Please read this article called "Are vaccinations helpful or harmful"? It will make you think twice about vaccinations
http://www.holisticat.com/vaccinations.html
If this stuff is really true...Originally posted by Slave2_Ragdolls
Please read this article called "Are vaccinations helpful or harmful"? It will make you think twice about vaccinationshttp://www.holisticat.com/vaccinations.html
Finally, while rabies is a very serious disease with the potential to infect humans (this is the reason for excessive vaccination laws), most animals are very unlikely to be exposed. One vaccine at four months of age will protect most cats for life. If one booster vaccination is administered, almost all animals (95 percent) are immunized for life. (Schultz)
Zoey has had these vaccinations before she left the shelter.Feline panleukopenia virus is very serious and the vaccine is quite effective, but most cats will not be exposed to the virus and the disease generally affects kittens only. Only those cats that are likely to be exposed would benefit from vaccination, and one vaccination between the age of ten to twelve weeks will protect 95 percent of cats for life. (Schultz)
Yeah.. someone tell me how Zoey is going to get Feline Leukemia being an indoor cat? I can understand maybe vaccinating for distemper and/or upper respitory diseases because those could be transferable from humans touching other cats then touching your cat etc.. and rabies ok, because there's a law, but that's as far as I'd go!The veterinary task force is recommending that single indoor cats not be vaccinated with Feline Leukemia because the chances of them getting VAS (Vaccine Associated Sarcoma) is greater than getting Feline Leukemia.
Nope! Cant really around here anyway even if I wanted to .. its just busy streets and apartment complexes.Originally posted by tuxedokitties
It's highly unlikely an indoor-only cat would be exposed to FELV. You don't even take her out on a leash, do you?
Are you talking about FIP or FELV or FIV? FIP is a fatal infectious disease, there is no cure, and the vaccine is controversial. *IF* you are actually saying your cats are FIP+, you need a new vet immediately, if he's telling you you need to re-vaccinate, etc, there's something wrong with this picture.Originally posted by Kittymomof5
Hello everyone,
I'm new here. I have 5 cats, 3 of them are positive with the FIP corona virus. I was wondering if any of you have any FIPV positive cats and are still vaccinating them for their annual shots? (Not the FIP vaccine of course, but all the other ones). I don't know what to do, if I should continue giving them their shots or not.
I orginally only had 3 indoor cats who got their annual shots but in December I brought in two strays who were FIPV positive (I didn't know about FIP until after they got infected, my vet never mentioned this to me before or I wouldn't have introduced them). I'm just concerned about giving them the vaccines now in case it increases their chances in developing FIP since they all are exposed to the virus now.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!