Heartworm Preventative

We gave the boys their heartworm preventative today. I had been hoping to wait until Henry had gone a while without a grand-mal, but it is May already and we finally decided, even if the heartworm preventative does trigger a grand mal, we'd rather Henry have a grand-mal than have heartworms. If Henry can't handle the preventative, then he certainly can't handle actually having heartworms and the very dangerous treatment required to get rid of them!

Riley got Revolution, which takes care of fleas and ticks and everything.

Henry got Interceptor, which alot of people who have greyhounds with epilepsy like to use. It does not do anything for fleas and ticks though. We'll cross that bridge if that problem ever arises. I am hoping due to his very thin fur, fleas will not be interested in Henry.

Some heartworm preventatives are poisonous to greyhounds. Greyhounds have been known to die after 3 days of wearing a flea collar. You have to be very careful about this and find out which heartworm/flea/tick products are poisonous to greyhounds if you have a greyhound. It is because of their extreme low fat and they do not metabolize the same way other dogs do. It is a good idea to have a grey savvy vet if you have a greyhound in your family.