One vaccine that my Vet refuses to use is the one for FIV. When it first
came out he used it. After about 2 to 3yrs many vets felt that the
vaccine was giving the cats FIV. Besides my Vet many others in my area
refuse to use it.
I am an older lady and when I was a child the only vaccine was the one
for rabies. Nothing for distemper, etc. If you had a cat that lived to
be 7yrs old that was considered an old cat. Because of vaccines many
cats today are living to be 16yrs to 20 yrs. old. I have a positive cat
that is 11yrs. old and another one that is 16yrs. old. I may go as long
as 3yrs. and not loose a cat then I can loose 2 to 3 in a short time.
Others, in my area, have the same thing happen to their cats and we all
give vaccines every 3yrs except for the negative cats. We give them the
vaccine against Felv every year.
Also, since I retired and live on a low "Fixed Income" I can only afford
to fed my cats dry Friskies. One advantage to this is if one of them
have to stay at the Vet's hospital they are fed Friskies. So there is no
change in their diet. If one of your cats have to stay at the Vets be
sure to take along the kind of food your cat eats.
