Heartworm Pills?
- Double Shot Banks
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Heartworm Pills?
Do you give heartworm meds in the winter? i was told you dont need to because there are no mosquitos. although i just wanted to know what everyone else is doing,
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Isaac and Banks
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- RoostersMom
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Re: Heartworm Pills?
Isaac,
I don't give HW preventative in December, January, or February. I do start back up in March. My vet wants me to stay on it year round but I don't like giving unnecessary medications. If I travel with the dogs outside of the midwest during those months, I will treat them.
Also, if you've been reading the posts on Ivomec - that's what I give monthly - the swine and cattle type that I buy from Orschelns.
Elsa
I don't give HW preventative in December, January, or February. I do start back up in March. My vet wants me to stay on it year round but I don't like giving unnecessary medications. If I travel with the dogs outside of the midwest during those months, I will treat them.
Also, if you've been reading the posts on Ivomec - that's what I give monthly - the swine and cattle type that I buy from Orschelns.
Elsa
Double Shot Banks wrote:Do you give heartworm meds in the winter? i was told you dont need to because there are no mosquitos. although i just wanted to know what everyone else is doing,
Thanks
Isaac and Banks
Re: Heartworm Pills?
Depends where you live . Once the ground is frozen hard there are no fleas around . So where I live Heartworm preventative is only used from April - Oct. depending on the onset of winter.
Sometimes there is more to the story though:
http://www.petmd.com/dog/seasonal/evr_m ... ing_winter
Sometimes there is more to the story though:
http://www.petmd.com/dog/seasonal/evr_m ... ing_winter
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- kninebirddog
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Re: Heartworm Pills?
It is best to continue year round...Thing about Heartworm regime ..it does not give your dog 30 days of protection...What it does it kills what is in the system for about the next 24-72 hours depending on the doseage ...AFter 72 hours if an infected mosquito bites your dog that has the next 27 days to mature which still is in the stage where the ivermectin or what ever can still kill the heartworm...So if you stop giving the pills and lets say 5 days aftre that last dose some mosquito got to your dog that would have 4 months to mature which is well beyond where the heartworm preventative can be effective to killing the worms.
Hope that makes sense ....You can look this up via http://www.heartwormsociety.org/
Hope that makes sense ....You can look this up via http://www.heartwormsociety.org/
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Re: Heartworm Pills?
ya I'll just stick with the year round once a month. Better to be in a habit and save my dogs life. Then take shortcuts.
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Re: Heartworm Pills?
I also give it all year.
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Re: Heartworm Pills?
+1birddogger wrote:I also give it all year.
Charlie
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Re: Heartworm Pills?
I will definitely continue all year, i guess i didn't think it through,
Thanks everyone!
Isaac and Banks
Thanks everyone!
Isaac and Banks
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