Yeast infection in Paws - do I still give heartworm pill?

2kids2weims

Cooper has developed a mild yeast infection in his front paws as a result of licking/allergies. It's time for his heartworm...do I just give it, or will it throw his system that much more out of whack? (It's freezing here, so no mosquitoes around at the moment.)

anne · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:24 am Post subject:

Were there mosquitos around a month ago? HW works after the fact, so you want to give it until 30-45 days after the last possible exposure. Also if you stop giving it, ie, don't give it year round, you need to test before you put him back on it next season. If it were me, I would not do it assuming he was not exposed to mosquitos a month ago.

2kids2weims · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks Anne! Sadly, we had mosquitoes in July & August, so I have a hard decision to make. However, his feet have improved some. Here we give heartworm from May 30 to Nov 30 as weather conditions don't support the heartworm organism developing in mosquitoes before or after that. So we have to test anyhow.

(Computer problems prevented me from replying sooner, sorry!)

wildlifecr13 · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

we gave zoe hers while on medication for this... didnt seem to have any impact.