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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2004For Those Who Think Vaccinations Aren't Important
We've all gotten a beautiful little kitten that just steals your heart away and we vow to take good care of him. He looks healthy and, despite all the veterinary press about vaccinations, some of us think "My kitten is staying indoors... nothing can hurt him or infect him. He'll be safe." WRONG! Our 12 week old kitten sleeps lethargically on a soft towel in a chair with high fever, no appetite, no will to even open his eyes. The purr he always had whenever he was picked up and cuddled is gone. The vet says "Could be infection but could be panleukopenia". I call up the person we got the kitten from only to find out that the kitten was not vaccinated at all and neither was his mother....and he was too young to get the Panleukopenia vaccine at the time we got him. By the time he was just old enough, we got busy with so many other things. The Vet says "Give him these antibiotics, give him subcu fluids, and watch him....if he gets much worse, bring him back and we'll either launch him on an intensive round of supportive measures (if you can afford them) ...they will cost somewhere in the high hundreds.... or we can humanely euthanize him". To those who love their cats....PLEASE, don't think this can't happen to you...please don't think that vaccinations are an un-necessary precaution that Vets like to push in the very unlikely event that your cat may catch something or that your kitten will have no opportunity to be exposed to anything. Don't be like us and learn the hard way. Susan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can only please one person each day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To those who love their cats....PLEASE, don't think this can't happen >to you...please don't think that vaccinations are an un-necessary >precaution that Vets like to push in the very unlikely event that your >cat may catch something or that your kitten will have no opportunity >to be exposed to anything. >Don't be like us and learn the hard way. I would add a number of years ago all of my cats had to get booster rabies shots. All of my cats were indoor cats, a squirrel got inside the house and may have bitten at least one of the cats. The vet wanted every cat in the house brought in for new rabies shots (even though they them within the scheduled times) >>To those who love their cats....PLEASE, don't think this can't happen >>to you...please don't think that vaccinations are an un-necessary [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >The vet wanted every cat in the house brought in for new >rabies shots (even though they them within the scheduled times) Squirrels can't spread rabies. By the time they would be able to spread it, they are dead. Hospitals/public health departments don't even track squirrel bites like they do bites of larger animals. If you vet wanted all your animals brought in after a "possible" squirrel bite, it's time to think about changing vets. He/she was milking you out of your hard earned money. >>>To those who love their cats....PLEASE, don't think this can't happen >>>to you...please don't think that vaccinations are an un-necessary [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > squirrel bite, it's time to think about changing vets. He/she was > milking you out of your hard earned money. In addition to what was said here: Wouldn't it be too late for rabies vaccinations, even if the cat had been bitten by a larger animal? Rabies vaccinations are preventive innoculations. The series of shots given to a person who has been bitten are different. MaryL >Squirrels can't spread rabies. By the time they would be able to >spread it, they are dead. Hospitals/public health departments don't >even track squirrel bites like they do bites of larger animals. The way the vet explained it around here there was a 70% chance the squirrel was rabid so the vet wasn't taking the chance that they weren't. >If you vet wanted all your animals brought in after a "possible" >squirrel bite, it's time to think about changing vets. He/she was >milking you out of your hard earned money. I would add that alot of rabid squirrels have been found in the region. >>If you vet wanted all your animals brought in after a "possible" >>squirrel bite, it's time to think about changing vets. He/she was >>milking you out of your hard earned money. I should add to this in this area there have been ALOT of psts being attacked by rabid animals do much so that authorities have strongly suggested keeping pets indooors. >>Squirrels can't spread rabies. By the time they would be able to >>spread it, they are dead. Hospitals/public health departments don't [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >I would add that alot of rabid squirrels have been found in the >region. You are being suckered out of money. Yes, squirrels can be rabid, but they can't transmit the disease. They die before they reach the stage when that is possible. Got both my cats off death row at the Humane Society, they make you get their shots and get them fixed. After all that, one of them was in pain and couldn't figure out why, so they gave her a shot of antibiotics and the next day she was ounce again, a lean mean hunting machine. If she keeps bringing home rabbits, I'm going to start frying them up myself. Stone > We've all gotten a beautiful little kitten that just steals your heart > away and we vow to take good care of him. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > looking good either. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Got both my cats off death row at the Humane Society, they make you get > their shots and get them fixed. After all that, one of them was in pain and [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> looking good either. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sending purrs for your kitten to fight off the illness. Many years ago (before vaccinations were given to cats) we had two cats with distemper. They did make it and were healthy cats. >> Got both my cats off death row at the Humane Society, they make you get >> their shots and get them fixed. After all that, one of them was in pain and [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >(before vaccinations were given to cats) we had two cats with distemper. >They did make it and were healthy cats. Thank you SO much for your good wishes. Tomorrow we pull out all the stops to save this little fellow. I've never known a more loving kitten and he deserves every chance I can give him to live a very long and happy life. Susan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can only please one person each day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ my best wishes and deepest purrs that you are able to pull your little one through. > We've all gotten a beautiful little kitten that just steals your heart > away and we vow to take good care of him. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > looking good either. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Our 12 week old kitten sleeps lethargically on a soft towel in >> a chair with high fever, no appetite, no will to even >> open his eyes. The purr he always had whenever he was >> picked up and cuddled is gone. We lost our little Jess at 12 weeks - it was heartbreaking. Hoping and praying for the little one - please let us know how he is.  Signaturewww.katie-walker.co.uk |
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