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12 reasons your pet needs heartworm protection
- 1. reasons to protect your pet months a year
- 2. Reason #1. Heartworms are a common parasite. Heartsworms live in the hearts, lungs and arteries of dogs, cats and ferrets.
- 3. Reason #2. Heartworms can be fatal to pets. Heartworms can also cause lasting damage that affects pets’ health and quality of life.
- 4. 3. Infected dogs can harbor up to several hundred worms. And heartworms in dogs can grow up to 12 inches or longer. Reason #3. Infected dogs can harbor up to several hundred worms.
- 5. Reason #4. Heartworms are spread by mosquitoes. It only takes one bite from an infected mosquito to transmit heartworm infection.
- 6. Reason #5. Chances are, you don’t live in a heartworm- free zone. Pets with heartworms are found across the United States.
- 7. Reason #6. There’s no such thing as heartworm “season.” If you live in a warm climate, mosquitoes live year-round. But even if your locale has cold winters, it’s virtually impossible to know when you’ll see the first mosquito in the spring or the last one in the fall.
- 8. Reason #7. Mosquitoes don’t always stay outdoors. Once inside, mosquitoes can infect indoor pets. They also love warm, protected spaces where they can survive when the weather turns chilly.
- 9. Reason #8. Heartworm preventives work by treating infections your pet developed a month or more earlier. Just because you haven’t seen a mosquito lately doesn’t mean your pet isn’t at risk.
- 10. Reason #9. Many heartworm preventives do double duty. Some preventives protect pets from heartworms AND other nasty parasites that can affect both pets and people. It’s one more reason your pets need prevention year- round.
- 11. Reason #10. Treatment can be costly—and risky. If your dog gets heartworms, treatment is available but is costly and potentially risky—plus the infection itself can cause long- term damage. Be sure to have your veterinarian test your pets every year to catch infections ASAP. And alert your veterinarian if you’ve missed one or more doses of preventive.
- 12. Reason #11. Heartworm infections in cats and ferrets can’t be treated. For cats and ferrets, prevention is the only option, because there are no approved treatments for these pets. In cats, meanwhile, heartworms often die before fully maturing, but damage from even short-term infection can be serious.
- 13. Reason #12. Heartworm preventionWORKS and is easy to give. The American Heartworm Society recommends annual heartworm testing and giving heartworm preventives 12 months a year to help keep pets, healthy and heartworm- free.Talk to your veterinarian about what preventive is right for your pet.
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