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Shots?
I need advice on shots for my cat.
The vet routinely administers the following shots annually: FELV Feline Leukemia FIP Feline Infectious Paratinitus FIV Feline Immune Virus (cat AIDS) FVRCP/C Feline distemper He also administers rabies shots at the same time. I went ahead with the rabies shot because it is required by law. I postponed all other shots until I could find out more about them. Clearly they are not necessary, but are they desirable, and if so on what basis? Let me try to summarize my uneasiness. The feline leukemia brochure discloses that this vaccination does not always prevent leukemia. Now it seems to me that there is some risk to a small animal in shots like this, so how does the less-than-certain benefit of this shot outweigh the risk of giving the shot? In other words if there is a definite, significant benefit, then fine, my little guy gets the shots. But if the benefit isn't definite, or isn't significant, then I'm inclined to spare him. What I'm getting at is that once upon a time it was sincerely believed that tonsilectomies were a good idea for humans. Many infants had their tonsils removed as a matter of course. Far too many. But it turns out, it was not a good idea, especially not as a preventive measure. Tonsilectomies are no longer performed except for good reason. I mistrust serious procedures performed as a matter of course. Shots for small animals are serious. The vaccines themselves are poisonous and may have adverse consequences. So I'm looking for explanations, shot by shot. Benefits if any, and how significant? Risk if any, and how serious? Adverse effects, and how would I know? In case it helps, the little guy is a neutered domestic shorthair, and mostly an outdoor cat. He is about 1-1/2 years old, alert and in good health. Thanks in advance -- Jim |
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enlightened us with... I need advice on shots for my cat. The vet routinely administers the following shots annually: FELV Feline Leukemia FIP Feline Infectious Paratinitus FIV Feline Immune Virus (cat AIDS) FVRCP/C Feline distemper He also administers rabies shots at the same time. Note: many vaccines are not 100% reliable. FeLV vaccine is recommended only for high-risk cats. There is no good vaccine for FIP, as FIP is now known to be a mutated strain of the coronavirus. It is the coronavirus that causes it and it mutates in the cat's body. No vaccine will prevent it. The vaccine for FIP was completely ineffective. If the vaccine is actually for coronavirus, which nearly 80% of cats, it is probably not worth getting. 95% of cats who get coronavirus never develop FIP from it and they are usually exposed as young kittens. I'd pass on that one. FIV vaccine is recommended for high-risk cats (outdoor cats or cats in multicat environments such as catteries) only. Note that vaccinated cats will TEST POSITIVE even though they aren't sick. This can be a problem, as the vaccine isn't 100% - so you won't know if your cat is sick or not. Distemper combo vaccine is a necessity. http://www.vet.cornell.edu/Public/FHC/vaccbr.html http://www.hsus.org/ace/11790 http://www.southpaws.com/topics/felv.html -- -- ~kaeli~ The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Finland. Now Santa Claus is missing. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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In article ,
enlightened us with... I need advice on shots for my cat. The vet routinely administers the following shots annually: FELV Feline Leukemia FIP Feline Infectious Paratinitus FIV Feline Immune Virus (cat AIDS) FVRCP/C Feline distemper He also administers rabies shots at the same time. Note: many vaccines are not 100% reliable. FeLV vaccine is recommended only for high-risk cats. There is no good vaccine for FIP, as FIP is now known to be a mutated strain of the coronavirus. It is the coronavirus that causes it and it mutates in the cat's body. No vaccine will prevent it. The vaccine for FIP was completely ineffective. If the vaccine is actually for coronavirus, which nearly 80% of cats, it is probably not worth getting. 95% of cats who get coronavirus never develop FIP from it and they are usually exposed as young kittens. I'd pass on that one. FIV vaccine is recommended for high-risk cats (outdoor cats or cats in multicat environments such as catteries) only. Note that vaccinated cats will TEST POSITIVE even though they aren't sick. This can be a problem, as the vaccine isn't 100% - so you won't know if your cat is sick or not. Distemper combo vaccine is a necessity. http://www.vet.cornell.edu/Public/FHC/vaccbr.html http://www.hsus.org/ace/11790 http://www.southpaws.com/topics/felv.html -- -- ~kaeli~ The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Finland. Now Santa Claus is missing. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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I begin to wonder about shots for indoor only cats.
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I begin to wonder about shots for indoor only cats.
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I begin to wonder about shots for indoor only cats.
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