Hi Jen We give our own vacs and give all of them in the lower leg as far as possible :) They just came out with a new vaccine for leukemia - am checking to see when I can buy them - yippee - it spreads the vaccine out so it can't cause that lump. I give all of mine kitties every year, since I do rescue I really need to protect them (I have 15 of my own) all rescues get the leukemia at abt 12 weeks - no earlier. Rabies is the only one I have to have the vet do, it is not buyable here in CA
Terri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That is correct, you do NOT want to give them the leukemia vaccine. It is a > pointless > injection, and increases their chance of developing a vaccine associated > injection > site sarcoma. Personally, I don't give FELV vaccines to ANY of my cats, > period. I > follow the new guidelines that say that every 3 years is often enough for most > booster vaccines, and only do rabies every 3 years. I do not do any other > booster > vaccines for my adult cats, I have one that has vaccine reactions, and so > it's not > worth the trade off for me. I would do the kitten series if I had any kittens, > though. FVRCP (3 in 1 for Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, > Panleukopenia) > at 8 weeks, 12-14 weeks, and 1 year, plus rabies at 1 year, then at 4 years > old, 7 > years old, etc. > > http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/CCAH/Prog-ID/ID-Facts_Vax-home.htm is a good > resource > for standard schedules, but I think it's a little over-kill to do so many > boosters in > kittens, I think 8 weeks, and one within the next two months after that is > enough, > plus when they are a year old. > > Mind you, that's MY policy, it doesn't mean it's the right vaccination > schedule for > YOUR cats. > > Can I ask you this... > > When your vet gave your kittens their vaccines, where did he inject them? > It's VERY > important to only give vaccines on the leg, as low as possible. NEVER give any > vaccines in the scruff, or loose skin on the body. > > Jenn > http://ucat.us > http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html > Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: > http://ucat.us/adopt.html > Adopt a FIV+ cat: > http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ > http://ucat.us/FIVadopt.html > Adopt a FELV+ cat: > http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html > "Saving one animal won't make a difference in the world, but it will make a > world of > difference for that one animal." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat > who must > live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. > Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up > until she > earns a free can of formula! > PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! > > If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address you > can send > them to, to help feed Bazil! > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: 8/29/2005 -- Terri Durham-Stone Safe a Life "Spay and Neuter" Live well, Love much, Laugh Often
