Cats and misunderstanding myths

That adorable kitten you just adopted depends on you to keep them happy and healthy, which means providing a friendly home for cats, a healthy diet and a lot of love. Another vital aspect of this attention is vaccination. However, it is not unusual for cat guardians to misunderstand which cats need what vaccines and when, more what protection offers vaccination. Then, let’s explore some common myths and misunderstandings to leave the record about cat vaccination.

Myth: kitten vaccines protect life

There is a broad misunderstanding that vaccinating a kitten gives them immunity to life. This is false. Many parents of perfectly well -intentioned cats do not get their cat reinforcement shots because they do not realize immunity decreases over time.

Reinforcement shots are important to maintain cat protection against the disease. We know this by observing the titles of blood antibodies, which show that the levels fall over time to the point where they are no longer detectable.

Once this happens, if the CAT finds infection, it is potentially at risk because the immune system can no longer remember how to fight the error.

The time that a cat remains protected varies among individuals, and there are many variable factors that influence this. Then, instead of putting the cat through blood analysis every year, manufacturers investigated a lot to see the average protection time and when a reinforcement dose is needed.

It is this data that the veterinarian uses by advising a father cat that his cat needs another shot.

Myth: Major cats no longer need vaccination

Your older cat has been vaccinated all your life. Surely, in their old age, have they accumulated enough immunity to jump reinforcement?

Actually, no. While this is a logical argument, unfortunately this is not the case.

First, even with a healthy and strong immune system, protection falls over time and needs “impulse.”

Second, older animals have weaker immune systems. This means that they are less capable of fighting infections and depend more on vaccine protection, instead. Therefore, it becomes more important, no less, for older people receive their reinforcement shot.

Myth: Interior cats do not need to be vaccinated

Mistaken! (Well, above all).

Some of the most unpleasant viruses, such as the Feline Panleuchopenia virus, are equivalent to a super villain in terms of hardness. They can survive on sidewalks on all climates for long periods of time. If you walk on the virus, you can bring it inside your shoes, so not even the interior cats are safe.

There is the crunch. An inner cat is in low Risk but no No risk. However, its veterinarian will risk the cat and can choose not to be vaccinated against conditions that require close contact to spread, such as the virus of feline leukemia.

Myth: We vaccinate cats

Many people care about over-vacunation in pets. It is a concern that veterinarians take very seriously. This is the reason why veterinarians avoid unnecessary vaccines by adapting vaccine protocols to meet the risk factor of each individual cat and how much immunity lasts to a particular virus.

To do this, veterinarians divide the components of the vaccine into the nucleus and not es-core. This simply means essential and not essential. For example, rage vaccination is the nucleus, while protection against feline leukemia virus is not coreal for an inner cat.

In terms of how often repeat a dose with a reinforcement, this is decided by how much protection lasts. For example, protection against feline leukemia lasts a year and requires an annual reinforcement, while protection against cat influenza lasts three years.

Myth: Vaccines do more harm than good

All parents of responsible cats must make an informed decision about what is best for their pet as an individual. However, when weighing the pros and cons of vaccination, it is relevant to know that the benefits far exceed the risks.

Diseases such as cat influenza, moquillo and feline leukemia are still out there and have consequences that change life. It balances this against the risks of vaccination that can be divided into common but damn but serious reactions, as described below.

Swelling

After a vaccine, about one in 10 cats experience soft swelling on the injection site. This is a temporary lump that disappears after a couple of weeks and nothing to worry about.

Lame

This reaction mainly affects young kittens, usually in their first vaccination. It is believed that it is due to the ingredient of the Calici virus, part of the cat influenza, and the immune system that records the vaccine.

Affected kittens can have mild fever, limp and get out of their food. The effect lasts two or three days and then resolved on its own.

It is usually a unique event and is not repeated with subsequent vaccines.

Sarcomas of the feline injection site (FISS)

It cannot be denied that these injection -related tumors are serious. Studies show that this is a rare injection complication, which affects approximately one to four out of every 100,000 cats.

Since vaccines are one of the most frequently administered injections, FISS has been related to vaccination, but can occasionally occur with other injections, such as prolonged antibiotics or steroids.

To reduce this risk, veterinarians are careful to adapt vaccine protocols to the individual to reduce unnecessary vaccines. They also give vaccines in a limb, like a rear leg, and every year they register where the injection was placed, so any suspicious swelling can be bound back to injection and monitor.

When everything is said and done, it depends on each cat’s father to make an informed decision about what is best for their pet. But just be sure to base that decision on the facts, instead of fiction, cat vaccines.