Hi all,
My kitten Binx is 19 weeks old this week and on Nov. 25th he went in to get his first vaccines. First, I live in a low-income rural area with only 3 vet clinics and they all use the same vaccines and possibly protocols. He got the FVRCP (modified live)+ FeLV (killed) vaccine by Novibac and it was injected by his right shoulder blade.
Yesterday, about 3 weeks after vaccination, I noticed he had a lump on his right shoulder blade in the exact spot of the injection. It's about an inch long and I can pick it up with my fingers and it feels almost suspended under the skin, not attached to tissues. It doesn't seem to bother him or feel sensitive. It feels solid but after picking it up with my fingers feels kind of squishy.
He has a vet appt for next Wednesday to get another FVRCP (modified live)+ FeLV (killed) as well as his Rabies (killed). I wanted to make a post and ask if anyone else has dealt with this type of issue. This is my first cat i've owned by myself other than family cats and I am a little (okay, very) nervous about asking the vet to not do the injection in the shoulder area and do it in his leg instead.
What if the vet doesn't want to do it in the leg? I am also wondering if I should just ask for the FVRCP vaccine this time without FeLV and if I should get rabies or not. Is it okay if I request to only get certain vaccines? Will the vet refuse to only give one kind? In my province in Canada, only bats are known carriers but we haven't had known cases of rabies in a very, very long time. Binx is going to be strictly indoor and he is going to be an only cat.
I just want to get opinions from other cat owners. I'm quite anxious about this lump, especially after reading about ISS and with him getting a lump from his first vaccine, plus with the vets here obviously going by old-school standards.
Edit: Just wanted to include, I emailed another vet in the area and asked about vaccine location and the response I got was "the vet decides where to give the vaccine."
My kitten Binx is 19 weeks old this week and on Nov. 25th he went in to get his first vaccines. First, I live in a low-income rural area with only 3 vet clinics and they all use the same vaccines and possibly protocols. He got the FVRCP (modified live)+ FeLV (killed) vaccine by Novibac and it was injected by his right shoulder blade.
Yesterday, about 3 weeks after vaccination, I noticed he had a lump on his right shoulder blade in the exact spot of the injection. It's about an inch long and I can pick it up with my fingers and it feels almost suspended under the skin, not attached to tissues. It doesn't seem to bother him or feel sensitive. It feels solid but after picking it up with my fingers feels kind of squishy.
He has a vet appt for next Wednesday to get another FVRCP (modified live)+ FeLV (killed) as well as his Rabies (killed). I wanted to make a post and ask if anyone else has dealt with this type of issue. This is my first cat i've owned by myself other than family cats and I am a little (okay, very) nervous about asking the vet to not do the injection in the shoulder area and do it in his leg instead.
What if the vet doesn't want to do it in the leg? I am also wondering if I should just ask for the FVRCP vaccine this time without FeLV and if I should get rabies or not. Is it okay if I request to only get certain vaccines? Will the vet refuse to only give one kind? In my province in Canada, only bats are known carriers but we haven't had known cases of rabies in a very, very long time. Binx is going to be strictly indoor and he is going to be an only cat.
I just want to get opinions from other cat owners. I'm quite anxious about this lump, especially after reading about ISS and with him getting a lump from his first vaccine, plus with the vets here obviously going by old-school standards.
Edit: Just wanted to include, I emailed another vet in the area and asked about vaccine location and the response I got was "the vet decides where to give the vaccine."
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