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How Often to Vaccinate?
I have read that it is not good to give yearly vaccinations on cats that don't
go outside. I have two one year old kittens who have had all of their kitten shots and don't go outside. I have an elderly indoor cat and a senior indoor/outdoor cat that rarely leaves the yard. I just received a notice from my vet that all three of them are due for their vaccinations. Just wondered how often you would vaccinate them? |
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From: (Scuba4dk)
I have read that it is not good to give yearly vaccinations on cats that don't go outside. I have two one year old kittens who have had all of their kitten shots and don't go outside. I have an elderly indoor cat and a senior indoor/outdoor cat that rarely leaves the yard. I just received a notice from my vet that all three of them are due for their vaccinations. Just wondered how often you would vaccinate them? That's really a decision you need to make yourself, but there is lots of information out there to read. Here are a couple of interesting articles: http://www.blakkatz.com/vaccination.html http://www.anc.org/editorials/editor...r=2003_0801_va ccines Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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"Scuba4dk" wrote in message ... I have read that it is not good to give yearly vaccinations on cats that don't go outside. I have two one year old kittens who have had all of their kitten shots and don't go outside. I have an elderly indoor cat and a senior indoor/outdoor cat that rarely leaves the yard. I just received a notice from my vet that all three of them are due for their vaccinations. Just wondered how often you would vaccinate them? When you go to the appt., ask the vet about the pros & cons of the various vaccines, & the different forms of some of them, too - there are a bunch of choices involved. Make sure the vet knows the habits of all of the cats, besides just the new inside-only kittens; it'll help for him/her to give you insight as to what your best choices may be for the various cats involved, & if the other cats might impact what vaccinations you decide on for the kittens. A few years ago I dropped all but really important - to my cats - vaccines. They no longer get the FeLV one, for example, because years & years ago the older one stopped trying to escape out the doors whenever I open them, the younger one turned out to easily adapt to being inside-only, & they have access to the outside only on a screened-in porch. So the vets & I decided that the FeLV vaccine was more risky than it was beneficial to them. My late eldest cat - at my vets' suggestions, I'd dropped all vaccines in her last few years except rabies because she'd become chronically ill & we didn't want to overload her system anymore than it already was. AFAIK, the rabies vaccine needs a booster one year after the initial one, even if you then choose to use the 3 year rabies vaccination schedule instead of one of the annual rabies vax. It's been a long time since I had young cats, but it's possible that other vaccines (the ones you decide to keep in the regimen) also need a 1 yr. booster even if you vaccinate only every 3 years after that. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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"Scuba4dk" wrote in message ... I have read that it is not good to give yearly vaccinations on cats that don't go outside. I have two one year old kittens who have had all of their kitten shots and don't go outside. I have an elderly indoor cat and a senior indoor/outdoor cat that rarely leaves the yard. I just received a notice from my vet that all three of them are due for their vaccinations. Just wondered how often you would vaccinate them? When you go to the appt., ask the vet about the pros & cons of the various vaccines, & the different forms of some of them, too - there are a bunch of choices involved. Make sure the vet knows the habits of all of the cats, besides just the new inside-only kittens; it'll help for him/her to give you insight as to what your best choices may be for the various cats involved, & if the other cats might impact what vaccinations you decide on for the kittens. A few years ago I dropped all but really important - to my cats - vaccines. They no longer get the FeLV one, for example, because years & years ago the older one stopped trying to escape out the doors whenever I open them, the younger one turned out to easily adapt to being inside-only, & they have access to the outside only on a screened-in porch. So the vets & I decided that the FeLV vaccine was more risky than it was beneficial to them. My late eldest cat - at my vets' suggestions, I'd dropped all vaccines in her last few years except rabies because she'd become chronically ill & we didn't want to overload her system anymore than it already was. AFAIK, the rabies vaccine needs a booster one year after the initial one, even if you then choose to use the 3 year rabies vaccination schedule instead of one of the annual rabies vax. It's been a long time since I had young cats, but it's possible that other vaccines (the ones you decide to keep in the regimen) also need a 1 yr. booster even if you vaccinate only every 3 years after that. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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