Cat / Siamese - Answered 1310 days ago
I get my cat vaccinated every year, but this year she suddenly became ill about 10 days after the vaccine. I took her to the vet and she had a very high fever. The vet told us the vaccine might've had some effect but the true cause wasn't clear. The fever subsided after about a week of antibiotics, but I'm afraid of the same thing or maybe even worse side effects happening next year. She had a serious roundworm infection when she was young, and since then she's been unable to digest certain proteins (She will have diarhhea after eating food such as chicken, salmon, bonito). It's commonly said that you should get your pet vaccinated every year, but is that really necessary?? I've heard of some clinics who only vaccinate once in three years. By the way, I have three cats in total, and they're always kept indoors.
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Loretta
Spain
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Bianca
Siamese, 3 years old spayed female

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Well experiencing fever in your cat after vaccination can be a normal immune response and if the car recovered and is doing fine you need not worry and as for yearly vaccination ,whether it should be done or not ,it depends on the antibody titre ,which can be tested by a certified lab after taking blood sample from your cat and has to be repeated annually to know when the abtibodies for a particular disease fall to such a low level that your cat needs a booster of vaccination to boost antibody levels.so either you take this test and then decide whether your cat needs annual vaccination or not or else keep taking annual shots as they are really not very harmful in real sense and elicit just the required level of immune response to protect your pet from various infectious and contagious diseases.
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