So here's a trickier question than some people may think, 80% of cats are asymptomatic from showing signs of heartworms....
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I like to start vaccines between that six and eight weeks of age, as that's kind of the ideal place to start....
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If we don't prevent heartworm, the chronic lung disease in cats will eventually become resistant to treatment and become fatal....
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There are not. Vector and mosquito control can help, but still, those preventative products are essential....
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No, it differs. Prevention entails preventing the disease. It's not going to treat the cat if they already have heartworms....
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Great question....
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As we said, inflammatory conditions of the lungs....
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Weight loss, open mouth breathing, coughing and labored breathing, and often vomiting. Cats tend to vomit with many different diseases....
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Core vaccines are the essential, don't-pass-on-these vaccines. And they include things such as rhinotracheitis, which is a herpes virus....
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X-rays, monitoring, and bracing owners that this cat may go into a fatal crisis when this heartworm dies (they live about two years)....
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No, because they don't have microfilaria, we can go ahead and put them on preventatives....
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This is a great question because it depends on where you live in the country. Heartworm isn't a common disease in California....
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That's a really hard question because, as we said, a lot of cats don't even show symptoms, so it can vary from cat to cat....
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There are always risks with vaccinations, let's be honest....
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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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No, nothing works....
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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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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...