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Do People Love Their Dogs More Than Their Cats???
It's raining and I thought i would post this for everyone.. as a heads up! I honestly didn't know how deadly a single mosquito bite could be, or the horrible death it could lead to in a kitten or a cat I thought it ONLY was a threat to my dog. Someone asked, Do you think we love our dogs more than our cats? I said, No, i love my pets equally! I think It's just that dogs and cats are different is all. Gee, my kitten slept on my rotties head and even let the big bruiser carry him around by the scruff of his neck, little dude did! They were the best of buddies!! Now I keep looking at this map on knowheartworms.org and they've updated it. I've read up on heartworms through catwellness.org but just a little too late and then again for the future, Not. Funny, I watched a program on the news yesterday about how to take care of our pets in the summer months. But they didn't even make mention of mosquitoes. I'd wondered if anyone here knew about this, or might be interested or care. So Do you Love your fur-balls as much as your dogs? Or even if you don't have a pet, probably know someone who does. Well, i think it's worth sharing. I am sorry if my post is long but maybe it will benefit someone else hopefully. Harley Jones (also affectionately called "Baby Girl" was a loving and shy indoor cat. She was born on May 1, 2005, under a porch in Columbia, S.C. Ashley Jones and her husband Jared brought her home to join their family, which included their five-year-old cat Dempsey, and three-year-old dog Bear. The Joneses treated Harley and their other cat for fleas, and protected Bear from both fleas and heartworms. Unfortunately, they would learn the hard way that, without heartworm prevention, the disease could affect their felines as well. One afternoon in October, shortly after Harley's first birthday, Ashley came home for lunch and found Harley lying on the floor of the kitchen, not breathing or moving. Earlier that morning, she had been hopping up on her lap, eating and acting normal. Ashley was shocked and upset to see her lying there. Hastily, she called the Columbia Cat Clinic and drove Harley straight there. Dr. Leigh Sheridan met them quickly in the examination room, gave Harley a thorough exam and reported that she had died. Due to the sudden nature of the death, Dr. Sheridan suspected heartworms, but ordered a necropsy to be sure. The results confirmed her suspicions: Harley died of complications from feline heartworms. According to the American Association of Feline Practitioners heartworm disease is contracted through a mosquito bite and causes significant lung disease in cats. Many cats infected with heartworms do not exhibit any signs and very tragically, the first sign of the disease is that the cat suddenly dies. It is a very serious disease, but very preventable. "My husband and I felt helpless, and wished there was something we could have done to prevent [Harley's death]," Ashley said. "We now protect our other cat against heartworms and are proud to raise awareness so that other cat lovers do not have to experience such a tragic event." |
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Do People Love Their Dogs More Than Their Cats???
wrote in message oups.com... It's raining and I thought i would post this for everyone.. as a heads up! I honestly didn't know how deadly a single mosquito bite could be, or the horrible death it could lead to in a kitten or a cat I thought it ONLY was a threat to my dog. Someone asked, Do you think we love our dogs more than our cats? I said, No, i love my pets equally! I think It's just that dogs and cats are different is all. snip Thanks for posting this. I posted a reminder about heartworms and the importance of heartworm medication to this group last spring and again this year. I live in an area where we need to give heartworm medication all year, but people in northern states have a protocol for specific months -- which is why I started posting in the spring. Your message (and the link you provided) adds some specific content that shows how quickly death can occur in a cat. To answer your question: No, I don't think people love their dogs more than their cats (certainly, not on this newsgroup). The people is that people are generally unaware that this is a problem for cats as well as for dogs. In fact, it is *worse* if a cat is infected because there is little that can be done at that point. I think veterinarians and the media should be doing far more to educate the public about the problem and about preventative steps. (I use Heartgard once a month for my twosome.) MaryL |
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Do People Love Their Dogs More Than Their Cats???
