If your Japanese Bobtail has been diagnosed with heartworms then you may be wondering how the disease was transmitted to your cat. Heartworm disease is transmitted in cats from mosquitoes. The disease, if not caught early, can be fatal as it can cause permanent damage to your Japanese Bobtail’s main organs including the heart, lungs and blood vessels. Adult female heartworms produce baby worms that circulate in the bloodstream. The mosquito picks up these baby worms when it sucks the blood from the infected cat. It takes 10 to 14 days for the baby worms to enter the infective stage. Once the mosquito bites another cat, it deposits the larvae into the cat. It can take 6 months for the babies to mature. They can live two to three year in cats. Your veterinary clinic Frisco, TX can tell you that most cases of heartworms can be prevented by administering a monthly preventative pill to your bobtail. Read more here.