[ParrotLady]

Originally Posted by MarleysMommy

Ok, we are back! I LOVED the vet. She was very patient, gave good explanations, ect. And was extremely gentle with Marley. So, he has tapeworms which he got medicine for (as well as heartworms).

Heidi and Marley

Are you sure about the heartworms? The information below comes from Heartworm

When adult male and female worms are present, mating begins to occur. Heartworms do not lay eggs like other worm parasites; instead they give live birth and the baby worms are called Microfilariae. Mosquitoes are the only natural carriers of the heartworm. The life cycle of the heartworm begins when an infected dog carrying the tiny immature heartworms circulating in its blood, is bitten by a mosquito and carries it to a new dog.

Microfilariae may live up to two years within the host dog in whom they were born; if after this period a mosquito has not picked them up, they die of “old age.” They may also be transmitted across the placental barrier to unborn puppies if the mother dog is infected with heartworm. It is important to realize that such puppies will not develop adult heartworms or heartworm disease from these microfilariae because in order for a heartworm to reach adulthood, it must be passed through a mosquito. Because of the five month minimum migration time of the larval heartworm after infection, there is no point to heartworm test puppies younger than five months of age.