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Old July 1st 06, 02:27 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MaryL
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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

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Old July 1st 06, 03:33 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old July 1st 06, 03:42 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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.

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Old July 1st 06, 03:54 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old July 1st 06, 03:57 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Monique Y. Mudama
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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.

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Old July 1st 06, 04:15 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MaryL
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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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Old July 1st 06, 07:01 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Jo Firey
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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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Old July 1st 06, 08:52 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MaryL
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Default Heartworm prevention


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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