Doxycycline for heartworm
Common Questions and Answers about Doxycycline for heartworm
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Did your vet run a heartworm test by chance? Is max on heartworm prevention every month? Did your vet happen to mention which parts of the heart were enlarged (right, left, generalized cardiomegaly?) Heart murmurs can definitely progress to failure and should be carefully monitored every 6-12 months if the patient is not clinical. They can stay the same grade for the rest of the animal's life as well.
Unfortunately not, she hasn't had the heartworm pills for over 6 months. Terrible, I know. And as mmuch as I hate to say it, because it's entirely my fault, But heartworm would be a better alternative to the CHF, no?
Hello,
I just acquired a very cool 4 year old dog from a friend of mine who had never taken the dog to a vet for shots or put her on heartworm prevention pills. I took her to the vet and got the shots and had her tested for heartworms and she tested positive. The vet recommended a $385.00, 2 injection treatment with a follow up visit, I believe, in 4 months.
He could just be having a dream. Dogs do dream and sometimes they will yip or even bark in their sleep, or paddle with their legs as if they are chasing something in their dream.
You said, however, that you just got this dog. Getting a new pet is kind of on the same plane with getting a new car. You should have him checked out by the vet to make sure he is OK just because he is new to your family and you want to be sure that he is healthy.
Has anyone here had their dog go through heartworm treatment before? My husky is on day 5 from getting his HW treatment (immeticide?) We're not suppose to have him move around too much because the decomposing worms may cause an embolism. He's coughing a a hacking cough today and not eating too much. I'm wondering what to expect next....
I hear the coughing may continue for 2 weeks before he's almost in the clear.
I was in Petsmart the other day and I saw heartworm medication, with the label, for vetinary use only. Don't know why they're selling it. But you can purchase it and show it to your Vet.
We recently adopted a dog from our local shelter and he is heartworm positive. We have appointments to get his treatments and are planning to leave town shortly after his 2nd shot. We have another dog who is healthy, but who is really rambunctious, so we need to separate them so he can heal peacefully. So the plan is to leave town (Austin, TX), camp the first night on the TX/OK border, and take 3 days to drive north to Minnesota, staying in 2 hotels along the way, and stay in MN for 2 weeks.
Thanks for replying. I did bring him back to the vet. He has high levels of protein and casts from his kidney in his urine. The blood work came back normal. He seems to be doing well now...he is currently taking pain and antiinflamatory meds. He has a couple days left of that. We will be taking another urine, this time fasting in two weeks. The vet recommended we wait until he has been off the meds for a couple of weeks.
I have three dogs and for the past week they have all been vomitting either food vile or a foam substance. It started right around when I first fed them a new bag of food. Wondering what it could be.
He was not tested for feline heartworm disease because has not vomited at all.
Here are his lab results with reference ranges: bicarbonate = 12 (13-25mEq/L range), K=5.6 (3.9-5.3mEd/L), Na= 145 (147-155 mEq/L),alb=4.0 (2.3-3.9 g/dL), nutrophil seg= 91 (35-75%), lymphocytes = 4 (20-55%), absolute neutrophil seg = 15552 (2500-12500/uL), absolute lymphocyte =688 (1500-7000/uL).
He ate very well last night.
I recently adopted a dog from a shelter. He is heartworm positive, was treated for hookworms 2 days ago, and is very, very skinny. The vet said his red blood cell count is 'on the cusp.' I just gave Atticus hookworm treatment two days ago. We cannot begin heartworm treatement for three weeks. Other than limiting his activity, how do I best care for him? He is not eating much and I have to really work with him to get him to eat.
We adopted a beautiful American bull dog from a kill shelter. She had heartworm and is now being treated. We got blood tests done and her blood platelets came back a LOW 47k. They want to do an ultrasound first, any way to tell another way why her count is so low? ? She's not lathorgic or weak or feverish, eats and drinks and wants to play but we are keeping her add calm as possible.
Any insight would help. She is a year old American bull dog.
Ive been on doxycycline for 3 1/2 days, and the discharge has not gone away at all.. may have even worsened. My vagina hurts excruciatingly every time I pee. How long till the pain and discharge goes away?
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