosquito season, and cats *can* get
heartworms (with deadly results). I live in East Texas, so my twosome get Heartgard all 12 months, whereas those in northern areas probably need it only for certain months of the year (ask your vet). I always use it on the first day of the month because that makes it easy for me to remember -- and is also the reason for this reminder. Many of you already use Heartgard, but I frequently meet people who have never heard of it or who think that only dogs can get heartworms. Heartworms are more common in dogs, but they are often even more disastrous in cats. MaryL Photos of Duffy and Holly: 'o' Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.c |
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Heartworm prevention
MaryL wrote: Just a reminder: This is prime mosquito season, and cats *can* get heartworms (with deadly results). I live in East Texas, so my twosome get Heartgard all 12 months, whereas those in northern areas probably need it only for certain months of the year (ask your vet). I always use it on the first day of the month because that makes it easy for me to remember -- and is also the reason for this reminder. Many of you already use Heartgard, but I frequently meet people who have never heard of it or who think that only dogs can get heartworms. Heartworms are more common in dogs, but they are often even more disastrous in cats. MaryL The vets tell me they are seeing a marked increase in heartworm in cats, but they're outdoor cats. I don't treat mine for heartworm, and here's why: For instance, we have not had a single mosquito in the house so far. If we do, it's rare and ends up buzzing around us so they're easy to find and swat. It's not like fleas, where the indoors can get infested. Kind of weighing the risk that way, I think it's more detrimental to introduce yet another foreign substance to their bodies than the risk of heartworm itself. I used to be all gung-ho for vaccinations and every conceivable kind of preventive available in veterinary medicine. After having cats get very sick, I changed my thinking. OTOH, other cats will have a much higher risk than mine do and heartworm *is* awful, the treatment is extremely hard on the cat and not always successful. We just don't have many mosquitos anyway...I think it's too hot and dry for them! Sherry |
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Heartworm prevention
MaryL wrote:
Just a reminder: This is prime mosquito season, and cats *can* get heartworms (with deadly results). I live in East Texas, so my twosome get Yes! We use Revolution because it's an all-in-one solution. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Heartworm prevention
Victor Martinez wrote: MaryL wrote: Just a reminder: This is prime mosquito season, and cats *can* get heartworms (with deadly results). I live in East Texas, so my twosome get Yes! We use Revolution because it's an all-in-one solution. -- Victor M. Martinez Well, duh. I guess my cats *do* have heartworm prevention then. So Revolution treats not only fleas, ticks, ear mites, round worms, but heartworm too? We just switched to Revolution this month. Sherry |
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Heartworm prevention
On 2006-07-01, MaryL penned:
Just a reminder: This is prime mosquito season, and cats *can* get heartworms (with deadly results). I live in East Texas, so my twosome get Heartgard all 12 months, whereas those in northern areas probably need it only for certain months of the year (ask your vet). My RB dog Puma took Heartgard all year round. This was northern Virginia, a very humid and wet area. Oscar doesn't take heartworm meds because she's an indoor cat. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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wrote in message ups.com... MaryL wrote: Just a reminder: This is prime mosquito season, and cats *can* get heartworms (with deadly results). I live in East Texas, so my twosome get Heartgard all 12 months, whereas those in northern areas probably need it only for certain months of the year (ask your vet). I always use it on the first day of the month because that makes it easy for me to remember -- and is also the reason for this reminder. Many of you already use Heartgard, but I frequently meet people who have never heard of it or who think that only dogs can get heartworms. Heartworms are more common in dogs, but they are often even more disastrous in cats. MaryL The vets tell me they are seeing a marked increase in heartworm in cats, but they're outdoor cats. I don't treat mine for heartworm, and here's why: For instance, we have not had a single mosquito in the house so far. If we do, it's rare and ends up buzzing around us so they're easy to find and swat. It's not like fleas, where the indoors can get infested. Kind of weighing the risk that way, I think it's more detrimental to introduce yet another foreign