Can someone please help me out here.
I took our puppy boy (1 year old StaffyX) to get de sexed at the vet this morning and while I was there they told me I should get him heart worm tested and that they would also give me Sentinel tablet for everything else. I agreed to all this because, after all, the vets are there for the best interests of the pets, right?!
So I called the boyfriend and told him it would cost a little extra due to the test and tablet and he blew up! He asks…what is the point of the test if we’re just going to give him the tablet anyway? I tried to explain that the tablet is a preventative measure only and if he does have heart worm then more meds will be needed but he says that one or the other is incorrect, either the meds do their job or the test is a money grab.

The Sentinel is a preventative only, right?
So we test for heart worm to make sure the preventative is safe to give straight away, because if we give a preventative and he already has heart worm we can do more harm than good, right?

I’m sorry if this makes no sense, feel free to ask me to clarify anything.

This is was answered by :
Rotten Rotts Common sense is a good thing. Try it :
The test has to be done to determine if the dog is heart worm positive since the preventive can be dangerous in a infected dog. Yes the sentinel is a preventative

Just tell his to get over himself, this is far cheaper than having to treat a positive dog which takes months is very expensive and is extremely dangerous since the treatment is arsenic.

Okay, thanks to those of you who have answered my last question concerning Heartguard and Frontline.

I’m roaming around on the 1-800-Pet meds website right now, and I’m seeing a lot of different meds… Like Interceptor and Sentinel, which work against both fleas, ticks, and worms. So my question here is, would it be good to use something like Sentinel with Frontline, or would it be okay to use Sentinel alone, or would using both Interceptor and Sentinel (which are both chewable, prevent and fight against worms, but only Sentinel prevents flea eggs from developing).

I’m sort of thinking of using Sentinel alone or maybe with a topical flea thing like Frontline Plus. I’m gonna go walk to my vet in a bit and buy something, so I’d like to know which is better (and yeah, I’ll be speaking to the vet about this, I just like having a lot of opinions).

Thanks for all your help, guys.

The following reply is by : Jeanne :
I use Advantage Multi on my dogs. It guards against fleas, ticks, intestinal parasites (worms) and heartworm with a single monthly application. They are healthy, happy and pest/parasite free.

My dog sleeps in my bed with me, as well as on the couch, and although she just began a Sentinel regimen, I notice she scratches a lot and I also found a flea on the side of my face when I was laying in bed yesterday. I have DE FLEA by natural chemistry, which it says can be used on pet bedding, but can it be used on people bedding too? What about the couch? Thank you for your time.

The question was answered by :
JAG :
It is not so much the fleas you have to worry about it it is the flea eggs. These cannot be seen by your eye and will hatch for years to come and keep flea infestations coming back.

Take all your bedding and wash in hot water and dry on high heat as previously mentioned. Spray the bed. Wash all your clothing and pajamas in hot. Repeat this every few days as while the fleas are dying off, more eggs (thousands) are being laid.

As far as the carpet – I would actually call a professional to come and carpet clean. Be sure to tell them about the fleas as they can specially treat for that.

I have had a mini australian shep for 1 week. The past 3 days he has been acting weird. 1st day he nipped at someone when they tried to pet his head. 2nd day he would yelp if you would try to pet him in certain areas. 3rd day (today) he snips at me if I pick him up or try to pet him (extremely gently) on any part of his body. He just jumps as if he is being shocked when touched. He is running around and playing fine. I gave him a bath this a.m. to make sure he didn’t have any ticks or something on him. He was seen 5 days ago by a vet and did have parasite that he is on meds for. I have given him children’s benadryl (advice from a vet that he may be having a side effect from the meds) and that is not helping. He is also on the med Sentinel for heart worm prev. and fleas. Please any clues as to what could be causing this would be greatly appreciated! I am going to take him the vet again, but they do not seem to have any clue what could be wrong besides an adverse reaction to the medication for the parasite. Thank you!

The best answer is by :
lu :
You need to examine him all over. It sound like he has pain some where. Gently touch and move his joints and his legs. touch his tummy… press gently on his tummy and all parts and see his reaction. He might be hurting somewhere be careful dont get bit.

Nothing will spoil a midnight bike ride like an angry reptile hell bent on taking over the world. Wellington Guzman A South Florida man recently was biking near Everglades National Park when a massive snake making its way into the marshlands blocked his path. Wellington Guzman grabbed the snake by the tail and held on for nearly on hour while he waited for the animal cops to arrive.

