Message Number: SG9771 | New FHL Archives Search
From: katharine@nettally.com
Date: 2004-08-01 19:07:35 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Heartworms, Lyme, and Distemper
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <657337.1091387255079.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

Dr. Sue:
Are you saying that no ferret should be put on heartworm preventive until they are tested? I thought I had read, in the past (don't know where), that it wasn't necessary to test ferrets prior to beginning preventive treatment. All of mine have been on monthly prevention, year-round, for several years. Have I just been lucky?

Katharine

Author wrote:
So if the little once was exposed recently, tested negative for adults and started on prevention then he should be fine since you are killing them off before they develop.