Re: Vacs
Hi Terri, My personal view is that an animal with a chronic disease (be it diabetes or feline leukemia or whatever) does not need the challenge to their immune system that vaccinations present. The leukemia vaccine would be of no benefit since they are already presumably positive. It's more expensive, but if you choose to vaccinate, the vet can order single vaccines so that they aren't getting hit with 4 all at once. Hope this helps. Julie Terri Durham-Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am new to Leukemia, but have 4 kittens (4 months) that havetested pos 2 times now and am wondering, they have had their 1st shots(3-1's) but not with Leukemia, should they get at least a 4-1 ? I wastold "not" to give them the Leukemia.Thank youTerriwww.anyfelinerescue.org--Terri Durham-StoneSafe a Life "Spay and Neuter"Live well, Love much, Laugh Often"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. " "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)Paws Come WITH Claws!!!If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
Re: Vacs
Hear Hear - what she says - I totally agree! Gloria On Aug 31, 2005, at 8:01 AM, Julie Johnson wrote: Hi Terri, My personal view is that an animal with a chronic disease (be it diabetes or feline leukemia or whatever) does not need the challenge to their immune system that vaccinations present. The leukemia vaccine would be of no benefit since they are already presumably positive. It's more expensive, but if you choose to vaccinate, the vet can order single vaccines so that they aren't getting hit with 4 all at once. Hope this helps. Julie Terri Durham-Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am new to Leukemia, but have 4 kittens (4 months) that have tested pos 2 times now and am wondering, they have had their 1st shots (3-1's) but not with Leukemia, should they get at least a 4-1 ? I was told not to give them the Leukemia. Thank you Terri www.anyfelinerescue.org -- Terri Durham-Stone Safe a Life Spay and Neuter Live well, Love much, Laugh Often I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) Paws Come WITH Claws!!! If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
Re: Vacs
I was told by my vet giving a positive the FeLV shot defeats the purpose of the shot, the cat is positive and the shot is useless. So everyone but Bailey, who is my positive gets it, Bailey has never gotten it. -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service http://www.bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting web design) http://HostDesign4U.com --- BMK Designs (non-profit web sites) http://bmk.bemikitties.com
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Oh, and welcome Terri :) -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service http://www.bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting web design) http://HostDesign4U.com --- BMK Designs (non-profit web sites) http://bmk.bemikitties.com
Re: Vacs
Hi Terri, Since they already are FeLV+, do not give the FeLV vaccine. The other vaccines are up to you. Some vets/people feel they need all of their immune system to fight the FeLV and adding vaccines would further complicate it ... other vets/people feel the opposite, that they need the extra protection from the vaccines. I chose to give the kitties their first vaccine and first Rabies and no more. Del - Original Message - From: Terri Durham-Stone To: FELV Talk List Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:07 AM Subject: Vacs Hi, I am new to Leukemia, but have 4 kittens (4 months) that havetested pos 2 times now and am wondering, they have had their 1st shots(3-1's) but not with Leukemia, should they get at least a 4-1 ? I wastold "not" to give them the Leukemia.Thank youTerriwww.anyfelinerescue.org--Terri Durham-StoneSafe a Life "Spay and Neuter"Live well, Love much, Laugh Often
RE: Vacs
Hi, Terri, again this become a personal choice, but I follow holistic medicine very strongly so my opinion is based on the practice - when animals body is compromised already whether it is with FeLV virus or FIV virus or any other illness, they recommend that never vaccinate the animals - their immune system will be further compromised and may trigger illness further - therefore, I don't - the only vaccine I may do (not with feLV or FIV kitties, but others), is Distember and FECV/FCR vaccines only the very first year of their life - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terri Durham-Stone Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:07 AM To: FELV Talk List Subject: Vacs Hi, I am new to Leukemia, but have 4 kittens (4 months) that have tested pos 2 times now and am wondering, they have had their 1st shots (3-1's) but not with Leukemia, should they get at least a 4-1 ? I was told not to give them the Leukemia. Thank you Terri www.anyfelinerescue.org -- Terri Durham-Stone Safe a Life Spay and Neuter Live well, Love much, Laugh Often
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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