“I just wasn’t prepared to find a snake this size,” Guzman said. “My hands were numb from holding it.”

Snakes have always been a fear for people visiting the Everglades, but now they are becoming a big problem.

We mean man-eating big. And if the snakes aren’t stopped, wildlife officials think the reptiles could take over the world (do snakes have an evil laugh? MUHAHAHAHAHA)

"It may be too late to stop the invasion of the Everglades," said Beth Preiss of The Humane Society of the United States to the Sun-Sentinel. "But it’s not too late to stop it in the rest of the country."

Everglades officials have said an influx of exotic snakes, most notably Burmese pythons, are slithering roughshod over the Glades and threaten to upset the eco-system’s natural balance. Cue “Circle of Life” music.

State legislators want to ban the import of the exotic species, but pet storeowners aren’t having that. And while the two sides duke it out in meeting rooms, the pythons are expanding their territory and have been found as far south as the Keys.

The Burmese pythons, which are natives of – you guessed it – Burma and other nearby Southeast Asian countries, really aren’t at fault. It’s their irresponsible owners, who buy the snakes on the cheap as cool looking pets but soon realize they grow too large to feed, unless you plan on sacrificing the family dog or the neighbor’s kid. The snakes can grow to over 20 feet long and can weigh more than 250 pounds.

So most of the snakes are released into the wild, left to do what they were born to do – kill their way to the top of the food chain. That means alligators, crocodiles and other predators are left to battle a new, formidable enemy that has the capability of eating them. Talk about an unwanted houseguest.

This is was answered by :
inatizzie48 :
Well lets see. Pythons / Obama====== Obama / Pythons Now I see! They’re both snakes in the grass.

I am planning on listing them at $7 and then negoriating if they want a lower price, is $7 as a starting price to high or to low? Are there particular movies in the list that are worth more? if so which one?
here is a list:
Smallville Complete 1st Season
HERO
YOU GOT SERVERD
LONE STAR
BEST LAID PLANS
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
SLEEP OVER
THE THREE BURIALS
RENDITION
RUMOR HAS IT..
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS
DADDY DAY CAMP
THE PROTECTOR
AFTER THE SUNSET
CARLITO’S WAY
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES 1
FINAL DESTINATION 3
ZOO LANDER
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
BLOW
THE FACULTY
BREAKIN ALL THE RULES
THE LAKE HOUSE
BEYOND SUSPICION
D.E.B.S
THE ULTIMATE GIFT
THE HUNTING PARTY
THE FINAL CUT
TICKER
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
JERSEY GIRL
HERBIE FULLY LOADED
THE SANDLOT 2
THE NAMELESS
SPACEBALLS
BRUCE ALMIGTHTY
KILL BILL2
THE SENTINEL
LOAD OF WAR
KICKING & SCREAMING
THE WEATHER MAN
A LOVE SONG 4 BOBBY LONG
SHE’S THE MAN
WONDER BOYS
SOMETHING NEW
THE KLUMS2
THE PRESTIGE
FEARLESS
THE ILLUSIONIST
DUMB AND DUMBERER
SWITCH BACK
HOURS
ONE TOUGH COP
CHARLIE’S ANGELS
THE WOODSMAN
CHEAPER by the DOZEN2
PRINESS DIARIES 2
GORGEOUS
4 MOVIES BRUCE LEE
ATL
MY BABBY’S DADDY
FREEWAY
ROLL BOUNCE
M:i-2
TOM CRUISE M:i:3
WITHOUT EVIDENCE
A GOD WOMAN
BLESSED
FUN WITH DICK N JANE
JUST MY LUCK
VAN WILDER
THE PERFECT MAN
SPIDERMAN 3
SPIDERMAN 2
THE HONEY MOONERS
CHEAPER BY TH DOZEN
IN GOOD COMPANY
REDLINE 80. THE ITALIAN JOB
FIREWALL
GIRL FIGHT
LADDER 49
DESPERATE HOURS
MUNICH
HUSTLE & FLOW
SICKO
BIKER BOYZ
OCEAN’S TWELEVE
OCEAN’S THIRTEEN
THE SANDLOT
THE LAZARUS PROJECT
TRAITOR
CLIFFORD
BORN N EAST LA
LOVE DONT COST A THANG
THE BREAK UP
A HISTORY of VIOLENCE
VANTAGE POINT
ANGEL SEASON FIVE

