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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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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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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Yeah, it’s challenging in cats....
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Non-core vaccines are the opposite of what I just described....
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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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It's completely preventable if you are diligent about giving it at the recommended time....
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Yes. Great question....
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That's also hard to say....
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If you miss a dose, keep going....
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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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Typically, if we suspect a cat has heartworm, we will recommend a test just like in a dog....
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In my experience, I'm going to say no, because again, most of the medications I'm using to prevent are combination medicines that also do fleas, ti...
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The core vaccines are vaccines that are required for all cats, no matter what their lifestyle is....
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For the most part, these preventives are very well tolerated....
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Typically at their first visit, depending on when that visit is....
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Heartworm preventions are 95% effective or more if administered properly and given regularly.
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No, we typically don't test cats. Especially as a kitten, we just start the prevention....
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Heartworms are not visible like other parasites, how people think, "Oh, I could see a worm on a fruit from a dog or a cat or something to that exte...