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Originally Posted by enchilila  Thanks everyone! I have read until I'm blue in the face. lol But, I am much more educated on the subject of vaccinations. Thank you for the wonderful sites and for sharing them with me.
I know our county law states it is law to give the rabies vac once a year. When I took my cat in about 2/3 years ago, the vet gave me the choice of doing it yearly or every three years. I remember her telling me a couple of years ago that she only gave her dogs the vac once every three years. She was the one who informed me that I would be taking a chance of possibly getting sued or fined if the cat ever bit anyone.
This particular vet also told me that she has known of a couple of cases in Waco that didn't turn out good for the owners who only vaccinated once every three years. The owners went by state law (once every 3 years) and NOT county law (once every year). This vet said the state is allowing the county to enforce the once a year law.
I now know what I'm going to do for Betty Boop. She did NOT have any reactions to the Distemper-Hepatitis (CAV-2), Canine Parvo, Parainfluenza, leptospirosis, Coronavirus......thank God! She had rabies on November 12, 2009. She will get the booster of DHPP in October (still thinking about separate vacs, but may not be possible, and then again there is the issue of getting too much preservative this way) and then the rabies a couple of weeks later. I am going to ask the vet about a half dose of rabies vaccine and see what his viewpoint is. I have a very, very good vet and really do trust him, but I am one that does so much research and reads a lot before doing ANYTHING! I usually insult vets because of my research. Sad thing, isn't it? This is another thread!
QUESTION: Sorry, but my mind is mush right now......I think I read where I need to get bloodwork, heartworm check, worm check when she is one year old. Is this correct??? This would be at the end of June.
Again, thanks everyone. How DOES one go about getting county law changed? Is there a link somewhere to explain how I can raise awareness of the most recent protocol?? |
contact jean dodds or go to rabieschallengefund website and ask them how to go about it. I am sure they know alot about it.
I would worry more about giving a multiple vaccine than giving the preservative myself and at least if there is a reaction then you know which is causing it for the next time. i would at least ask the vet about it
and GOOD FOR YOU for educating yourself. I have found that specialists LOVE it when people educate themselves and each one has commented to me on they wish more owners would do their homework and educate themselves to better take care of their pets. It is the vets that tend to get intimidated when an owner is more educated I have found and not sure if it is a confidence in their own knowledge or lack thereof. I think when people are confident in their profession they welcome questions and educated people. When they lack confidence and knowledge is when i hear them say stay off the internet etc. and i choose not to work with those people because that is a big red flag to me and a bad sign as it tells me they cannot answer my questions i may come up with on the internet. Why? Are they afraid i might find something out they do not know about? I do not expect them to know everything and definitely accept answers like i do not know but i will look it up as i believe you need to work as a team especially with a sick pet. The specialists i work with say fax over what you found Debbie and let me take a look at it. Then they call me back and say what their take is on it but they never make me feel bad for this and always welcome it and actually a couple times have thanked me for information. Now there is a true professional always willing to learn more about their profession.