I was wondering if it is unsafe for a child to be around an animal that is being treated for heartworm?
2007-03-13 04:27:22 · 6 answers · asked by Time4Tivo 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
No we can't get Heartworm. You do want to keep the pet in a crate and do not allow it to get its heartrate up for any reason until you get a negative test result. Only walk the dog on lead for potty. I have a heartworm survivor and we took several on with the katrina flood. We kept them in our homes ti treatment was over then fouind them new homes of their own.
2007-03-13 04:32:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heartworms are NOT transferable from dogs to humans.
2007-03-13 19:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by Great Dane Lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Humans cannot get heartworms.
2007-03-13 11:32:17 · answer #3 · answered by wamathews 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart worms are not contagious to humans. If they were you would see people who have dogs with heart worms acting like something is wrong with them. so no it is not contagious to humans
2007-03-13 11:55:21 · answer #4 · answered by Megan H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-03-13 11:31:29 · answer #5 · answered by mcnatt c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-03-13 11:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by Sui, Steve Irwin's dog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