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Originally Posted by mily  Hi everyone
I was just reading this and is very interesting. Thank you for the person who started this topic and for all the great answers. I am learning a lot  I was under the impresion that I had to give it every 30 days. I am getting a new yorkie 10 weeks old in 2 weeks and I live in central FL close to the coast . But I was suprise to see that we do have warm climate almost all year round yet on the map it only show as not having that many cases . Most are in the carolinas. That was weird. I thought the heartworm was transmitted by mosquistos and boy do we have mosquitos here. I am of the side of no pesticides but since I live in FL I really don't know what to do with the heartguard. I should give it right? I was really debating on this. I think even though I would hate to give this to my puppy I think I have to since here alsmost all year round is above 70. I think I may just space it to 45 days. What do you all think? |
It is my opinion that you should give it for what that's worth.
That doesn't mean you'd have to give Heartgard Plus.
You could go with just Heartgard or Interceptor.
With both you are still giving more chemicals than necessary but really unless your vet will get Ivermectin and measure it out for you, it's the only way.
You can talk to your vet and the company about the grace period if you forget to give a dose (like it's okay to be 15 days late or whatever without retesting) and just give it then instead of monthly... If you don't give it every 30 days, if your pup gets heartworms while being on the drug, the company is very unlikely to pay for treatment though.
I'd rather prevent it than treat it because treating it involves injections of an arsenic compound and the process isn't very safe...