[nq:1]According to health department notices, [nq:2]as for protection against viruses, [nq:2]That's an

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Bethgsd:

[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 with organs and her pelvic bone.[/nq]
My vet has switched rabies vaccine brands for cats. This one is made without the adjunct <-is this the correct term?, but the cats have to be vaccinated annually.
That was a pain the year that the office didn't send out reminders and Luka was
6 days past due when he bit a vet tech. I now mark my calendar each year withwhich month who is due to see the vet.
Also, the feline leukemia vaccine has been implicated in vaccine induced fibrosarcomas.
Beth

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Tara:

[nq:2]as for protection against viruses (virii???).[/nq]
[nq:1]How does having them seen by a vet protect them against viruses?[/nq]
It doesn't. That's not what I said. I said vets recommend annual vaccines *as much for getting a hands-on exam* as it is for virus protection. Two different purposes.
Tara

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Sionnach:

[nq:1]Hi Sarah, If rabies isn't around[/nq]
Ah, but if you check the other posts, you'll see why I was BOGGLED at his remark; rabies IS around, and it's still very much a danger to pets and humans.
[nq:1]then imaybe its a sign that the laws and requirements have worked.[/nq]
They've worked in protecting dogs, cats, and humans to some extent- but thousands of dogs, cats, and humans are attacked by rabid wildlife every year.
The thing about rabies is that it attacks the brain - so the infected animal becomes literally insane, and will go on the attack in a way a normal wild animal won't.
I have seen a rabid raccoon standing in the middle of the street trying to attack passing vehicles.
It's crucial to keep pets' inoculations up to date, and to be treated if there's even the slightest chance that you've been exposed - if rabies treatments aren't started within 72 hours of exposure, rabies is FATAL.

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Sionnach:

[nq:1]According to health department notices posted in Robert E. Lee park herein Baltimore, two people (one on the trails, one off-trail in the woods) were bitten by rabid raccoons.[/nq]
Yep- I've talked to one of the people attacked. And last year, a rabid fox ran out of the woods and attacked a Golden Retriever - it grabbed on to the dog's hind leg and refused to let go.

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Shelly & The Boys:

[nq:2]So I thunk I'd ask that question in here...[/nq]
[nq:1]We're continuing to see problems with rabies in the local wildlife population. And forget "hearing" about an animal with rabies ... in my yard in the past couple of years. One tried to mess with Greta while I was right there.[/nq]
Yes, we had a very similar thing about 3 years ago. Although I will admit that I'm not entirely certain whether or not it was rabies, or distemper. Broad daylight, and he was highly ***, hissing & wandering like a drunk (not like a "normal" raccoon). Most of what I hear about involved wildlife (raccoons & bats in particular) moreso than domestic animals.

There was a reported case concerning a cat in WA maybe 2 years ago? I seem to recall something not too terribly long ago about a case reported in one of the Carolinas.
Shelly & The Boys

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Spot:

coons, squirrels, foxes, skunks can all carry rabies.

Celeste

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Spot:

I ran into the same thing with a cat that I have. On her yearly rabies shot she developed a giant cell tumor on the back leg. Luckily I noticed the leg was swollen about 3 weeks later while watching her walk away from me. The emergency vet took a biopsy and rushed it through the lab and the orthopedic amputated less than 5 days later.
The orthopedic said the tumor was very rare in cats that dogs usually get this type and if it had been even another centimeter further up her leg he would have had to put her to sleep. That's been 3 years ago and she gets around fine but she gets absolutely no vaccines now. My cats stay strictly inside the other 2 are vaccinated and my dogs are vaccinated but I won't take the chance with her.
My vet is aware of the fact that she doesn't get any shots and completely understands why.
Celeste

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Handsome Jack Morrison:

[nq:2]How does having them seen by a vet protect them against viruses?[/nq]
[nq:1]It doesn't. That's not what I said. I said vets recommend annual vaccines *as much for getting a hands-on exam* as it is for virus protection. Two different purposes.[/nq]
Here's a third one to ponder:
To generate additional REVENUES.
And giving animals annual vaccinations that they know are not needed more than offsets, IMO, the benefit of an exam.
If a person feels otherwise compelled to take a healthy dog to the vet every year anyway, at least forgo the needless annual injections of potentially harmful toxins, etc.
That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.

Handsome Jack Morrison
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Tara:

[nq:2]It doesn't. That's not what I said. I said vets ... exam* as it is for virus protection. Two different purposes.[/nq]
[nq:1]Here's a third one to ponder: To generate additional REVENUES. And giving animals annual vaccinations that they know are not needed more than offsets, IMO, the benefit of an exam.[/nq]
My point was that if they thought people would just bring in their pets once a year for a hands-on exam, the vets I spoke to would be fine not vaccinating the cats. The dogs, OTOH need them around here as the population is way too dense. Parvo, Distemper, and Lepto are BIG around here.
[nq:1]If a person feels otherwise compelled to take a healthy dog to the vet every year anyway, at least forgo the needless annual injections of potentially harmful toxins, etc.[/nq]
And I clearly stated that's exactly what I do with my cats. For as long as I live in the city with a dog, that dog will always be vaccinated.
[nq:1]That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.[/nq]
Yeah. I think we're all clear on that by now.
Tara

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