No the rabies vaccination started out at a small mom and pop type of vet office which has now closed, the people retired. They were very nice, but I am wondering if the vaccination was old or something because they didn't have much business. They sent me to a larger place that had sub-cu fluids. And they are the ones that gave the pills which I believe caused the convulsions.
The second place happens to be the emergency hospital I took Tigger the first night when he had a fever. They gave him antibiotic pills, sub-cu fluids and pain liquid in syringes. I have a "regular" vet office which I go to because Tigg likes the folks there and they are the ones that detected the FeLV, although they are the ones that tested him for it 5 years prior. I guess it's not their fault that he had a negative which really was not negative??? They are very willing to try anything to help him though. And the last office I use is close to my home but they are the ones that really need to be educated not to immediately euthanize. They are now better than before because they have a bunch of new vets that Tigger likes now. He did not like one of the that hit a bone when giving him a shot one time and he really let him know it :) -----Original Message----- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 5:29 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scotchy Is this all the same Vet? Are you in the US? -----Original Message----- >From: Ardy Robertson <ar...@centurytel.net> >Sent: Oct 25, 2015 10:16 PM >To: felineres...@frontier.com, felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >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: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 _______________________________________________ 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