discounts on bulk vacinations

Kimberley82

Does anyone know and organisations that do discounts when having 4 cats vaccinated at once?

Basically we messed up and one of our female cats got out before she was spade, we now have 4 very adorable 8 week old kittens.

We have homes for 3 of them when they are 12 week and we are keeping the 4th.

They need to start having their vaccinations but I know I am going to struggle right now paying for it due to my husband being made redundant.

rising_from_the_ashes

TBH I'd be asking the new owners to pay for the vaccinations - I've never got (not would I expect to have) any of my kittens already vaccinated.

If you're getting benefits, some of the national charities may be able to help - PDSA etc.

Kimberley82

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

TBH I'd be asking the new owners to pay for the vaccinations - I've never got (not would I expect to have) any of my kittens already vaccinated.

If you're getting benefits, some of the national charities may be able to help - PDSA etc.

I always thought you had them done before you gave them to their new homes? I have never done this before so dont really know, will talk to the new owners, they are people we know.

We are not on any benifits

gettingready

When a female pregnant homeless cat that my daughter took in had kittens we sent them off to their new homes at 6 weeks. They were eatind/drinking/using the litter tray from 4 weeks on and homes were good so let them go at 6 weeks (one stayed here). Any particular reason that you want to keep them up to 12 weeks of age? I do not recommend 6 weeks but at 8 they should be ok to go to new homes. It is pedigree kittens that breeders normally keep till 12 weeks and get vaccinated (1st vaccine at least) before selling them.

If money is an issue and you have good responsible homes for the kittens to go to - please consider that oprions

Oh and it is spayed nod spade

krlyr

Depending on where you are located, you may find a vaccination clinic that does vaccinations at a fraction of the price. I'm taking my dogs to one on Thursday - it's run one afternoon a week at the petshop part of a garden centre and they simply do vaccinations. They must bulk-buy and spread the cost over the various branches that they offer the same service at and can afford to offer the booster vacc and KC jab at a mere £20 - compared to my local vet's £93! I know my local vets aren't ones to rip people off as well as I've been using them for nearly 10 years now, but it's like the corner shop vs online shopping - the clinics just have so much more buying power and so many less overheads.

Kimberley82

gettingready wrote: »

When a female pregnant homeless cat that my daughter took in had kittens we sent them off to their new homes at 6 weeks. They were eatind/drinking/using the litter tray from 4 weeks on and homes were good so let them go at 6 weeks (one stayed here). Any particular reason that you want to keep them up to 12 weeks of age? I do not recommend 6 weeks but at 8 they should be ok to go to new homes. It is pedigree kittens that breeders normally keep till 12 weeks and get vaccinated (1st vaccine at least) before selling them.

If money is an issue and you have good responsible homes for the kittens to go to - please consider that oprions

Oh and it is spayed nod spade

my husband did research into it and read that keeping them till 12 weeks is best for the kittens and mum

Kimberley82

krlyr wrote: »

Depending on where you are located, you may find a vaccination clinic that does vaccinations at a fraction of the price. I'm taking my dogs to one on Thursday - it's run one afternoon a week at the petshop part of a garden centre and they simply do vaccinations. They must bulk-buy and spread the cost over the various branches that they offer the same service at and can afford to offer the booster vacc and KC jab at a mere £20 - compared to my local vet's £93! I know my local vets aren't ones to rip people off as well as I've been using them for nearly 10 years now, but it's like the corner shop vs online shopping - the clinics just have so much more buying power and so many less overheads.

will see if i can find one, thats just the sort of thing I am after thank you x

gettingready

Not sure where you are - do you have Celia Hammond near you?

They are in London Canning Town, Hastings and Lewisham, they vacccinate really cheap and you do not need to be on benefits:

http://www.celiahammond.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=5&MMN_position=42:42

gettingready

Kimberley82 wrote: »

my husband did research into it and read that keeping them till 12 weeks is best for the kittens and mum

Depends.. Lucy was a very good mum but clearly fed up with her babies and hissing at them from the time they started being "independent" and really horrible to them by the time they were 6 weeks....

krlyr

Easipetcare are the one I'm going to, I've had a few people say they wouldn't use them for vet treatment out of choice but I'm more than happy with my vets anyway, I'm just going to appreciate saving nearly £150 on the dogs' boosters! My dogs don't have any issues with vet trips though, if they were nervous or fearful I might think twice about it. For kitten vaccinations, I don't think a vaccination clinic would be a bad thing, and then the new owners can choose which vet practice they want to use in the future.
You could google "pet vaccination clinic" alongside your area name too just incase there's any others locally.

Kimberley82

gettingready wrote: »

Depends.. Lucy was a very good mum but clearly fed up with her babies and hissing at them from the time they started being "independent" and really horrible to them by the time they were 6 weeks....

she loves them to bits still, so does out 8 month old kitten, our kitchen is a huge buddle of playing kittens, will be sad to see them go but my house is too small for 6 cats