call me crazy and bitter, but i'm pretty paranoid about those vaccinations. i don't even want to think about ever getting any boosters for an indoor only kitty once they've had the initial shot of anything anymore.
we learned the HARD way about those adjuvanted vaccines unfortunately with our first kitty who was a stray. we had her for a few months before we had a vet come to the house to give her a check up. the only reason we had her come out was because we suspected an allergy to beef, but the vet pushed not only the rabies vaccine, but some other vaccine AND a dose of revolution flea treatment all at once! this was while Kitty was covered in scabs from the suspected beef allergy. not knowing enough about cats at all at the time and stupidly thinking the vet would truly be doing what's best for the cat and NOT her wallet, i gave in. i even voiced my concern to the vet that i thought having more than 1 shot that day was too much, but the vet insisted it was no problem. i still have nightmares about what i allowed to happen.
i am convinced that vaccine caused the cancerous tumor. Kitty went downhill the very next day and never came back. and when i look back, i believe a good vet wouldn't have pushed for the 3 treatments like that. it was obvious that although we took Kitty in as a stray, she was so well-behaved and well-groomed and otherwise healthy that she probably was very well taken care of by a prior owner and up to date on her vaccines and didn't need anything urgently that day.
anyway, i am against booster shots for indoor kitties, i guess. i think we humans get too many drugs pushed on us as it is. i don't want my kitty to fall victim to the same thing in the future.
we learned the HARD way about those adjuvanted vaccines unfortunately with our first kitty who was a stray. we had her for a few months before we had a vet come to the house to give her a check up. the only reason we had her come out was because we suspected an allergy to beef, but the vet pushed not only the rabies vaccine, but some other vaccine AND a dose of revolution flea treatment all at once! this was while Kitty was covered in scabs from the suspected beef allergy. not knowing enough about cats at all at the time and stupidly thinking the vet would truly be doing what's best for the cat and NOT her wallet, i gave in. i even voiced my concern to the vet that i thought having more than 1 shot that day was too much, but the vet insisted it was no problem. i still have nightmares about what i allowed to happen.
i am convinced that vaccine caused the cancerous tumor. Kitty went downhill the very next day and never came back. and when i look back, i believe a good vet wouldn't have pushed for the 3 treatments like that. it was obvious that although we took Kitty in as a stray, she was so well-behaved and well-groomed and otherwise healthy that she probably was very well taken care of by a prior owner and up to date on her vaccines and didn't need anything urgently that day.
anyway, i am against booster shots for indoor kitties, i guess. i think we humans get too many drugs pushed on us as it is. i don't want my kitty to fall victim to the same thing in the future.