Is this all the same Vet? Are you in the US?
-----Original Message----- >From: Ardy Robertson <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 25, 2015 10:16 PM >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scotchy > >Yes, he had the vaccination and quit eating/drinking so they gave him sub-cu >fluids and put him on some pills. I read the side effects of the pills and >it said it could cause convulsions in puppies but there had never been a >recorded case of convulsions in cats. Scotchy had a convulsion and died. I >told them that it must have been a side effect of the pills but they didn't >think so. I believe it all started with the rabies vaccination. Now, I do >not vaccinate my cats for rabies if they are going to be lifetime house >cats. I had to get a stray cat vaccinated for rabies because I was getting >her spayed and they would not spay until she was vaccinated. She turned into >a very expensive stray because I took her in to be fixed, and they did an >ultrasound and found babies! So we had to wait until her babies were born to >get her spayed. I was able to find good homes for all 4 of the babies. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Lorrie >Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 2:13 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scotchy > >On 10-25, Ardy Robertson wrote: > >> Ya, after Scotchy died following his rabies vaccination, they insisted >> on testing him for rabies because he had dug his claws into my arm >> hanging onto me for dear life when I took him back to the vet. They >> said they had to be sure he didn't have rabies in which case I would >> have been exposed. I had to pay $100 for them to send his head to >> Madison to be tested for rabies. They were really encouraging me to >> pay $700 to send his whole body down there. >> Hello!! I already had a dead cat - if they wanted to send his whole >> body they could do it without my $700. (I paid the $100 and tried not >> to think about what was going to happen.) >- >How awful for you. I'm sorry you lost Scotchy and went thru that ordeal. >Did he die due to a reaction from his rabies vaccination? > >Lorrie > >_______________________________________________ >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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