On May 17, 10:24 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote: wrote in message oups.com... It's raining and I thought i would post this for everyone.. as a heads up! I honestly didn't know how deadly a single mosquito bite could be, or the horrible death it could lead to in a kitten or a cat I thought it ONLY was a threat to my dog. Someone asked, Do you think we love our dogs more than our cats? I said, No, i love my pets equally! I think It's just that dogs and cats are different is all. snip Thanks for posting this. I posted a reminder about heartworms and the importance of heartworm medication to this group last spring and again this year. I live in an area where we need to give heartworm medication all year, but people in northern states have a protocol for specific months -- which is why I started posting in the spring. Your message (and the link you provided) adds some specific content that shows how quickly death can occur in a cat. To answer your question: No, I don't think people love their dogs more than their cats (certainly, not on this newsgroup). The people is that people are generally unaware that this is a problem for cats as well as for dogs. In fact, it is *worse* if a cat is infected because there is little that can be done at that point. I think veterinarians and the media should be doing far more to educate the public about the problem and about preventative steps. (I use Heartgard once a month for my twosome.) MaryL A few years ago, my regular vet was a woman who also did pathology at a tertiary care veterinary hospital. She talked about how they were finding more and more cases of heartworm-infected cats, and the pros and cons of heartworm protection for cats. Her opinion was, not for indoor cats, because the medication itself was a bigger risk than the likelihood of infection. And even for indoor/outdoor cats, she was ambivalent, because the heartworm-infected cats she was seeing had all died from something else, but it was something she felt she had to discuss with cat owners who did have indoor/outdoor cats. But the thing is, she WAS doing pathology at a tertiary care veterinary hospital, and seeing things that the average vet rarely if ever sees. I suspect the average vet now is where she was on the subject 5-10 years ago. Lis |
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Do People Love Their Dogs More Than Their Cats???
"Lis" wrote in message oups.com... On May 17, 10:24 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: wrote in message oups.com... It's raining and I thought i would post this for everyone.. as a heads up! I honestly didn't know how deadly a single mosquito bite could be, or the horrible death it could lead to in a kitten or a cat I thought it ONLY was a threat to my dog. Someone asked, Do you think we love our dogs more than our cats? I said, No, i love my pets equally! I think It's just that dogs and cats are different is all. snip Thanks for posting this. I posted a reminder about heartworms and the importance of heartworm medication to this group last spring and again this year. I live in an area where we need to give heartworm medication all year, but people in northern states have a protocol for specific months -- which is why I started posting in the spring. Your message (and the link you provided) adds some specific content that shows how quickly death can occur in a cat. To answer your question: No, I don't think people love their dogs more than their cats (certainly, not on this newsgroup). The people is that people are generally unaware that this is a problem for cats as well as for dogs. In fact, it is *worse* if a cat is infected because there is little that can be done at that point. I think veterinarians and the media should be doing far more to educate the public about the problem and about preventative steps. (I use Heartgard once a month for my twosome.) MaryL A few years ago, my regular vet was a woman who also did pathology at a tertiary care veterinary hospital. She talked about how they were finding more and more cases of heartworm-infected cats, and the pros and cons of heartworm protection for cats. Her opinion was, not for indoor cats, because the medication itself was a bigger risk than the likelihood of infection. And even for indoor/outdoor cats, she was ambivalent, because the heartworm-infected cats she was seeing had all died from something else, but it was something she felt she had to discuss with cat owners who did have indoor/outdoor cats. But the thing is, she WAS doing pathology at a tertiary care veterinary hospital, and seeing things that the average vet rarely if ever sees. I suspect the average vet now is where she was on the subject 5-10 years ago. Lis Thanks for the information. The question of preventative medication (and innoculations) is one that is very important. I no longer have my cats vaccinated for rabies or leukemia because they are indoor cats, and there have been a number of reports of sarcomas at injection sites. My vet recommends heartworm prevention even for indoor-only cats (which mine are), and I have been following that advice for a number of years. When we first discussed it, he said that indoor cats are far less likely to have heartworms (for obvious reasons), but they have a greater death rate if they are infected. And, of course, mosquitoes can easily get indoors -- but fortunately not in the great numbers that we see outdoors. He also said that heartworms are far more common in dogs, but we are finding more and more cases in cats (at least in this area -- East Texas). MaryL |
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Do People Love Their Dogs More Than Their Cats???
