Granny's gone and done it again

[CapricornFarm]

Shhhhhhhh!!!! The boss might hear you!


Given where you live, why do you bother paying for a heart worm test? They are pretty common in your area in the summer are they not?


Mosquitos. And the larval stage in the skeeter can't survive even one day with temps below 57°F in a 45 day period.


Probably not an issue up there. I know @Blooie insisted on having her dog tested when they moved to WY even though the vet said it would be negative, no heart worm there. Blooie finally believed her after a couple of years.


Or walk in and tell him. Then you can get out of the heat for a couple of minutes.

Because if you give a dog heartworm meds and they have heartworm, they can have a bad reaction.

 

[prostar]

That feeling when you get into work and find out the assistant super cranked the ac for you....what a man. (He’s not even here)

 

[MrsMistyReal]

More chicken news @ wvlt.tv another interesting read

 

[MrsMistyReal]

This was the beginning of my day

 

[Blooie]

Coming in late on the heartworm thing, but I seem to have been "tagged" so you all get my two cents worth whether you like it or not.

The reason for heartworm testing is that you can't simply start a preventative if your dog actually has heartworms. The preventive will kill the immature heart worms circulating in the blood stream and that can be fatal if it causes anaphylaxis. And the preventative doesn't kill adult heart worms anyway. So the testing determines the presence of heart worms, allows time for treatment, and then the dog goes on preventative after that. Preventative without testing first can kill the dog, and since heartworm is transmitted by mosquitos, and adult worms continue to live in the heart, the lengthy and sometimes risky treatment has to be completed before preventatives can work.

And Bruce is right - I insisted on my dog being tested when we moved here, and after a couple of years the vet finally convinced me that heartworms just weren't a big issue here. However, that has changed in the last 20 years. There have now been reports of dogs with heartworm close to the Big Horn Basin, so guess what I'm back to doing, even though my vet rolls her eyes at me when I ask for the test? Mosquitoes fly, doggone it! Back many years ago when I was a vet-tech, the treatment for heartworms was basically IV arsenic and some really bad years in the Chicago area we lost almost as many dogs as we saved. I don't know exactly what it is now, and I have no intention of finding out! Yep. Test.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

ugh morning all I think, up 3 times during the night so techinally NOT a good nights sleep but 3 couple hour naps.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

ugh morning all I think, up 3 times during the night so techinally NOT a good nights sleep but 3 couple hour naps.

Hey good morning big guy what's wrongAre you ok , stressed

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

beautiful weather for the next few days

Fair

66°F

19°C

Humidity 63%
Wind Speed NW 8 mph
Barometer 30.22 in (1022.3 mb)
Dewpoint 53°F (12°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 25 Jul 8:56 am MDT

Today
Sunny, with a high near 74. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Northwest wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 73. North wind 6 to 9 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 49. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 3 to 7 mph.
Friday Night
A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind around 7 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 79. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 53. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming west after midnight.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Hey good morning big guy what's wrongAre you ok , stressed

honestly have no real idea. Might have been the drinking of coffee until just before going to bed although that normally isn't a problem

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Coming in late on the heartworm thing, but I seem to have been "tagged" so you all get my two cents worth whether you like it or not.

The reason for heartworm testing is that you can't simply start a preventative if your dog actually has heartworms. The preventive will kill the immature heart worms circulating in the blood stream and that can be fatal if it causes anaphylaxis. And the preventative doesn't kill adult heart worms anyway. So the testing determines the presence of heart worms, allows time for treatment, and then the dog goes on preventative after that. Preventative without testing first can kill the dog, and since heartworm is transmitted by mosquitos, and adult worms continue to live in the heart, the lengthy and sometimes risky treatment has to be completed before preventatives can work.

And Bruce is right - I insisted on my dog being tested when we moved here, and after a couple of years the vet finally convinced me that heartworms just weren't a big issue here. However, that has changed in the last 20 years. There have now been reports of dogs with heartworm close to the Big Horn Basin, so guess what I'm back to doing, even though my vet rolls her eyes at me when I ask for the test? Mosquitoes fly, doggone it! Back many years ago when I was a vet-tech, the treatment for heartworms was basically IV arsenic and some really bad years in the Chicago area we lost almost as many dogs as we saved. I don't know exactly what it is now, and I have no intention of finding out! Yep. Test.

Thank you for sharing I don't have heart worm but occasionally I do have belly worms but that's easy to take care of