Hi Cassandra,
Congratulations on your two new additions to your family! They are so lucky to
have you! As far as vaccines go, what are your reasons for vaccinating the
kittens? Even if they do go outside, I don't know that much contact can be had
through a chain link fence, although I could be very wrong. How tall is this
fence? Is it possible they could jump it or outside cats could? Do you have
that enclosure thing that goes around the top that keeps them from jumping the
fence or climbing over? I would wait until they are older to do vaccinations,
when you can test them for FeLV. I am of the mind that if they are indoors
only, I don't vaccinate at all.
I would really like to see research done on this issue. Some people have cats
who were vaccinated but positive and often they live for several years versus
those that die in the their kittenhood who were not vaccinated. It's just a
hypothesis right now, but what if the vaccine actually does help? When I have
time, I'm going to write the professor at A&M and ask him about this and also
about what percentage of anemia cases are attributable to hemobartonella.
In the meantime, I would stick with not vaccinating a positive (or unknown
positive) until we know better.
:)
Wendy
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the
world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~
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