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Originally Posted by ladyjane  As Ellie May said: Ivermectin does not kill adult heartworms. The injection you are referring to, I am quite sure, is Immiticide.
Here is a link that explains heartworm treatment clearly: Heartworm Treatment
I have never heard of weekly treatments for heartworms...and I have never heard of treatments being spread out over an entire year.
I don't see how the protocol could be any different in any country. I think you really need to ask your vet for more details about what protocol he is following. Her bloodwork would have nothing to do with heartworm treatment unless it was altered from the beginning in which case she would be considered high risk for treatment with Immiticide. |
Hi, rabies vaccine and all the rest of the vaccines are actually once a year also. They didn't give her immiticide I'm sure of it. It was ivermectin. I think they gave her the heartworm shots that is done once a year. I don't know why they didn't let her have the oral ivermectin coz I did see it for sale in the vet's place. They gave her the once a year shot.
The doctor who attended her during the dehydration is different from her actual vet. She was released today and I was given these other antibiotics to help with her liver. I told them that those meds might make her liver work double time again but she said it won't. They want to see her again after 3 days to do a blood test to check her status. That'll be the last time I go there. I've found a different vet who prescribed a treatment that's similar to what you guys are talking about. Ivermectin every week or every month or something like that. I'm still afraid of immiticide. I know that's the only thing that'll cure her but she's too skinny and too frail. I think immiticide will kill her and not really help her so I'll have to wait till she's fatter and her health is better before I can go through with that. For now, I'll go see the other vet and have him assess on the Ivermectin shots that was given. See if doing a weekly thing will still be advisable or if it'll be too toxic.
My main concern right now is she still won't drink water on her own. I put water on my palm and she'd drink that but on her own she won't. Sometimes she just won't drink from my hand. It's like she's just not interested in drinking. I have water bowls in front of her crate so she just needs to come out and she can drink. I have the water near her everytime she's in the living room, I let her see where it is. She won't drink. I'm afraid she'll get dehydrated again. She eats boiled chicken breast with no skin, if I put the stock in her feeding bowl with the chicken, she won't drink the stock. If there's too much stock, she won't eat until I've taken out the stock. So far the vet is not worried as much about her condition so they're not looking into her feeding habits, she's been eating quite a lot but my problem is she won't drink. She won't poop either. She can eat 3 times a day but will poop once a day sometimes once in 2 days. I know she's on the shy side, i took her in from a friend who got her from someone else. I don't know how she was treated in her old home but she seems quite jumpy and nervous around people. Not very sociable and she's afraid to potty in front of us. She pees in my presence now but pooping is still another thing.
Have you guys had problems like this? What do you think cause her to refuse to drink? I'm just concerned more about dehydration again so I went and got bottles of pedialyte just in case. So far she just got back from the hospital so she's not dehydrated but I don't know how long it'll last before she gets dehydrated again coz she won't drink.
Thanks again for all your posts and I'm so grateful for your concern and suggestions. She's not the prettiest dog but she is loved by everyone in my home, from my brothers to my maids. They know what she's gone through and everyone is trying so hard to give her as much love and affection. I hope she settles down and see that we're not gonna harm her.