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Post by traceywacey on Feb 22, 2015 10:18:20 GMT -5
Hi,
Just wanted to pick people's brains about treatment that prevents lung worm.
Was not until last year that I realised that the normal wormers do not treat lung worm and have been looking into it ever since.
I have heard mixed opinions and reviews about whether to treat regularly, every few months or not at all.
What are your thoughts and if you do treat what do you use and how often do you treat?
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Post by alexandsteve on Feb 23, 2015 2:57:22 GMT -5
I use advocate and droncit xxx
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Post by deborahburt on Feb 23, 2015 3:35:49 GMT -5
My vet's of the opinion once a month in the summer months with advocate,especially as all of mine have/had a taste for Hostas,as do snails and slugs.
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Post by kizzeysmum on Feb 23, 2015 3:41:34 GMT -5
My vet says advocate every three months.
It is worrying that there doesn't seem to be a consensus opinion among vets.
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Post by alexandsteve on Feb 23, 2015 4:07:21 GMT -5
Sorry I use advocate every month as flea treatment too x
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Post by vickyb on Feb 23, 2015 4:21:54 GMT -5
I don't routinely treat for fleas etc. I asked our vet about lungworm not long ago and he said they've seen a handful of cases so now they routinely treat with 2 consecutive months of Advocate if a dog comes in with symptoms of it. They lost one dog to it because the owners didn't take the dog to them until the symptoms were advanced and it was too late to save him. He did say that he doesn't routinely use anything on his dog every month either which I found interesting.
I only use advocate if there are a lot of slugs and snails about and after we've been away or if I suspect fleas. They don't bother with them but I know they can pick it up from the trails. I make sure all balls, toys, water bowls etc are brought in at night so they don't get slugs going over them at night and I give the slabs a good scrub to get rid of any trails the I see but we don't get many usually. As I understand it nothing protects and prevents it unlike flea treatments, it's like worms, you just get rid of the current infestation.
It is hard, chemicals v parasites and I think it depends on the prevalence of lungworm in any particular area.
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Post by Ted on Feb 23, 2015 8:09:00 GMT -5
My vet says Advocate every month, I have all four of my Hounds on a monthly vet treatment plan which covers a monthly health check Advocate and Drontal tablets all included. I get all four of mine done before we go on holidays as where we go there will have been plenty of dogs before us and some of those people do not treat their dogs at all. One person took 22 dogs with them and does not believe in any chemical treatments.
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Post by vickyb on Feb 23, 2015 9:30:44 GMT -5
You'd be better treating them after you get back in case they've picked anything up as the worm treatment kills what may be there when you worm but they can get reinfected the next day. Obviously for fleas it's preventative but not worms.
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Post by traceywacey on Feb 23, 2015 11:07:42 GMT -5
Thank you for your comments. Does sound that advocate is the most common way to go.
There is conflicting information about lung worm.
I have heard stories that Bayer are just scaring people because they make advocate and want people to use it.
Apparently Lung worm is quite rare but if symptoms are left untreated it can lead to death. My vet said that they have had two cases last year.
My vet said to me to just use advocate when there are more snails etc about.
Another vet said if your dogs do not eat snails etc then you do not need to treat.
Just noticed that Panacur treats for lung worm as well.
Advocate is so expensive to treat five dogs and I suppose I was looking for a cheaper way. I tend to only flea my lot through the warmer months because I do not want to treat with chemicals all the time if they do not need it.
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Post by vickyb on Feb 23, 2015 17:32:33 GMT -5
I prefer not to treat every month. I was very interested that my vet was honest enough to say he doesn't do his dog every month. That's good enough for me! I tend to do them in the summer months too Tracey.
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Post by Nettie on Feb 24, 2015 4:41:15 GMT -5
Makes sense to me, lung worm is carried by snails, very rare to see one in the winter so to my mind the chance of lung worm being around is miniscule especially given that it isn't that common here anyway.
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Post by alexandsteve on Feb 24, 2015 7:54:05 GMT -5
Sorry! Just wondering, do you guys no flea your dogs in winter? The only flea treatment the get gives me is advocate, should I not use it all year?!? I'm confused x
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Post by deborahburt on Feb 24, 2015 12:18:59 GMT -5
Alex,I don't flea mine as I've never had one catch fleas,but I do forget that Adcocate is for fleas too. I only use Advocate during the summer months.
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Post by julies on Feb 24, 2015 12:28:03 GMT -5
Hi I found a company wormcount. dot something (Google will find it) and they do a worm egg test using a poo sample. They wre very reasonable and I did the slightly more expensive test for lungworm as well as usual worms and both mine were clear so I didn't worm. You buy the test, they send you the pots, gloves etc for the poo samples, you collect (yuk) and return it to them for testing  I don't flea treat cos mine have never had fleas which some people reckon is cos they're fed raw A nieghbours dog did have lungworm last year but it eats snails (Its a Labrador, nuff said) and my vets admit they rarely see lungworm. J x |
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Post by traceywacey on Feb 25, 2015 17:38:26 GMT -5
I only flea through summer months because that is when they are more likely to get them. The only time mine have got fleas is when we have gone away. Just do not want to flea at times when they do not need it. I always flea before we go away on holibobs too. Jules might look at the worm check thing. Going to be interesting collecting five lots of poo.
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