Q: We don't use heartworm protection in [our] State & we HAVE mosquitoes!
Are w e missing something?
 
A: You re asking a guy who can t find his nose in the middle of a clean
mirror?
 
I must be getting old!  I have this wonderful straight line and all I
come up with is something about a mirror and a nose?  I mean, I could
say something sharp like, You mean besides the boat?  , or something
pithy like, Your diploma from Low IQ U?  , or even somethin g juvenile
like Not many of the branches when you feel out of the ugly tree, but
noooOooo!  I have to be all polite and nice and all that baloney because
I know the person and she is sweet and nice and has photos that could
embarrass me if ever released on the internet.  Let me tell yo u sonny,
back when I was a kid, we couldn t buy this kind of straight line cause
we were so poor w e didn t have a dollar in play money in our pocket.
No sir, we had to build our own gags out of bad playground jokes and spit
and whatever we could tear out of old Playboys that were missing the
centerfold.  And the jokes were uphill, butt deep in the snow .
 
Seriously, the best person to ask would be your vet who would know far
better th an I the heartworm conditions for your location.  I would
specifically ask for an appointment to di scuss the issue.
 
I will say this; heartworm is nasty, nasty, nasty, and I make sure my
ferrets ar e treated for the parasites without fail.  It is worth the
price, worth the risk, and worth the pi ece of mind.
 
Bob C
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[Posted in FML issue 4649]