It's completely preventable if you are diligent about giving it at the recommended time....
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There are always risks with vaccinations, let's be honest....
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You should definitely ask about prevention, testing and lifestyle changes, when we can get tested, when to put them on prevention, and I think thos...
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Preventing standing water is essential. You can use area mosquito sprays and things like that, and they are safe if you follow directions....
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I would recommend waiting until they have that last vaccine series with their rabies because that's going to be the way they're going to contract i...
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Respiratory issues—again, being a more serious condition in cats and how it normally presents, I guess you could say similar to dogs, it takes fewe...
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Heartworm tends to cause asthma-like symptoms, so the cat can't breathe. They're not perfusing, so they're very panicked....
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Keeping your cat indoors will greatly reduce the risk because you're going to have fewer mosquitoes in your indoor environment....
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Non-core vaccines are the opposite of what I just described....
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Yeah, it’s challenging in cats....
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Yes. Great question....
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That's also hard to say....
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Typically, there are some pills that you can give kitty cats like you do dogs, that are labeled for a cat but are a bit different....
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No, we typically don't test cats. Especially as a kitten, we just start the prevention....
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Cat heartworm is an internal parasite that causes significant lung damage. Cats become infected by being bit by mosquitoes.
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It's a parasite that lives inside. A mosquito injects these worms into the body of the cat, and it migrates toward the lungs.
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That's a good question and one that I think has gotten lost in the shuffle over the years....
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No, all heartworms have to go into a mosquito for part of their life cycle before being transmitted to another animal.
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The heartworm cycle in a cat is when a mosquito bites the cat and injects a baby worm into the cat’s skin....
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If you're a groomer and have experience, then yes. But otherwise, I would shy away from it....