On May 17, 4:04 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote: "Lis" wrote in message oups.com... On May 17, 10:24 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: wrote in message groups.com... It's raining and I thought i would post this for everyone.. as a heads up! I honestly didn't know how deadly a single mosquito bite could be, or the horrible death it could lead to in a kitten or a cat I thought it ONLY was a threat to my dog. Someone asked, Do you think we love our dogs more than our cats? I said, No, i love my pets equally! I think It's just that dogs and cats are different is all. snip Thanks for posting this. I posted a reminder about heartworms and the importance of heartworm medication to this group last spring and again this year. I live in an area where we need to give heartworm medication all year, but people in northern states have a protocol for specific months -- which is why I started posting in the spring. Your message (and the link you provided) adds some specific content that shows how quickly death can occur in a cat. To answer your question: No, I don't think people love their dogs more than their cats (certainly, not on this newsgroup). The people is that people are generally unaware that this is a problem for cats as well as for dogs. In fact, it is *worse* if a cat is infected because there is little that can be done at that point. I think veterinarians and the media should be doing far more to educate the public about the problem and about preventative steps. (I use Heartgard once a month for my twosome.) MaryL A few years ago, my regular vet was a woman who also did pathology at a tertiary care veterinary hospital. She talked about how they were finding more and more cases of heartworm-infected cats, and the pros and cons of heartworm protection for cats. Her opinion was, not for indoor cats, because the medication itself was a bigger risk than the likelihood of infection. And even for indoor/outdoor cats, she was ambivalent, because the heartworm-infected cats she was seeing had all died from something else, but it was something she felt she had to discuss with cat owners who did have indoor/outdoor cats. But the thing is, she WAS doing pathology at a tertiary care veterinary hospital, and seeing things that the average vet rarely if ever sees. I suspect the average vet now is where she was on the subject 5-10 years ago. Lis Thanks for the information. The question of preventative medication (and innoculations) is one that is very important. I no longer have my cats vaccinated for rabies or leukemia because they are indoor cats, and there have been a number of reports of sarcomas at injection sites. That was another thing she was seeing lots of--injection site sarcomas. Because of it, she was in favor of minimizing the number of injections (no FeLV vaccine for indoor cats that had no contact with indoor/outdoor cats, combining vaccines wherever possible [something that's controversial itself]) and varying the site of injection as much as possible, so that the same spot didn't get it all the time. My vet recommends heartworm prevention even for indoor-only cats (which mine are), and I have been following that advice for a number of years. When we first discussed it, he said that indoor cats are far less likely to have heartworms (for obvious reasons), but they have a greater death rate if they are infected. And, of course, mosquitoes can easily get indoors -- but fortunately not in the great numbers that we see outdoors. He also said that heartworms are far more common in dogs, but we are finding more and more cases in cats (at least in this area -- East Texas). Rabies vaccination is mandatory here (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and I think all of the northeast). Carmen did say that her advice on heartworm prevention for cats might be different, if she were practicing in a different part of the country. Here, we worry about Lyme and lepto. Lis |
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Do People Love Their Dogs More Than Their Cats???
"Lis" wrote in message oups.com... On May 17, 4:04 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "Lis" wrote in message oups.com... That was another thing she was seeing lots of--injection site sarcomas. Because of it, she was in favor of minimizing the number of injections (no FeLV vaccine for indoor cats that had no contact with indoor/outdoor cats, combining vaccines wherever possible [something that's controversial itself]) and varying the site of injection as much as possible, so that the same spot didn't get it all the time. Lis Ironically, that is the reverse of what the protocol seems to call for (although I see the logic in what she said). Vets have been told to use specific locations (although probably not exactly the exact spot) for specific injections to help in determining which types of vaccines were causing the sarcomas. MaryL |
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