06/14/2022
Please put your dogs and cats on heartworm prevention! 💛💜🐛
Heartbreaking.
This is why we require all adopters give their pets monthly heartworm prevention. We require it not just when someone applies to adopt, but require you prove a history of giving prevention.
ONE mosquito bite started this. ONE. Monthly heartworm prevention is necessary 12 months a year. It takes one infected mosquito bite to cause this. It can happen inside your house or on a 5 minute potty break.
Monthly prevention is the only way to stop this from happening!!
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UPDATE 6/14/22: We recognize this post has gotten a lot of attention, shares and comments - which is great! However, with that said, a lot of incorrect and/or harmfully false information about heartworms is being shared as factual in the comment thread.
For more information about what kind of parasite heartworms are, how they are contracted (through mosquitos), why humans don't get heartworms, and why it's important to keep your dog on prevention year-round, please visit: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/keep-worms-out-your-pets-heart-facts-about-heartworm-disease #:~:text=Heartworms%20are%20only%20transmitted%20by,before%20they%20become%20adult%20worms.
If you have questions or concerns about heartworms, please consult YOUR VETERINARIAN and not Facebook warriors.
