Best heartworm preventative?........

WVbunnyhunter · Post by **WVbunnyhunter** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:39 pm

I talked to my vet last Thursday or Friday and he told me that they no longer give the shot, just the pill. I have been taking my dogs to the vet and they get one shot that lasts 6 months at a time. The shot cost $16 and some change per shot. My question is now that I have to switch to a pill what is the best out there? Price and availability?

Thanks
Chaffin Crank

Emery · Post by **Emery** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:12 pm

My vet mixes Ivomec with a multivitamin in a liquid formula that I get 1cc per 20lbs of body weight. I think he charged me $16 or $20 for the bottle that I have had for about 6 months now and I have been giving it to 2 dogs. Same with the Pyrantel (which are both the ingredients in Heartguard Plus) except for the Pyrantel is about $10 for the same size bottle. I should note that the Pyrantel isn't mixed with a multivitamin. Sure beats paying for the brand name stuff.....

Emery

WVbunnyhunter · Post by **WVbunnyhunter** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:43 pm

Thqnks Emery, that is what I'll go back to doing. I used to give ivormec orally to my dogs just mix it with alittle cool-aid to get them to swallow it.

Thanks
Chaffin Crank

blackdirt beagles · Post by **blackdirt beagles** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:27 pm

there are a lot of preventitives out there that work great. i would say the BEST one is the one that you actually use!! sounds stupid, but a lot of guys dont use anything.

samlyn0001 · Post by **samlyn0001** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:45 am

http://www.nzymes.com/Articles/proheart ... ffects.htm

I started using this medication when we only had three dogs. Now I am using Ivomec during the months of May - October. There are plenty of links like this one out there. I had a really good one some time ago while researching some information I had found, but lost the other link.