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[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Forgive me if this has already been discussed as I haven't read far enough. Just wiating for the glue to dry on the shipping box so I thought I could tap this out.

Some folks use Ivermectin straight from the bottle that they use on horses and cattle. If measured out correctly this can be applied to the dog as a safe heart worm prevention. However, it has killed a lot of dogs that were given this treatment that did have heart worms because they were not tested before hand and known to be infected. It has to be given differently when they are heart worm positive.
I have always given mine commercial products because that was easier and the price is always right for me.

Here I can only say what we do for our dogs with Ivermectin - DH has been using it for years on his hunting dogs etc etc.. We use it on our outside dogs......as a wormer, to prevent ticks & fleas, etc....We use the injectible I believe...but would have to check with DH..... IDK the dosage either.

Over the years not all of our dogs have been tested. But what has been tested, none that we treat with ivermectin has tested positive for heartworms.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Yes, we used to have to inject arsenic directly into the blood stream. Talk about sick! Those poor dogs! And if given too quickly then their vein would ........what is the right explanation?....... expel it out and the skin would die and slough off. I must say, the vet I worked for did not have problems that others did with things such as this. She might not be a people person but she was always good with medicine and animals. We often saw problems come from other clinics or else I would not have learned why we do things the way we do.

It is the same even nowadays with heart worm prevention. The cure could kill them if the worms die off too fastand choke off an artery with the blood flow, usually within the heart so basically giving them a heart attack. This is the reason dogs require a lot of quiet after treatment. Elevated heart rate could cause a sudden clogging from dead worms in the blood stream.

Which is the case with Pop's dog. What our vet said also.

 

[huckleberryfarm]

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[Lroach711]

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Yep...that's spot on. I read in one of the letters sent to us that they're hoping to find another source for what went in the Immiticide. Revolution, Heartgard, Advantage Multin, Iverhart Plus, or Tri-heart are safe to give an animal that may be heartworm positive. Right now our clinic is following what the current recommendations are and we are putting any heartworm positive dogs on Heartgard as well as Doxycycline. It's really unfortunate. FYI the Immiticide treatment was VERY expensive. I say it a million times over...it is SO important to keep your pets on heartworm preventative..especially where we live.

here's a link to an article about the shortage of immiticide (now it isn't available at all) http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=19471

I thought a supply was coming in from out if country still? We still have immiticide on our shelves from out of country. We only had one dog we put on doxy and heartgard. We've been able to treat the others since then.

According to what I've been told by the docs we can no longer get Immiticide. I wasn't aware they ever go the approval for it to come from out of the country. Not sure..I'll have to ask the doc when I get back from lunch. I'm pretty sure we also still have some Immiticide in stock but not enough to treat a large dog. I'll have to check it out.

Ivermectin definately will prevent heartworms if given in the correct dose..that's the active ingredient in a few heartworm preventatives. I know one of the dr's I work for used to know the exact dose and back in the day would recommend that to people with lots of hunting dogs as it was much more cost effective.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

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Hello chicken_s! I am a mere 62 miles away...in Batesburg. I wish I could take them for you. But, I can't. But, welcome to the BYC carolina thread!!

 

[dixiebeast]

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I LOVE them!! And as far as dirty...my white Duccle hen is the worse!!! She is such a hooligan!

 

[dixiebeast]

I just investigated a tiny strange choking sound from in one of my bitty pens...It is the Frizzle roo chick from Amy trying to crow...He is just too darn cute!!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

I have a few blue Frizzles growing up now. I think one is a roo and that would be great because I sold his dad, Marvin. Not because I wanted to but the people really wanted that roo. I also have a few other blue Frizzles that I think are girls. Gosh, I hope so. I want to cross Cowboy with a blue Frizzle!

 

[dixiebeast]

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I have a question...the friz I got is a roo and the 2 frizz eggs I got from you way way back are both smooth and roos...do I cross my frizzed roo with any cochin to get some smooth and frizz?? The mottleds are a pair it looks like and the blues are a pair also I think...seems you can kinda tell early like the BLRWs??? So many of my friends want just one frizz as a pet,he is such a ham,he runs with his wings out playing superman and he is really social!!

 

[Cpntherfan]

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i live in Lancaster and work in Columbia. I would take them if you still have them and they would not be stew but replacements for a rooster thats bout to be gone.