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DigMyChicks said:
What is the injection?
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It's called Proheart https://www.vetwest.com.au/yearly-heartworm-injection
Just about kennels, if you've got lots of people to step in, you might never need them, but otherwise you can need to board them urgently. I had to go to hospital and their shots were overdue and lots of places wouldn't take them. Luckily, there's another kennel run by some very nice people and they got the vet in to give them their boosters and also came and collected everyone in their van. I just get everybody everything, I don't want to go through that drama ever again. My other vet doesn't think bordatella is that important to innoculate against, but all the kennels want it so mine get it.
Weiros/cockatiels are lovely birds. Mine are right outside my bedroom and they aren't loud or noisy. I actually brought them in from the patio so I could see more of them. They never yell. My cocky (pink and grey galah) does her loud yelling, but it's only sometimes, mostly she's quiet. I met some sun conures at the feed shop and boy, they could yell. Not sure I'd want them inside, and close (mind you, they might not be like that in a domestic situation, I don't know)

(We don't have rabies here, either, thank goodness)
 
potato chip said:
I have 2 boys. Perhaps it is a matter of pitch. I never find them annoying, but I wanted to run away when those conures yelled at me. Even when my cocky calls, it's not at an annoying pitch (to me).
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We had a Moluccan cockatoo, she really made a racket. Then she chomped into my ear one day and when it healed i could not put my earrings on any more. We were staying with my Mom and she has dementia. I was afraid she would try to pet the bird and get hurt so we sold Bubbles.
 
KDOGG331 said:
Vermont doesn't get above 57 at night even in the summer? Wow that's surprising
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Sure it does. The key to no heartworm is the temp can't go BELOW 57° in the mosquito's environment during (IIRC) any 30 day period. ONE night below 57° and the cycle is broken. I think there was a link in the article I posted showing what month to start and what month to stop heartworm medicine. Even if you are cautious, most states don't need it 12 months a year. Frankly, given that heartworm medicine is NOT a vaccine, provides NO immunity but is a poison (like any other dewormer), I can't see using a 1 year version. It would have to be pretty potent to have any efficacy left as the the year progresses.

oldhenlikesdogs said:
It's definitely worth getting them checked for heartworms yearly. Here that test is $15.
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A friend of mine moved to Wyoming some years back and the vet told her heartworm medicine was not necessary. Having lived where it was a problem and having "must give medicine to prevent heartworm" drilled into her head, she insisted that the vet run a heartworm test annually. She quit after 3 years, finally believed the vet and stopped getting the dog tested. To its dying day, the dog never had heartworm. Nice that particular vet is aware of the actual facts.

BTW, my vet likes to give heartworm shots but I don't think he has ever suggested testing to see if it is even necessary. Just a "this is what we do" sort of thing rather than finding out if there is a reason to do so. As I said before, the only animal in Vermont that will show up positive is one brought from a state where heartworm is a problem. But that animal won't start an epidemic here given our weather.

CapricornFarm said:
$8 once a year
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$8?? WOW are things cheap where you live.

With regard to vaccines, yep if your animal needs to be boarded all bets are off with regard to them not coming in contact with an infected animal. If we had to do that I would be forking over for the $$$ vaccines.
 
bruceha2000 said:
Sure it does. The key to no heartworm is the temp can't go BELOW 57° in the mosquito's environment during (IIRC) any 30 day period. ONE night below 57° and the cycle is broken. I think there was a link in the article I posted showing what month to start and what month to stop heartworm medicine. Even if you are cautious, most states don't need it 12 months a year. Frankly, given that heartworm medicine is NOT a vaccine, provides NO immunity but is a poison (like any other dewormer), I can't see using a 1 year version. It would have to be pretty potent to have any efficacy left as the the year progresses.


A friend of mine moved to Wyoming some years back and the vet told her heartworm medicine was not necessary. Having lived where it was a problem and having "must give medicine to prevent heartworm" drilled into her head, she insisted that the vet run a heartworm test annually. She quit after 3 years, finally believed the vet and stopped getting the dog tested. To its dying day, the dog never had heartworm. Nice that particular vet is aware of the actual facts.

BTW, my vet likes to give heartworm shots but I don't think he has ever suggested testing to see if it is even necessary. Just a "this is what we do" sort of thing rather than finding out if there is a reason to do so. As I said before, the only animal in Vermont that will show up positive is one brought from a state where heartworm is a problem. But that animal won't start an epidemic here given our weather.



$8?? WOW are things cheap where you live.

With regard to vaccines, yep if your animal needs to be boarded all bets are off with regard to them not coming in contact with an infected animal. If we had to do that I would be forking over for the $$$ vaccines.
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Ohh okay, sorry, I think I kind if read that wrong haha what I meant was 57 seems really low to me and I find it hard to believe it even gets that low at all! Here it's just now (well for a few weeks) starting to get to 60s, sometimes 50s, at night. During summer it is hot. I would have to look up to see what the actual temperature is though. Maybe it gets colder, idk. We are in Massachusetts
 
It's been eons since I last had dogs but, I learned to groom and do alot of maintenance , so it helped with some of the expense. I did nails and ears & anal glands :sick, flea & tick dips etc. The dogs were so used to being handled I could even scrape their teeth.
Our dentist gave us his old dental stuff and that helped.
 
We never did our last dog's nails but yeah, Gators we do. Or did at first. His haven't been done in a very long time because he can get aggressive but nails are pretty easy to do as are ears so I think I'll do them myself for future dogs. Teeth he would never let me do but I bought a bunch of animal dental stuff, brushes and pastes, etc. A couple years ago. It's definitely important. I'll save it for a future dog. I prefer brushing and bathing my own dog too. I don't understand people that either can't or don't want to do basic stuff like brushing or nail trims or ear cleanings. Bathes I can understand haha and of course some people are busy but still
 
drumstick diva said:
It's been eons since I last had dogs but, I learned to groom and do alot of maintenance , so it helped with some of the expense. I did nails and ears & anal glands :sick, flea & tick dips etc. The dogs were so used to being handled I could even scrape their teeth.
Our dentist gave us his old dental stuff and that helped.
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My friend in Canada asked me if she could groom dogs in the back of my pet store. I said sure, if you are good at it. She went and got trained and came to work for us. But she was painfully slow and ended up with depth perception problems. She left to groom on her own. This kept happening, so i learned to groom myself. You have to be fast and good to make money at it. Also you need to learn how matted a coat is before the owner leaves because you don't want to spend hours brushing some poor dog the owner has neglected for a month.
 

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