[nq:1]I'm sorry about your kitty,, [nq:1]That's an issue with cats,, [nq:2]That's an

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Cate:

[nq:1]"When's the last time you heard of an animal with rabies?"[/nq]
According to health department notices posted in Robert E. Lee park here in Baltimore, two people (one on the trails, one off-trail in the woods) were bitten by rabid raccoons. They caught one but they are apparently not sure if the second bite was from the same animal or from another they didn't catch.
The city or county (not sure which, since REL is on the border) health department might have public records of this in case the disbelieving guy is that disbelieving.
Cate

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Cate:

[nq:1]That's an issue with cats, although I haven't heard of it with dogs cats can get a sarcoma at the rabies vaccination site.[/nq]
Mine did, and died from it. Her vaccination site was very high on her hip and the sarcoma was involved with organs and her pelvic bone.

My current, indoor-only cat doesn't get vaccinated at all. I have them give it to Orson as low down on his leg as possible, to make amputation more possible than it was with the cat who died.
Cate

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ceb:

[nq:2]That's an issue with cats, although I haven't heard of it with dogs cats can get a sarcoma at the rabies vaccination site.[/nq]
[nq:1]Mine did, and died from it. Her vaccination site was very high on her hip and the sarcoma was involved ... down on his leg as possible, to make amputation more possible than it was with the cat who died. Cate[/nq]
I'm sorry about your kitty, that's very sad. I think I read recently that there's a better rabies vaccine now for cats that has less chance of causing a sarcoma. But I tend to stop vaccinating cats after adulthood too. Zoe of course will get hers every 3 years according to the law, not because I think it's right, but in case (god forbid) she bites someone.

Catherine
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Cate:

[nq:1]I'm sorry about your kitty, that's very sad. I think I read recently that there's a better rabies vaccine now for cats that has less chance of causing a sarcoma.[/nq]
It was a horribly aggressive cancer.
I used to keep up with this stuff more than I do now, but I think it's a killed strain rather than live that's the preferred now, though last I was up on it they were concerned it was the adjuvants in the vaccine that were the suspected culprit.
But I tend to stop vaccinating cats after
[nq:1]adulthood too. Zoe of course will get hers every 3 years according to the law, not because I think it's right, but in case (god forbid) she bites someone.[/nq]
If I had any other kind of cat, I might vaccinate according to the law. As it is, my cat never has contact with my dog (who does go outside, obviously), and she's too scared of visitors to get near enough to bite them. And of course, I do this with the blessings of a vet.

Cate

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Tara:

[nq:1]If I had any other kind of cat, I might vaccinate according to the law. As it is, my cat ... visitors to get near enough to bite them. And of course, I do this with the blessings of a vet.[/nq]
I do have cats that are very different from that- extremely friendly, curious about most dogs I bring home- but I will still not vaccinate them for rabies (or most anything else, actually). They are indoor only, and only meet dogs who are in good health and vaccinated them selves, so I figure they're in an extremely low risk category for getting anything. The vet I switched to basically suggested that I stop vaccinating them. SHe's a good vet who I trust, so I did. Hasn't been a problem up to this point.
Tara

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Cate:

[nq:1]The vet I switched to basically suggested that I stop vaccinating them. SHe's a good vet who I trust, so I did.[/nq]
The vets I know increasingly recommend this. My friend, a vet internist, recommends that after initial kitten vaccinations and boosters, indoor-only cats not get exams or vaccinations other than a baseline exam as an adult to compare against future illnesses.
Cate

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Tara:

[nq:2]The vet I switched to basically suggested that I stop vaccinating them. SHe's a good vet who I trust, so I did.[/nq]
[nq:1]The vets I know increasingly recommend this. My friend, a vet internist, recommends that after initial kitten vaccinations and boosters, indoor-only cats not get exams or vaccinations other than a baseline exam as an adult to compare against future illnesses.[/nq]
I do believe in annual exams for my cats. I just don't get the shots for them. I've been told by more than one vet that they recommend shots as much as a way to get people to bring in their pets for at least one hands-on exam each year as for protection against viruses (virii???).

Given how difficult it can be at times to tell when an animal is uncomfortable, I don't really like the idea of people not having a vet examine their pets only when they're obviously sick. Early detection can be a blessing in many instances, IMO.
Tara

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Cate:

[nq:1]as for protection against viruses (virii???).[/nq]
How does having them seen by a vet protect them against viruses?

Cate

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Bethgsd:

[nq:1]At any rate, he has just proclaimed that the requirements and laws on rabies shots etc. are "too conservative", because "When's the last time you heard of an animal with rabies?"[/nq]
Within the last year. Rabies is epidemic here in raccoons. Foxes and skunks and feral cats also are known to be rabid in these parts.

Beth

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