I brought my boy in for his annual wellness check and rabies shot, and I came home with heartworm meds. I know that for humans, big pharma is always looking for a new revenue stream, and I worry about giving my cat something that is not necessary.
But the vet had a pamphlet from the heartworm society, and he explained it to me-no hard sell. My vet is someone I trust. I don't thing there's a BIG chance that my boy could get heartworm, since he's totally indoors, but I DO occasionally get a mosquito in the house, and technically he could get infected. I worry about the effects of a med he might not need, but my vet says that there should be no ill effects--except that he might itch at the site (it's topical), in which case they'd switch to a pill.
So tomorrow I'm going to apply his first monthly dose. What do you all think?
But the vet had a pamphlet from the heartworm society, and he explained it to me-no hard sell. My vet is someone I trust. I don't thing there's a BIG chance that my boy could get heartworm, since he's totally indoors, but I DO occasionally get a mosquito in the house, and technically he could get infected. I worry about the effects of a med he might not need, but my vet says that there should be no ill effects--except that he might itch at the site (it's topical), in which case they'd switch to a pill.
So tomorrow I'm going to apply his first monthly dose. What do you all think?