LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMy baby boi Radar tested positive for lyme disease yesterday :(lemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1328arrow-down1imageMy baby boi Radar tested positive for lyme disease yesterday :(lemmy.worldLaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
He has no symptoms, and I will find out in a few days if he needs antibiotics. He is exhausted from the vet visit.
minus-squareLaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoMy vet asked me if he had any of the dog symptoms and she explained them. He has none of them, thankfully.
minus-squareMarcbmann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoHow did you discover he had it?
minus-squareLaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoI got him a heartworm test so he can be on a specific worming medication and the rest came back positive for lyme. The working medication is a preventative and needed because both of my dogs keep getting parasites from eating dirt.
My vet asked me if he had any of the dog symptoms and she explained them. He has none of them, thankfully.
How did you discover he had it?
I got him a heartworm test so he can be on a specific worming medication and the rest came back positive for lyme. The working medication is a preventative and needed because both of my dogs keep getting parasites from eating dirt.