A lot of new research suggests that vaccinating your cat may actually be causing Chronic Kidney Failure...?So I don't ever plan to vaccinate any future kitties I will get, but if they aren't vaccinated, the vets won't spay or neuter right? How can I get around this? How can I get a vets office to treat my pet if they don't have any vaccine records or if they are a new kitten? I know that it is imperative to get the rabbies one, but I can do the inhale one for that. As far as the injections, never again. My cats both have early warning signs of Chronic Renal Failure and they are only 6 years old.
You can find more info on this at shirleyswellnesscafe.com. Then type in vaccines in the search.
Posted by Andrea C
This is true. However the BEST thing to do for kittens is to get them their first series of shots and their one year booster. As for any more than that, A. It is not necessary, and B. It is a health risk.
As for the rabies vaccine it is required by state law.
Andrea
Posted by lookinthemirrorjerk
I read several articles about cats developing lumps after the vaccination that turned cancerous. But I haven't seen anything suggesting renal failure yet. Can you give the websites for the rest of us to look at?
Anyway, as a result, SOME VETS give the shots into the TAIL now instead of the rump so that if a lump does occur, the cat has a better chance of surviving ( they have to cut an inch in every direction if the cancerous lump is in the body which is devastating)
And many vets were saying that MANY types of vaccine probably last for the cats whole life span and certainly doesn't need yearly boosters.
So my philosophy is play the odds - get the first round of vaccines, get them fixed and then hold off on the boosters until there is better research.
good luck
Posted by old cat lady
Many practitioners in the veterinary field are becoming quite leery of over-vaccination and I wouldn't go so far as to say that a kitten should not have his first series of shots.
I don't vaccinate my cats any more (for about seven years now). One fifteen year old is developing elevated kidney numbers and he had a lot of vaccination in his youth. Another cat I rescued at age fifteen had never had any shots from her prior owners (not even rabies and she lived entirely outside). She did develop kidney issues at around 18 years of age and died from kidney failure at 22 and 1/2.
There is a homepathic remedy which homeopathic vets give following vaccination. I don't think there is any current "research" that definitely pins down vaccination to CRF as a causitive factor. I personally feel that dry diets may be more responsible for the development of the problem and I think a lot of vets have come to the conclusion that that diet is a great contributor to urinary blockages and infections.
It is very heartbreaking and distressing to have a kitten die from panleucopenia and I would definitely give that vaccine to any kitten I brought into my home.
Posted by puddumsmom
There is a recognized term for the dangers of over-vaccinating our pets. It's called vaccinosis. More and more studies (Cornell University being one of the most prominent) are uncovering the harmful effects of vaccinating pets every year. How many times were you vaccinated for measles? These vaccines can really hammer the immune system and there are even cancers forming at the site where the injections are given year after year. Call the library and ask for a book called The Nature of Animal Healing and read the chapter on vaccines, starting on page 71.. Also, please read the chapter on food. Everything the author (Dr Martin Goldstein) wrote about commercial pet food has come to pass! If you care about the health of your pet, please check out this book!
Posted by Heidi P
There is a trend towards being cautious about the number of vaccinations pets receive, thus new things like the 3-year rabies vaccine.
I agree with not over-vaccinating pets. However, you must, by law (and it's a good one) get your cat vaccinated against rabies.
If your cat goes outside, it's also less risky to vaccinate them for leukemia and FLP than not vaccinating them, because there's a decent chance they could catch those fatal diseases from other cats. And there are many more strays running around in each neighborhood than most people realize. I only vaccinate my cats for rabies, but my cats stay indoors all the time.
The vaccination that had been linked to cancer was an injectable leukemia vaccine, but vets now have alternatives to that particular brand of vaccine and a different way to administrate it (It's no longer injected). So it is still actually better to vaccinate an outdoor cat than not.
As for chronic renal failure (which one of my cats actually had, but she was born with mal-formed kidneys), from what I have read, there is a widespread belief that that may be tied to feeding a dry cat food diet, which is high in carbohydrates.
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