I kind of have to vaccinate. I brought in a FeLV positive kitten and since I doubt I will be able to adopt her out I need to vaccinate my others because I'm not planning on keeping them separated forever. Maybe I should but I don't have the set up for that. I hate over - vaccinating too but I think I have to in this case. Unless there's someone like Beth that lives in the Atlanta area that wants to take her and try to adopt her out ;-) She is a beautiful 12 week old blue point siamese kitten. Appears healthy as a horse. I had the ELISA done twice (once sent to the lab) so I know she's positive. I hope she can extinguish the virus but since she's a kitten I'm a little worried. I"m going to follow up with an IFA to see if the virus has progressed into her white blood cells so that will tell me if she has a chance of extinguishing the virus. Back to the point, anyone wants a 12 week old blue point siamese kitten let me know. Not to scare you but as a side note - testing doesn't always prevent you from bringing in a positive kitty. I tested all my cats and kittens and they always came up negative yet I had one die from FeLV when she was two years old. No other kitties in my house got it from her, even my FIV kitty. The vet had some thoughts of how that happened but anyway if you test a kitten and she shows up negative it may be that the virus hasn't had time to show on the snap test. Not a comforting thought I know. Still, I wouldn't vaccinate my cats if I hadn't brought in this FeLV kitten in because like most everyone I hate over-vaccinating. I just knew her first snap test was a false positive so I wanted to give her a shot. But now that she's been here two weeks and is even more healthy I just can't put her down. I'm going to try to adopt her out even though I doubt I'll be successful. But in the meantime she needs to get out of that one room and play. Another interesting fact - a couple years ago I read there was a study done on the rabies vaccine and they found that kittens vaccinated at 12 or 16 weeks old still had immunity 4 years later. And that was just the normal one year rabies vaccine. Crazy huh? I think the American Association of Veterinarians something or another sets the vaccination protocols but they're all vets so of course they're going to recommend vaccinating as much as possible.
“I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:38:18 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccination question I would be very, very cautious about vaccinating a cat agaimst FeLv. Several people I know had the miserable experience of their cat contracting leukemia after being vaccinated. I wouldn't swear that the vaccine was the source of the infection but these cats were not ever outside the house. They were not exposed to any other cats. They may have had the disorder lurking in their bone marrow and the vaccine sensitized them to getting the illness or they may have gotten it from the vaccine. In addition, there's the danger of vaccine-site sarcoma. I have had cats living with me for most of my life. Most of them survive well into what is considered old age for cats - 16 to 20 years. Simply testing cats before adding them to my community assures that they will not be exposed to FeLv. I don't vaccinate, except when I send cats to adoption. FVRCP is required for that. Of course, the rabies vaccine is required by law in most States but other than that, I feel that veterinarians push vaccines for cats for all the wrong reasons. Lee From: Natalie <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccination question Why do you feel that your cats need to be vaccinated at all? Are they at risk of exposure? Vaccinate your cats ONLY according to their lifestyles! Remember, even the protocol for regular FVRCP is now every three years….. Fort Dodge doesn’t have a stellar reputation…that’s all I know. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 1:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] Vaccination question I've got to have a couple of my cats vaccinated against FeLV. I've heard you guys talk about the different makers of the vaccinations but I can't remember what the best ones were. Seems like I remember hearing about Fort Dodge and some others but if anyone has had problems with a certain type of vaccination by a certain maker please let me know. I don't think I'm going to do the Vet Jet so I just wanted to know about the regular FeLV vaccinations. Thanks. Maureen “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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