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Originally Posted by reeses  When you take a puppy for its last puppy booster shot and its rabies shot then they will start you on heartworm preventative and do not have to test for heartworms b/c they are too young to have developed them yet. However, if you have an older puppy or an adult furbaby that has never been on heartworm preventative then you need to have a heartworm test done first to be sure he/she does not have heartworms. I do not think it will hurt your baby if you give them the preventative but if he/she does have heartworms then it wont make them go away...thats why you need to have a test done so if they have them they can start treatment to hopefully get rid of them b/c they will need treatment not a preventative. Hope this helps! |
Yes, thank you. I already know why and when the heartworm tests are administered, I just needed to know if it was unsafe that this vet gave me the Iverheart pill without testing first. But I think it's been answered.
I called the previous owner since I hadn't gotten a response to the email yet. She didn't answer so I left a message, hopefully she will call back and let us know. If she doesn't reply then we are going to have everything done when she goes in for her spay surgery this week or next when they can get her in so we can just do everything at once and not have to take her back a bunch of times.