Emma Miller
Vaccinating your cat can help keep your cat healthy and possibly even alive. Many feline diseases are deadly or require very expensive treatment. These infections threaten even apartment pets because the owner can bring the disease from the street.
What Vaccinations for Kittens
Before vaccination, the kitten should be given anthelmintics, as the animal must be healthy at the time of vaccination. After 10 days of anthelmintics, the animal can be vaccinated.
The first vaccination of a kitten is given at the age of 8-10 weeks, or as soon as the unvaccinated kitten comes home and is de-wormed. Most often the kitten is given a single multi-component vaccine against these diseases: panleukopenia (distemper), rabies, kalitsivirosis, and rhinotracheitis. These are serious diseases that almost always lead to the death of the cat.
Your veterinarian can help you choose a vaccine for your cat. Side effects such as lethargy and loss of appetite may occur after vaccination. A booster shot is given 21 days after the first vaccination. The same medicine must be injected again, so keep the name of the vaccine after the first vaccination.
After vaccination, the kitten must not be bathed for a week and must not be treated for fleas and ticks.
What vaccinations a cat or cat needs as an adult
Adult cats need to be vaccinated once a year for the rest of their lives. They are vaccinated with the same preparation that they received as a child. However, one vaccine is enough for adult cats – it does not need to be repeated after 21 days. Ten days before vaccination, the cat is given an anthelmintic.
Like kittens, adult animals are vaccinated against panleukopenia, rabies, kalitsivirosis, and rhinotracheitis. Immunity after vaccination lasts for a year, so you can’t delay vaccination. Remember that these diseases are fatal to cats at any age.
If a cat was not vaccinated as a child, he is given two vaccinations with an interval of 21 days, like a kitten. The animal is then given one vaccine each year.
Cats that outdoors need additional vaccinations that apartment animals do not need. They are vaccinated against diseases that are transmitted between animals. These are viral leukemia, chlamydia, and viral leukemia. Your veterinarian can help you select vaccinations for diseases that may occur in your area.