The Prestige (Widescreen)
The Illusionist (Widescreen)
The Rundown (Widescreen)
Jurassic Park III/Collector’s Edition (Widescreen)
George A Romero’s Land of the Dead/Unrated Director’s cut (Widescreen)
Ghost Rider (Widescreen)
We Were Soldiers (Widescreen)
Shanghai Knights (Widescreen)
The League of Extraordinary Gentleman (Widescreen)
Unleashed/Unrated (Widescreen)
The Island (Widescreen)
The Sixth Sense (Widescreen)
The Last Samurai (2 disc Full-screen edition)
Kill Bill Volume 1 (Widescreen)
National Security (Both)
Apocalypto (Widescreen)
Munich (Widescreen)
The Evil Dead (Widescreen)
16 Blocks (Widescreen)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Full Screen)
Cradle 2 the Grave (Full Screen)
The Transporter (Both)
The number 23/Unrated (Widescreen)
Walk the Line (Widescreen)
Ray (Widescreen)
Saw II (Widescreen)
Hostel part II/Unrated Directors cut (Widescreen)
Alexander (2 disc Director’s cut-Widescreen)
The Core (Full screen)
Barbershop 2 (Widescreen)
Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse Of the Black Pearl (2 disc Widescreen Collector’s edition)
Kung Fu Hustle (Widescreen)
The Interpreter (Full screen)
Snatch (Both)
Bad Boys II (Widescreen)
Jarhead (Widescreen)
The Matrix Reloaded (Full screen)
Untraceable (Widescreen)
Cellular (Widescreen)
Cloverfield (Widescreen)
Crimson Tide (Widescreen)
Hellboy II The Golden Army (Widescreen)
The Simpsons Movie (Widescreen)
Miyazaki’s Sprited Away (Widescreen)
28 Weeks Later (Widescreen)
Minority Report (Full screen)
King Arthur/Directors extended unrated version (Widescreen)
Man on Fire (Widescreen)
The Pursuit of Happyness (Widescreen)
The Dark Knight (Widescreen)
15 Minutes
50 First Dates
8 Mile
8MM
A Bronx Tale
A Guy Thing
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Along Came Polly
American Gangster
American History X
American Pie 2
American Psycho
American Wedding
Animal House
Antwone Fisher
Bad News Bears
Bandits
Be Cool
Be Kind Rewind
Beavis and Butthead Do America
Bedazzled
Benchwarmers
Best Man
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Black Hawk Down
Blast From the Past
Bone Collector
Boondock Saints and Fight Club (Double Feature)
Borat
Bourne Identity
Braveheart
Breakfast Club
Bringing Down the House
Bruce Almighty
Bushwhacked
Cable Guy
Casino
Cast Away
Casualties of War
Coach Carter
Collateral
Collateral Damage
Corky Romano
Departed
Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo
Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo
Die Another Day
Donnie Brasco
Drew Carey Show’s TV Favorites
Dude Where’s My Car
Envy
Ernest Goes to Camp
Fargo
Fever Pitch
Forrest Gump
Four Brothers
Friday Night Lights
Full Metal Jacket
Fun with Dick and Jane
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 2
Godfather
Godfather Part 2
Godfather Part 3
Gone in 60 Seconds
Goodfellas
Green Mile
Hamburger hill
Hardball
Hart’s War
Heat
Hellboy (3 Disc Director’s Cut)
High Fidelity
Hitch
Hot Fuzz
Hot Rod
Hot Shots
Hot Shots Part Deux
Jackass 2
Jarhead
Jaws
Jerk
Joe Dirt
Joe’s Apartment
John Q
Karate Kid
Ladies Man
Last Samurai
Lord of War
Made
Major League 2

The best answer is by :
Deej :
I think $7 is a decent price. I probably wouldn’t go any lower than $5. The only one I would charge more for is The Smallville Season 1. Since it’s an entire season of a tv show, I’d probably do $15 to start and maybe take $10 minimum. Good luck.

