Re: Vet news

For heartworm, you can also use that Revolution (the once a month on the
back of the head stuff).  It takes care of fleas, ticks, heartworm,
intestinal worms, even ear mites.  So instead of having half a dozen things
to give them, it's a once a month deal for everything.  Sugar does very well
on it.  And since I started giving her the animal bits from Gardens Alive,
it's got just enough garlic in it that the skeeters don't bother her as much
any more.  I don't know if cats can get West Nile, but don't want her to be
the first.   Poor Mick, he will be in my prayers too Kitty.  Heartworm used
to be a Southern problem, apparently not anymore!

On 2/27/06, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Lynda and Donna,
> Thanks for your thoughts for Micky. My vet said that now they have a
> shot we can give them I think, instead of pills. He always has the
> latest on things.
>
>
> Re  > Since he is an indoor cat, gave  up. hum.
> Check my other reply.  It seems indoor cats may be more susceptible.
>
> Re >Don't  understand why they can't do the same
> >thing they do to dogs who get this?
> The other reply also addresses this.  Cat physiology is different.
>
> My vet said that in 2004 (most recent data) information from 22 pet
> hospitals in Indiana showed about 8,000 cases of heartworm in cats that
> year. He said that extrapolates to 20-30,000 actual cases attributed to
> clinics not included in the data and to non-reporting. Those are high
> enough figures I think, to look into what might be available to protect
> your pets.
>
>
> Kitty
>
>
>
> --
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> > Bummer. I don't give my cat any heartworm, tried it
> > long ago, but he refused to eat it. Vet had chewable
> > ones and swore he would eat it...yeah right. Way to
> > big to shove down his throat, refused to eat the food
> > I crumbled it into. Since he is an indoor cat, gave
> > up. hum.
> >
> > I hope Mick will be OK after all of this. Don't
> > understand why they can't do the same thing they do to
> > dogs who get this?
> >
> > Donna
> >
> > --- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I made an appointment with the vet for this Friday
> > > because Mick has lost
> > > weight and has thrown up what looked like blood a
> > > few times. He very
> > > accommodatingly urped on the linoleum yesterday
> > > rather than the carpet
> > > so I scooped it into a jar and ran it over to the
> > > vet this morning
> > > before work. He said "bring him in now."
> > >
> > >
> > > He has heartworm in his intestinal tract. I
> > > vaccinate these cats for
> > > everything possible but thought heartworm was a
> > > pretty slim chance.
> > > Fortunately, I had misunderstood the vet in
> > > believing heartworm is fatal
> > > for cats. He says it's fatal if they treat it; the
> > > treatment kills the
> > > cat. Instead they have a different course available,
> > > though it still
> > > sounds like "treatment" to me. He'll get a shot of
> > > corticasteroids each
> > > month for several months and then every other month
> > > until the worms die
> > > off. And then he should be back to normal. So in
> > > June they are all going
> > > on a heartworm preventative.
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's a picture of my Mick:
> > >
> > > http://hort.net/+137n
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kitty
> > > neIN, Zone 5
> > >
> > >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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