Comments on: Will missing one month of heartworm preventative harm my puppy? http://www.pet-healthinsurance.net/will-missing-one-month-of-heartworm-preventative-harm-my-puppy.htm Pet Insurance | Find The Best Pet Health Insurance Plans And Vet Insurance. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:13:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Stacey http://www.pet-healthinsurance.net/will-missing-one-month-of-heartworm-preventative-harm-my-puppy.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17385 Stacey Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:12:29 +0000 http://www.pet-healthinsurance.net/will-missing-one-month-of-heartworm-preventative-harm-my-puppy.htm#comment-17385 It depends on where you live. Very few areas in the continental U.S. require year round heartworm treatment because the temperature is too low for the transmission of heartworm larvae. The larvae require approximately 30 consecutive days of 60-degree weather where the temperature does not dip below 57F (14C) in order to reach this condition. Check out this link for a geographic map and more information. It depends on where you live. Very few areas in the continental U.S. require year round heartworm treatment because the temperature is too low for the transmission of heartworm larvae. The larvae require approximately 30 consecutive days of 60-degree weather where the temperature does not dip below 57F (14C) in order to reach this condition. Check out this link for a geographic map and more information.

]]> By: The Dog Shouter (Whisperer?) http://www.pet-healthinsurance.net/will-missing-one-month-of-heartworm-preventative-harm-my-puppy.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17386 The Dog Shouter (Whisperer?) Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:12:29 +0000 http://www.pet-healthinsurance.net/will-missing-one-month-of-heartworm-preventative-harm-my-puppy.htm#comment-17386 Ok - are you PLANNING to not give your dog her meds? That's odd and not wise at all. If your puppy should happen to get a case of heartworms during the month that you skip, when you give your puppy the next pill, your puppy will die. (The pills kill the heartworm which lodges in the heart which kills the dog.) I'm not a vet but my vet has explained this to me many times. I don't understand why you'd even consider this. Yeah heartworm meds are expensive but it's far cheaper than surgery. Ok – are you PLANNING to not give your dog her meds? That’s odd and not wise at all.

If your puppy should happen to get a case of heartworms during the month that you skip, when you give your puppy the next pill, your puppy will die. (The pills kill the heartworm which lodges in the heart which kills the dog.) I’m not a vet but my vet has explained this to me many times.

I don’t understand why you’d even consider this. Yeah heartworm meds are expensive but it’s far cheaper than surgery.

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