To those who move on and leave their cats behind … if you find it is easy to convince yourself … ‘it’s an animal, it’ll be fine’ … remember, that’s frequently NOT the case. I just received this from another animal lover and thought i’d share …

As you may recall we have many "pets left behind" here at our apartments and many of them are cats roaming around that I and other residents leave food and water out for.. Even though it pains my heart to see these kitties living outside there is only so much pain I can take over it.. On the weekend of Memorial Day around 8:00 on that Sunday I took my dog out for his first walk of the day and spotted the beautiful gray DSH kitty that I feed on occasion near and almost under a parked car.. I stopped short and looked and got a bad feeling so I made some noises in an attempt to get him/her to stir but to no avail and I got hysterical.. I brought my dog back in the house and called me neighbor who brought down a towel to cover this little kitty since I was frozen in time .. I could not leave this kitty to lay there and have no humility or dignity in death so I called animal control off hours number but they wouldn’t come out on an animal that wasn’t alive.. I called our complex’s off hours emergency number and reluctantly they sent someone out to assistant me and they told me that I might want to look away while they picked up the kitty.. I thanked them and went back to my apartment still crying for this kitty that I thought got hit by a car since they like to sleep under the cars and that always makes me nervous.. A little while later during the day I ran into another one of my neighbors that told me that the maintenance man said that judging from what he saw around the cat he felt that the cats death was intentional and not accidental I told my neighbor not to tell me anything else because I was truly upset over the entire thing.. I am still having a problem with it and I’m concerned about the other kitties that are allowed by their owners here to wander around loose and those kitties that have no longer have owners.. Since that day I have seen a police presence patrolling the complex in the morning and during the day which I never noticed before not sure though if the two are connected.. Sad sad sad and sorrow for this little one that was left behind by someone like a piece of garbage.. This kitty at one time gave his/her love and affection to a family that turned their back on it when they moved and that is a big problem with me and this state and it is the younger people not the older people that do it.. People that intentionally kill animals have deeper problems that have not surfaced yet but to kill a defenseless animal is truly sick..

This article is from the Broward County newspapers about a problem they are having with this same issue.. Http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-serial-cat-killings-bn061109,0,4603752.story

Not meaning to put a damper on anyone’s day but can we please finally agree ALL these babies need our help … regardless of the heartless humans who dealt them this hand, WE hold the Aces, let’s use them, ppl !!
Please teach yourselves and your children, better
granny Mouse

This is was answered by :
you'retheonlyone; :
that is horrible!
only someone heartless could do that.
but really, if you do that, how are you NOT a killer?
i’m more frustrated that people can’t be jailed for something like this.. just because it looks accidental.
the only thing i could think of is that people get tired of the animal?
it’s just like having a baby.. so do they get tired of their children?

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March…because of the idiot surgeon (yes, he was an idiot which is why I switched Doctors)..I finally got the bone scan that I should have had done in March completed last week. The question that I have is this: Does cancer usually stay in the general area if it starts to spread, or can it jump around?

They say that there is an area of concern on my spine, so I am having an MRI. How worried should I be that it may have spread based on my having a wedge shaped vertebra in the same area that they are concerned with? Could that be a reason for abnormal growth in the area?

My PET scan came back perfect as did all the other tests that I have which stated that there was no evidence of spreading. I had numerous MRIs done of the breast, a chest xray, blood tests looking for markers. Although they did not do a sentinel node biopsy to see if it had spread. They were going to do the biopsy when they were going to do the surgery removing the lump.

This is was answered by :
Denisedds :
I don’t understand what you mean by “Does cancer usually stay in the general area if it starts to spread, or can it jump around?”
Cancer spreads either through your lymph nodes or your bloodstream. Breast cancers nearly always will spread to the axillary nodes first, but every once in awhile you will see one that didn’t. Once the cancer cells are circulating in your body they can start a new tumor anywhere.

There is nothing better than a bone scan to pick up bone mets and this is a common metastatic site for breast cancer. However, if they want an MRI they are not concerned about your bones as this is used to look at soft tissue. Without the radiologists reports I have no way of knowing what is happening. Scoliosis does not throw off a bone scan. The scan itself doesn’t look for anything it’s just taking a picture. It’s the radiologist that determines if there is anything there.

specifically flea and tick prevention and heartworm meds

I asked a somewhat related question earlier

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Atmm1.0R0XONFMQtiotB28bsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090514110005AAGzgpG

I was hoping to start buying my stuff from 1800petmeds because they're the cheapest I've found so far. My vet is making that impossible to do though as they refuse to write rx and make you buy the meds directly from them (that's what my last question was regarding). I know I can get Sentinel for much cheaper online than at my vets office. Is 1800petmeds a good company?

