Cats - annual injections (merged threads)

tanith

Sorry to say this but no animal of mine would suffer a horrible drawn out distressing death... as soon as it became obvious the cat was suffering they would be kindly put out of their misery by my vet... with me holding them

mina626

They kept misdiagnosing him every time we took him to the vet, over a period of several months, until the very end all the while he was getting thinner and thinner, till in the end he was almost kitten-sized, from having been a huge strong cat. in the end he was obviously in a lot of pain and unable to walk, which is when we took him to the vet for the last time. Even then they weren't able to establish exactly what his illness was until after.. and my mum refused to pay the vet's fees. He suffered terribly

owned_by_2_Siamese

Both of my cats (10 and 5) have their jabs, primarily because they have to go to the cattery for two weeks each year. However I too 'stretch' the period - initially when the second cat was young to 'synchronise' their jabs so they could go together, but now we always go a couple of months over.
Just a note of caution, the older cat had her jab a few years ago , and promptly keeled over - three days in the vets - a rapid reaction. The batch was investigated but apparently it was not necessaritly the caus (!!), so if you do notice anything strange after the jabs get back to your vet quickly - we were lucky.

Eddi_2

I had the boys immunised for the first 3 or 4 years of their lives and then didn't bother afterwards. The stress of trying to get them in their baskets eventually led me to give up. Once you've actually got them in their baskets Archie spends the entire journey frothing at the mouth and Harry howls like a banshee which is terribly off putting when you're driving.

When I discussed it with the vet he said that since they were house cats anyway he didn't think it was necessary to have the jabs so now they just go if and when required.

(As an aside, I've since learned that if you make the baskets accessible all the time so the cat can wander in and out, then they don't just associate it with going to the vet. Why didn't I think of that sooner :rolleyes: )

pokem02

My 3 cats do go on "holiday" to the cattery every year which is why we keep their jabs up-to-date - I asked my family to look after them but no-one would (despite offering to pay!), as one has daily drugs for epilepsy (fortunately, the medication keeps it well under control so fits are very rare) :shocked:

Also, the cattery is insured and uses the same vet as us so if anything does happen whilst we're away, they cattery sorts it all out. And pays for it!

Ann1984

I have to say i agree with those of you that only have your cats first jabs done.

Kimi is now 4 and the only jab he has ever had was the first.

I grew up with a siamesse when i lived with my parents and she never had any jabs, she never needed to go to the vets and died from age a 19.

I think it depends on how you feel but if you and your cat are happy thats all that matters.

Ann
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jeanssis

Our Pepsi, 15 yrs old now, has always had cat flu/enteritus boosters annually as she has to go into catteries a lot, plus feline leukaemia boosters as our vet says he believes it's more necessary than the flu/enteritus one. She has these separately (flu/enteritus February & leukaemia September) as her first time of having the two together she had a bad reaction.

Here she is..

Bagpuss741

Pet Meds are also on Quidco

Lennylegs

Hi

I have 2 indoor cats (one boy, one girl) they are just coming up to 2 years old. They never go into a cattery as my brother comes to ours and 'babysits'. They had all their injections etc when we got them, they have had one checkup since then but no further injections. Being indoor cats - do they need them ?

Thank you

Leonie

Nile

Hello thomasr79

Welcome to the MSE site.:wave:

I've merged your thread with this existing 'cats injection' thread.

Regards

Nile