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Post by Shadowlands on Sept 6, 2011 12:45:21 GMT -5
Which is why I do use this preventative since I live in an area which has plenty of mosquitos which equals plenty of opportunitites to contract this disease.
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Post by trinitydobes on Sept 6, 2011 12:49:00 GMT -5
Sandy - not to take this off topic - but I guess I assumed Canada would be too cold for Mosquitos - I do realize there is tons of lakes and waterways in Canada - but just did not realize it would get warm enough for them to LIVE there lol
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Post by Shadowlands on Sept 6, 2011 13:04:09 GMT -5
OMG!! Yes we have mosquitos and they can be hellish!! Some summers, like other places, are worse than others of course, but yes we get those buggers here. I wish we had customs turn them away at the border, but somehow I don't think they stop to declare anything.  |
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Post by daynieto on Sept 13, 2011 9:26:55 GMT -5
I give heartguard monthly , what can i give instead of that ? i don't know anything else for heartworms , for fleas ,mosquitoes i use natural products . In Mexico we have all kind of mosquitoes ,small medium and large , even invisible ones  |
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Post by breesmom on Sept 13, 2011 9:59:19 GMT -5
Have been reading up on Heartguard and found that the AVMA states that 65% of adverse drug reactions and 48% of all reported deaths resulting from drug reactions are caused by heartworm preventatives. Also read that monthly prevention is over doing it that once every three months is enough as the Heartguard is not really a preventative but kills off the larvae. Are we over doing it with this med just like we are finding out we are doing with the vaccinations??
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Post by von Cosack on Sept 13, 2011 17:28:05 GMT -5
Yes! Von
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Post by HEXE- TINA on Sept 14, 2011 8:32:07 GMT -5
i don't give mine no heartworm medication at all. We arent living in a mosiquito area, so i see no reason in it. This year i didn't even sed the frontline at all, no ticks hereeither or not much and my never have worms or something else, never had fleas either. So i just don't give it to them.
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Post by ok2bmef8 on Oct 12, 2011 21:23:13 GMT -5
I give my dogs Sentinel.
I live in Florida where it's a year-round problem. In Florida, if you don't give your dog heartworm medication, your dog WILL get heartworm. Period. The dogs are still tested every year. Treatment for heartworm is very expensive and very hard on the dog.
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