Professor Robert Cowie from University of Hawaii at Manoa explains Rat Lungworm disease and what you can do to avoid contracting it. | Honolulu Civil Beat

Is your dog up to date with their lungworm treatment? Lungworm is a particularly nasty type of parasitic worm that can be serious – even fatal – if left untreated. Unlike many other types of worms your dog is at risk of, lungworm isn’t passed from dog to dog. Instead, slugs and snails are hosts, passing on to unsuspecting pets, and infects dogs when they eat them while out walking or playing. To help prevent your dog from being infected by lungworm, you should treat your dog regularly from the p

10/9/25 UPDATE: Vanda has lungworm and roundworm so treatment has begun. Hopefully we will be able to scan her later to see if she is pregnant. We have noticed that pregnant females often nest in gardens away from dogs, and also away from gardens that support feed, keeping their hoglets hidden. 9/9/25 Arrival is Vanda. Originally trapped in a humane rat trap two weeks ago😔. The bridge of her nose had been sore, but appears healed now. She was released in the finders garden. Today they accidenta