Side note: My dog is 12 weeks old. Vet has not done heartworm test on her yet but gave me a sample of heartworm meds which I started last month. Now I need to get some more. I do not have a problem with taking the dog to the vet to check for heartworms, I asked them about it and they said they won't test her yet since she's under 6 months old. I guess some people misunderstood me last time and thought that I wasn't wanting to take my dog in to get checked for heartworms.

The following reply is by : Snickd :
I get all of my dog's meds at our vet and they actually charge exactly the same as 1800petmeds, so I've never asked about prescriptions. However, if you feel that your vet is money grubbing, I'd find a new vet that you can be completely comfortable with. Speaking from experience, I've been to every vet within 35 miles of my home trying to find a decent one before I found the vet I use now. One vet nearly killed my dog when they botched his neuter, and the other vet was so intent on selling me crap that I didn't need ("What, you already have Frontline at home and don't need any more? Well, I think you do. So here you go!") that he didn't actually do anything for my dog. Just keep moving around until you find someone that you're comfortable with because it'll make a difference when you're comfy enough to approach the vet with any questions and believe them, rather than wonder if they're simply suggesting meds to get extra money from you.

Here is Bravos 100 most scary movies…..what do you think and do you agree? I think some are a little wack myself…. i did not make this list, this is by bravo…what is your opinion???

Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments and 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments by AmyD
100 Scariest Movie Moments
100.28 Days Later
99. Creepshow
98. Zombie
97. Cat People (1982)
96. The Birds
95. Jurassic Park
94. Child's Play
93. Pacific Heights
92. Village of the Damned
91. Shallow Grave
90. Night of the Hunter
89. Alice Sweet Alice
88. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
87. Black Christmas (1974)
86. Wizard of Oz
85. Blood & Black Lace
84. Blue Velvet
83. The Others
82. Terminator
81. The Howling
80. Poltergeist
79. Dracula (1992)
78. The Brood
77. Signs
76. Evil Dead
75. Candyman
74. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
73. Blood Simple
72. Them!
71. The Sixth Sense
70. The Stepfather
69. Re-Animator
68. The Black Cat
67. Duel
66. The Tenant
65. Marathon Man
64. Near Dark
63. Deliverance
62. The Wolf Man
61. The Devil's Backbone
60. The Beyond
59. Fatal Attraction
58. Cujo
57. House of Wax (1953)
56. Single White Female
55. The Vanishing (1993)
54. The Changeling
53. Demons
52. The Phantom of the Opera
51. The Dead Zone
50. The Last House on the Left
49. Diabolique
48. The Thing (1982)
47. Nosferatu (1929)
46. The Sentinel
45. The Wicker Man (1975)
44. The Game
43. It's Alive!
42. An American Werewolf in London
41. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
40. Black Sunday
39. Dawn of the Dead
38. Peeping Tom
37. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
36. Cape Fear (1962)
35. Aliens
34. The Hitcher (1986)
33. The Fly (1986)
32. Pet Sematary
31. Friday the 13th
30. Blair Witch Project
29. Serpent and the Rainbow
28. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
27. Frankenstein (1931)
26. Seven
25. Phantasm
24. Suspiria
23. Rosemary's Baby
22. Don't Look Now
21. Jacob's Ladder
20. The Ring (2002)
19. Hellraiser
18. The Haunting
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street
16. The Omen (1976)
15. Freaks
14. Halloween
13. Scream
12. Misery
11. Audition
10. Wait Until Dark
9. Night of the Living Dead
8. Carrie (1976)
7. Silence of the Lambs
6. Shining
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. Psycho (1960)
3. Exorcist
2. Alien
1. Jaws

_30 Even Scarier Movie Moments
30. The Grudge
29. Cape Fear (1991)
28. Cabin Fever
27. Slither
26. Play Misty for Me
25. Red Eye
24. The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
23. Manhunter
22. American Psycho
21. Dead Alive
20. 2001: A Space Odyssey
19. Fear
18. Army of Darkness
17. Christine
16. Saw II
15. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
14. Scanners
13. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
12. Wolf Creek
11. The Stepford Wives (1975)
10. Children of the Corn
9. Open Water
8. Land of the Dead
7. The Devil’s Rejects
6. Vertigo
5. Oldboy
4. Videodrome
3. Saw
2. A Clockwork Orange
1. Hostel

The following reply is by : _____ :
Child's Play wasn't scary to me.