Boosters - a year from first or second vaccinations???

gettingready

I am getting letters fro my vet about :Fiona, Phoebe, Fred and George being due for their booster.

Now, I just checked their vaccination books:

Fiona and Phoebe - first vaccination 21/12/10 second vaccination 13/01/11

Fred and George - first vaccination 13/01/2011 second vaccination 29/01/11

Do I count a year from the first or second vaccination for them to be ready for the booster?

I will not be taking them to my regular vet as can not afford £45 per cat for boosters so this time I will be taking them to a charity vet as I am still out of work...

But I do not want to take them too early...

Will call the vets on Wednesday but as I have just found their vaccination books it bothers me now.. anyone knows?

I plan to take Macius the little one with the girls - them for booster and Macius for his first vaccination and then take him again with the boys - boys for their booster and Macius for his second vaccination.

Need to organise the logistics of that as 3 cats at a time in 2 baskets and 2 busses each way... sigh....

brokenant

Not sure exactly how much but you get a fair amount of leeway for the yearly booster, slight oversight last year meant one of ours was nearly 3 months over last year and the vet was fine with that.

gettingready

Thanks - I spent some time on Google and some places say you CAN have 3 months "over" - BUT not many vets are accepting that.

I am fine with a year but need to know from first or from second vaccination as at the moment it makes a lot of cash-wise difference to me.

Anyone?

Torry_Quine

It's from the second vaccination. Note that many charity vets eg PDSA don't do vaccinations.

gettingready

Thanks but the one I will be using do, it is a cat charity, Celia Hammond Animal Trust.

I was thinking it MUST be from the second by kept on getting those letteres from GOddards (where all my lot is registered) since November....vaccinations reminders

HappyMJ

My vet tells me every 3 years is OK there is no need for annual boosters....hmmm....maybe with more than 1 cat in the house and the level of disease in the local cat population it needs to be annual. I think it's actually been 7 years since she has last had a vaccination. Vet has never mentioned anything about it.

Torry_Quine

HappyMJ wrote: »

My vet tells me every 3 years is OK there is no need for annual boosters....hmmm....maybe with more than 1 cat in the house and the level of disease in the local cat population it needs to be annual. I think it's actually been 7 years since she has last had a vaccination. Vet has never mentioned anything about it.

It should be every year. If ever a cat goes into a cattery they will need to have been vaccinated in the last year.

HappyMJ

Torry_Quine wrote: »

It should be every year. If ever a cat goes into a cattery they will need to have been vaccinated in the last year.

Just checked card it says 3 years.

~Chameleon~

It depends where you live so ask your vet for local recommendations, but yes, catteries/kennels will require a current vaccination record, regardless.

Torry_Quine

HappyMJ wrote: »

Just checked card it says 3 years.

I presume you mean the vet, to be honest that would put me off right away and the cattery advice still stands.

gettingready

My cats never did/never will go into cattery so this is not my worry - although others may find this info useful.

Also I am not asking about 1 or 3 years, thanks.

Just purely how to count a year from what? First or second vaccination? - from when they were vaccinated for the first time as kittens (last year) - simply because need to arrange the logistics of transporting them all... sigh....

Got my 4 at home now AND my daughter's 2 - my daughter's girls took 2 days to get used to the dog again...

Teddy was vaccinated in November this year, Macius is a baby so it our 4 plus the baby that I need to get sorted.. sigh....