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anyone have experience giving their cat Milbemax?
I recently moved to Spain, to a heartworm-risk area. My 6 year-old cat
Kotyo is an indoor-only cat, and we do have mosquito screens on all our windows, but still mosquitoes seem to get in from time to time. So I need to get some heartworm protection for him. I've found that the only heartworm-prevention medicine I can get from my vet here in Spain seems to be Milbemax (made by Novartis). I've never heard of it before. If anyone has any experience giving it to their cats, can you tell me about it? Have there been any side-effects, bad reactions, etc? My little monster has a sensitive stomach, so he's on Hill's i/d canned food. He throws up any kind of dry food. I don't want to give him an upset tummy with the Milbemax. He also has some urinary problems (he got blocked in March of last year and was at the vet's for a week), and he still has infrequent episodes where he strains/passes some blood in the litterbox. Is it safe to give Milbemax to cats which are prone to blockages/UTIs? I looked at Novartis' Milbemax info site (http://www.ah.novartis.com/products/...ilbemax.shtml), but they mostly seem to have information about giving it to dogs... thanks, Nadia and Kotyo -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Blog: http://littlemonstermusings.blogspot.com/ |
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anyone have experience giving their cat Milbemax?
Since he is indoors only ( a wise choice), it may not be worth it to give
him heartworm meds (especially since he has a sensitive stomach). I uderstand that a few mosquitoes do get inside, but it may only be a very small percent.... Gail "Nadia N." wrote in message ... I recently moved to Spain, to a heartworm-risk area. My 6 year-old cat Kotyo is an indoor-only cat, and we do have mosquito screens on all our windows, but still mosquitoes seem to get in from time to time. So I need to get some heartworm protection for him. I've found that the only heartworm-prevention medicine I can get from my vet here in Spain seems to be Milbemax (made by Novartis). I've never heard of it before. If anyone has any experience giving it to their cats, can you tell me about it? Have there been any side-effects, bad reactions, etc? My little monster has a sensitive stomach, so he's on Hill's i/d canned food. He throws up any kind of dry food. I don't want to give him an upset tummy with the Milbemax. He also has some urinary problems (he got blocked in March of last year and was at the vet's for a week), and he still has infrequent episodes where he strains/passes some blood in the litterbox. Is it safe to give Milbemax to cats which are prone to blockages/UTIs? I looked at Novartis' Milbemax info site (http://www.ah.novartis.com/products/...ilbemax.shtml), but they mostly seem to have information about giving it to dogs... thanks, Nadia and Kotyo -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Blog: http://littlemonstermusings.blogspot.com/ |
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anyone have experience giving their cat Milbemax?
On 12 Jun, 16:33, "Nadia N." wrote:
I recently moved to Spain, to a heartworm-risk area. My 6 year-old cat Kotyo is an indoor-only cat, and we do have mosquito screens on all our windows, but still mosquitoes seem to get in from time to time. So I need to get some heartworm protection for him. I've found that the only heartworm-prevention medicine I can get from my vet here in Spain seems to be Milbemax (made by Novartis). I've never heard of it before. If anyone has any experience giving it to their cats, can you tell me about it? Have there been any side-effects, bad reactions, etc? My little monster has a sensitive stomach, so he's on Hill's i/d canned food. He throws up any kind of dry food. I don't want to give him an upset tummy with the Milbemax. He also has some urinary problems (he got blocked in March of last year and was at the vet's for a week), and he still has infrequent episodes where he strains/passes some blood in the litterbox. Is it safe to give Milbemax to cats which are prone to blockages/UTIs? I looked at Novartis' Milbemax info site (http://www.ah.novartis.com/products/...ilbemax.shtml), but they mostly seem to have information about giving it to dogs... thanks, Nadia and Kotyo -- Little Monster pictures:http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Blog:http://littlemonstermusings.blogspot.com/ yes my cats had milbemax last week, no problems but then mine are both ultra hardy outdoorsy moggies (until i got her a few months ago, one of mine lives pretty much outdoors thanks to her heartless previous owners). one is on felimazole for hyperthyroidism and no problems with that either the younger one has been off her food a bit but that is probably because it has been unseasonably hot here for a few days and quiet sticky, and I tried giving her stuff she hadn't had before and she was a bit wary, nothign to do with the milbemax. didn't stop her cleaning up a plate of roast turkey earlier this evening anyway. bookie |
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anyone have experience giving their cat Milbemax?
bookie wrote:
yes my cats had milbemax last week, no problems but then mine are both ultra hardy outdoorsy moggies (until i got her a few months ago, one of mine lives pretty much outdoors thanks to her heartless previous owners). one is on felimazole for hyperthyroidism and no problems with that either the younger one has been off her food a bit but that is probably because it has been unseasonably hot here for a few days and quiet sticky, and I tried giving her stuff she hadn't had before and she was a bit wary, nothign to do with the milbemax. didn't stop her cleaning up a plate of roast turkey earlier this evening anyway. bookie Thank you bookie. Nadia (and Kotyo) -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Blog: http://littlemonstermusings.blogspot.com/ |
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anyone have experience giving their cat Milbemax?
Gail wrote:
Since he is indoors only ( a wise choice), it may not be worth it to give him heartworm meds (especially since he has a sensitive stomach). I uderstand that a few mosquitoes do get inside, but it may only be a very small percent.... Gail You're right that the chance of him getting bitten and infected is pretty small. But I can't risk it. I have read such scary things about heartworm in cats... I'm not wild about giving him meds, but I am responsible for bringing him to Spain from Canada (where there were no heartworm carrying mosquitoes). I would never forgive myself if something happens to him because I brought him here. He's my baby :-) Fortunately all I have heard about Milbemax so far has been good. People have even used it instead of other brands because it was more gentle on kitty tummies. Nadia (and Kotyo) -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Blog: http://littlemonstermusings.blogspot.com/ |
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