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:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 2:13 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 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 Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org