substance to their bodies than the risk of heartworm itself. I used to be all gung-ho for vaccinations and every conceivable kind of preventive available in veterinary medicine. After having cats get very sick, I changed my thinking. OTOH, other cats will have a much higher risk than mine do and heartworm *is* awful, the treatment is extremely hard on the cat and not always successful. We just don't have many mosquitos anyway...I think it's too hot and dry for them! Sherry Like you, mine are indoors only -- and I also have never seen a mosquito indoors (but that does not guarantee that there has never been one indoors). We do have lots of mosquitos in the area, and all it would take would be one open door. My vet also agrees that most heartworm cases are seen in outdoor cats, but he also says that "for some reason," indoor cats fare even worse if they do become infected. Possibly it has something to do with building up immunity, but I opted to go with Heartgard. MaryL |
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wrote in message ups.com... MaryL wrote: Just a reminder: This is prime mosquito season, and cats *can* get heartworms (with deadly results). I live in East Texas, so my twosome get Heartgard all 12 months, whereas those in northern areas probably need it only for certain months of the year (ask your vet). I always use it on the first day of the month because that makes it easy for me to remember -- and is also the reason for this reminder. Many of you already use Heartgard, but I frequently meet people who have never heard of it or who think that only dogs can get heartworms. Heartworms are more common in dogs, but they are often even more disastrous in cats. MaryL The vets tell me they are seeing a marked increase in heartworm in cats, but they're outdoor cats. I don't treat mine for heartworm, and here's why: For instance, we have not had a single mosquito in the house so far. If we do, it's rare and ends up buzzing around us so they're easy to find and swat. It's not like fleas, where the indoors can get infested. Kind of weighing the risk that way, I think it's more detrimental to introduce yet another foreign substance to their bodies than the risk of heartworm itself. I used to be all gung-ho for vaccinations and every conceivable kind of preventive available in veterinary medicine. After having cats get very sick, I changed my thinking. OTOH, other cats will have a much higher risk than mine do and heartworm *is* awful, the treatment is extremely hard on the cat and not always successful. We just don't have many mosquitos anyway...I think it's too hot and dry for them! Sherry Our vet has not yet seen a case of heartworm in cats here. Kayla will get her pill and Advantage today. Molly and Jake just Advantage. When I had the tiny dogs, we didn't give them heartworm meds. Our vet considered the pills for them a bigger threat than heartworm. We did however test them every year. Jo |
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wrote in message ups.com... MaryL wrote: Just a reminder: This is prime mosquito season, and cats *can* get heartworms (with deadly results). I live in East Texas, so my twosome get Heartgard all 12 months, whereas those in northern areas probably need it only for certain months of the year (ask your vet). I always use it on the first day of the month because that makes it easy for me to remember -- and is also the reason for this reminder. Many of you already use Heartgard, but I frequently meet people who have never heard of it or who think that only dogs can get heartworms. Heartworms are more common in dogs, but they are often even more disastrous in cats. MaryL The vets tell me they are seeing a marked increase in heartworm in cats, but they're outdoor cats. I don't treat mine for heartworm, and here's why: For instance, we have not had a single mosquito in the house so far. If we do, it's rare and ends up buzzing around us so they're easy to find and swat. It's not like fleas, where the indoors can get infested. Kind of weighing the risk that way, I think it's more detrimental to introduce yet another foreign substance to their bodies than the risk of heartworm itself. I used to be all gung-ho for vaccinations and every conceivable kind of preventive available in veterinary medicine. After having cats get very sick, I changed my thinking. OTOH, other cats will have a much higher risk than mine do and heartworm *is* awful, the treatment is extremely hard on the cat and not always successful. We just don't have many mosquitos anyway...I think it's too hot and dry for them! Sherry Sherry, you might want to read the two messages from 22brix in rpchb under the similar thread that I started there. She talks about her two cats that died from heartworm (one an indoor only cat). She said she lives in Northern California, where it is dry in the summer MaryL |
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