If my dog is heartworm positive, can she pass it on to another dog in the house?
I have "adopted" a stray and we have just found out she is heartworm positive. Can she pass this on to our other dog who is not heartworm positive?
The following reply is by : MerryMouseMomma :
Heartworms are transferred via mosquito bites. Your other animals are definitely at a higher risk being in such close vicinity to the infected dog, as mosquitoes tend to stick by their food sources and bite more than once. If you have not had your infected dog professionally treated yet, please do so immediately. Heartworms do not go away, but only continue to reproduce until all the chambers of the heart and arteries to the lungs are clogged…which is lethal. The treatment for heartworms can be expensive, but you will save the dog from a painful death. Please have your other animals tested and put on heartworm preventative prescriptions as soon as possible.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
No, your other dog can't actually "catch" it from her. It's transferred by mosquitoes. But having a positive dog in the house does increase the chances of a mosquito biting her and then biting your other dog and infecting him, so you definitely need to have him tested and get him on a good monthly preventative, even if he's totally indoors.
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June 27th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
no noway
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June 27th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Heartworms are transferred via mosquito bites. Your other animals are definitely at a higher risk being in such close vicinity to the infected dog, as mosquitoes tend to stick by their food sources and bite more than once. If you have not had your infected dog professionally treated yet, please do so immediately. Heartworms do not go away, but only continue to reproduce until all the chambers of the heart and arteries to the lungs are clogged…which is lethal. The treatment for heartworms can be expensive, but you will save the dog from a painful death. Please have your other animals tested and put on heartworm preventative prescriptions as soon as possible.
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6 years vet hospital experience
June 27th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Only if a mosquito would bite the heartworm positive dog and then bite you dog.Also,is your other dog not on monthly heartworm preventative? This would prevent the dog from contracting heartworm.
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