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Old 06-25-2008, 12:51 PM
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Default Heartworm in Cats

How prevalent is heartworm here for cats?

I absolutely hate using chemicals on my kitties. Up north, I would use Frontline for fleas just once in the summer. My cats loved to spend the day in a screened gazebo and fleas can certainly find their way in through a screen. I used this as a precautionary measure only once and never had a flea problem. Heartworm in cats was never a problem in the midwest.

How many of you use a flea/heartworm formula on your cats? What's the general opinion on this?

I have a friend who has two cats and has lived in TV for 10 years now and has never used anything - her cats are in the lanai daily. She doens't even bring them to the vet for annual shots.
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