heartworm in northern ca

glomeli1 · Post by **glomeli1** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:34 am

I have taken my dog to the vet and theysay that shasta co is one of top countys in ca to have heartworm. I ddon't if that is true but none of the people I know have there dogs on heart meds. Just wanted to know if i should worry.

calblu · Post by **calblu** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:44 pm

You should probably worry if you don't have your dog on preventive, especially if you do any "low country" hunting.
Heartworm is a big problem here in Butte County. Saw a LOT of positives in the year I interned as a vet tech.
I moved from SoCal to NorCal in '93. I never had my dogs on heartworm prevention down south, but as soon as I moved to Nevada County (3500' elevation) I put them on it at my vet's recommendation and haven't quit since.
Your vet should be able to tell you roughly how many positive cases he/she diagnoses a year.....or month if it's real bad.

ricky_arthur · Post by **ricky_arthur** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:59 am

I was in the vets office just a couple weeks ago anxiously awaiting a heart worm test. I was gonna kick my self in the butt if it came out positive , but Luckily it wasn't if you have it in your area, deffinatley have the dogs on a preventative.

Ricky

Bearkiller · Post by **Bearkiller** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:10 am

I would especially if the you have a dog that came from a place with heart worms. I have a dog that I brought from texas that I've had since she was 8 weeks old. Maybe missed 2 or 3 months of ivomec and she got heart worms. Fortunately she's still alive and if she has a negative test on sept 5th she'll be able to resume hunting. It cost me about 700 dollars in the heartworm medicine and the incidentals.

glomeli1 · Post by **glomeli1** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:13 am

thanks i have started her on the meds, but like i said i don't know anybody that has there dogs on meds here. but i keep it just to be safe, it dosen't realy cost that much and it is better to be safe than sorry.

calblu · Post by **calblu** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:46 pm

It's cheap insurance when you consider the alternatives!

Plott Proud · Post by **Plott Proud** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:25 pm

You're right Glomeli1 ~ Like CalBlu and others have said, it's good insurance!
A lot of people are so old school that they think "I've never had a Heartworm problem before in all of my years hunting" and that "No one has ever had that problem around here before" that they'll never have a dog infected with them.
To me, it's just like playing Russian Roullette. Sooner or later, You're GONNA Get the Bullet.

I had all mine on Hartguard from the Vet for years. I've since switched to the Ivomec a year ago in May. You have to make sure you use the kind for Cattle & Swine though. NOT THE KIND FOR HORSES!!

I won't be without it!!! 3/10 of a cc is all you need.

Take it easy and good luck!
Irv

sow flat slim · Post by **sow flat slim** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:00 pm

Put them on it whether there is any incidence of them or not, just good insurance.

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