Feline Heartworm: Everything you need to know and don't want to have to learn
This is a thumbnail sketch of feline heartworm. For more extensive information, go to the American Heartworm Society.
- Heartworm is passed by mosquitoes. It lives out part of its larval stage in a mosquito, then passes to a dog or cat via a bite. Once in the animal, it grows to its adult form in the animal's lungs or the right side of its heart, ( Read more... )
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But I am moved to vent.
Felix, my beloved tabbyboy Buddha cat, just fell over dead one day.
(One day four years ago, but you don't get over these things quickly.)
I did my due diligence on-line, and discovered feline heartworm, which pretty much seemed to describe things.
Hideous MegaVet, though, poo-pooed concept, claiming cats just didn't really get heartworm.
(We are in canine heartworm hotzone - when they have those color coded maps, we're in their worst color.)
I have already dumped MegaVet for other crimes, but now feel yet more justified in having done so.
I will now add anasty sniff to my slight frown as I walk by their office daily.
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