Some jurisdictions accept a vet's letter that an animal is not well
enough to receive rabies vaccinations. My vet did this when I had a
dog with auto-immune issues.
If that doesn't work, the vaccination does not have to be done at the
same time as the neuter. My current cats are very health but I
stretched their vaccinations and neutering out. More trips to the vet
and more expensive but worth it to me.
On Jan 3, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Gasper wrote:
Neutering won't do a thing to most FeLV+ but vaccinating will to
all. It is most stressful being intact and no release. A + kitty
should have at most the rabies vaccine and only that one. A FIV+ can
have rabies and one another but not FIV/FeLV.
And it always depend on at what point(stage) the cat is. I would
just give rabies to a symptomatic b/c it is the law and no others,
same with FIV.
One would think that vets would be aware of it..even staff should be
or they shouldn't be working atr a clinic. If pets were people that
were killed b/c a nurse gave them the wrong vaccine it is
involuntary manslaughter, at least she'd lose her job if not her
license, vet clinic staff on the other hand..argh
Marta
http://homelessnomore.webs.com/
--- On Tue, 1/3/12, Marcia <marciabmar...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Marcia <marciabmar...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] neutering a positive cat
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 4:48 PM
My cat Fletch also spiraled downhill after being neutered. But
honestly, they vaccinated him with core vaccines AND Felv, and I
think that is what started him on his downward spiral. I didn't ask
for that either. But I agree that it would have been much more
stressful for him to stay intact.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 2, 2012, at 11:42 AM, "Lynda Wilson"
<longhornf...@verizon.net> wrote:
Sorry to say, but I had my kitten neutered at 6 mos. of age (at the
time we did not know he was positive because he actually tested neg
for it when he was much younger). He died at 9 mos of severe anemia
& other complications due to being FeLV positive. I don't know if
getting him neutered triggered this but now I'm wondering since
you've mentioned this. Has anyone else heard of this?
----- Original Message -----
From: dppl dppl
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:25 AM
Subject: [Felvtalk] neutering a positive cat
I still have Mitt, the kitten I found in October who tested
positive. He seems to be
healthy at this time and around 7-8 months old. I am thinking I
should have him
neutered but the local humane society refused to do surgery on a
positive cat,
claiming surgery could trigger an immune system problem. Has anyone
neutered
their positive cat after finding out it was positive and what was
your experience?
Thanks for any input. PS: Someone asked my in a prior posting why
the vet give
vaccinations before getting blood work results that showed
positive. She sent the
blookwork to an outside lad since she said it would be less costly
and that same visit
when blood was drawn, she went ahead and did vaccinations.
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