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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / February 2004sub Q rabie ?
I have a cat who developed a giant cell tumor after her last muscular rabies shot. Since that time all her vaccines have been given nasally and now she's due for the rabies. My vet says that the rabies vaccine is now given sub Q and it should not pose a threat. I am wondering if it is really safe to go ahead and give the shot this way considering her history. She is an indoor cat only and never gets out and the other two cats & two dogs all get their regular shots without fail. I know it's illegal to not give the rabies vaccine but I don't know that I can honestly risk this. She's done wonderfully since having her leg amputated but is terrified of anything involving a ride to the vets or going anywhere near a vet now due to having her leg amputated. Thanks for any information Celeste just wondering, how soon after her vaccine did the tumor grow? I absolutely would not take a chance with ANY vacs, if this cat has a "history". It is not worth the risk. You might do an Internet search for feline vaccinosis. I realize that in some areas, that yearly rabies vacs are the law, but if this cat is indoor-only......I would NOT do it. http://search.msn.com/preview.aspx?&q=feline+vaccinosis > just wondering, how soon after her vaccine did the tumor grow? > I realize that in some areas, that yearly rabies vacs are the law, but if > this cat is indoor-only......I would NOT do it. > http://search.msn.com/preview.aspx?&q=feline+vaccinosis Although some states require an annual vaccination, isn't the shot actually good for 3 years? For an indoor cat, I wouldn't do it. M Thanks everyone for the response. I agree with you on this. Rabies vaccine is the law here but I absolutely will not put her at risk for this. The nasal vaccines she's had so far have not been a problem but getting anything involving a needle scares the hell out of me. From the same mother cat I have an older brother of hers who had a tumor removed from the back of his tongue. When the pathology came back from this the weird thing was that it was actually thyroid tissue that had grown in the wrong place. He was almost 3 before we discovered the lump way back on his tongue and we think it's why he has never really meowed properly. He has this little squeeky voice instead. It wasn't even 6 months after this that Mushkins came down with the tumor and had to have her leg amputated. I never dreamed that she would have a reaction to a vaccine I didn't even give it a thought considering that what Squeekers had wasn't really a tumor as most go. Thanks for the info Celeste > > I realize that in some areas, that yearly rabies vacs are the law, but if > > this cat is indoor-only......I would NOT do it. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > M She had the shot in Feb 3 years ago and within 4 weeks the tumor appeared in the same location as the shot. When I first noticed her leg was swollen I thought she had been fighting with the other female and had an abscess. No such luck! My regular vet thought the same as I did and prescribed an antibiotic and 3 days later no change. I then took her to an emergency vet (mine was on vacation) who did exploratory surgery after she saw the color of the fluid she had drawn out. It turned out that the lymph node at the location closest the tumor was producing so much fluid that the vet drained fluid from the leg twice in less than 3 days and each time got two of the 12 cc syringes full. God love her she was so relieved to have the fluid gone that she just laid in my arms while the vet used the syringe to drain the excess fluid. They rushed the lab results through to find out what was going on and she had her leg amputated by the orthopedic 5 days later. > just wondering, how soon after her vaccine did the tumor grow? |
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