Has your cat, or kitten,had a serious adverse reaction right after receiving a vaccination?

Question

Please this is a serious question, as current vaccinations in use are questionable as to safety.

I see I need to add information, to clarify my question. I am a DVM,,we are seeing way too many serious reactions, and many deaths relating to our vaccinations. I need more imput from the general public, not someone telling me its a excuse not to vaccinate.

Answer 1

One of my cats went into anaphylactic shock after getting his vaccines.

***Edit: Since you're looking for specific information, his incident occurred about 4 years ago, when he was given his annual rabies (I think it was Purevax?), distemper, and feline leukemia vaccinations all at once. The reaction occurred about 45 minutes after he was vaccinated, while I was on my way home. He began vomiting and having diarrhea, and it became profuse while I rushed him to the emergency clinic. By the time I got him there and a doctor could see him, he had fluid in his lungs, his gums were blue, and the vet told me he wasn't sure he could save him, but they managed to, thankfully! I can't imagine what it would have been like to have him die as a result of my just trying to keep him healthy. He is the sweetest, most affectionate cat I've ever had, and my heart would have broken to lose him.

It was a couple of weeks before he was back to normal, and I think sometimes that he may have suffered minor permanent brain damage - he's still my sweetheart, but he's not quite as quick, alert, and playful as he used to be. He also occasionally drops bits of feces without seeming to be aware of it.

After that, the vet stopped vaccinating him for FELV. Since my cat was about 8 years old at the time, the vet said he should have sufficient immunity. Now I just get him vaccinated every 3 years, for rabies & distemper, and the vet breaks them up & premedicates him. I do believe the FELV vaccine is a good thing, because my cats were inadvertently exposed to FELV a long time ago from a cat that I babysat for two weeks, but they never got sick.

Answer 2

Of the many cats that have shared my home, only one has had an adverse reaction to vaccination. This was one year ago and the cat (4 mo old, spayed female, Siamese) went into anaphlyactic shock about 30 minutes after vaccination. We took the cat back to the vet where it was treated and kept overnight. All is well with the cat now but we will probably not get further vaccinations. She is an indoors only cat. Hope this helps with your study.

Answer 3

3 months is WAY too young to give the MMR!!! That vaccine is normally given 12-18 months of age. My baby had a very rare reaction to the BCG (Tuberculosis) vaccine. They don't give the bcg vaccine in the US, but we live in Saudi Arabia, and they do give it here. She was given the vaccine when she was 2 days old. She got the normal reaction on her arm at the vaccination site. Then, when she was a few days before 3 months old, I noticed a lump on her shoulder. It turned out to be her supraclavicular lymph node. We are still in the process of getting her lymph node treated. They drained the fluid once and sent it for testing, but it didn't have the tuberculosis bacteria, which was good. A few days ago they cut open the lymph node to drain the fluid. It's awful to see your baby going through so much pain. When we gave her the other vaccines, sometimes she gets a low fever (around 99-99.5 degrees). and usually that day she sleeps more and seems to be more needy. We never let them give our daughter more than one vaccine at a time. If she has a bad reaction, I want to know exactly which vaccine caused it, and keep in mind that some bad vaccine reactions come after 1 week.

Answer 4

NEVER. I'm not saying that some cats and kittens can't have 'serious adverse reactions,' but none of my cats ever had ANY REACTIONS AT ALL. I'm sorry, but you can NOT use this as an excuse not to get your cat 'vaccinated' because the 'diseases' the vaccinations are to STOP are far WORSE than any 'serious adverse reaction' could possibly be.

Answer 5

I've had 5 cats in my life, and only one has ever had a reaction to vaccinations - and that was when he was a kitten, during his first round of shots. The reaction was minimal, however - just a little fever for about two days, and then he was fine.

Answer 6

Hi there...of the two cats one of my cats had no adverse reactions to the feline vaccinations, however my Bengal had some minimal reactions so I'm not certain if some particular breeds of cats are more susceptible to the vaccinations versus others. I have met other Bengal rescuers who lost a few of their cats to vaccine associated feline sarcoma.

Answer 7

It will depend on the cats brand I have a Norwegian Forest cat and a Himalayan cat and the Himalayan was very sleepy after her shots I had to get her shots done in separate times not all at once. But you can talk to your vet and he should tell you, you should still get your pet vaccinated.

Answer 8

I work at an animal clinic and we don't have that problem a lot there. I have seen one cat come in after her first shot and her skin was red and irratated but nothing serious happend we treated her and she went home fine the next day. Maybe you should look into another brand I dont know if they have another brand but maybe the kind u have is just bad.

Answer 9

Not a cat, due to never having had any shots, unfortunately, BUT, my parents had a dog (part Spitz, part Chow) that suffered reaction to having his shots, which the vet gave him a double dose of shots, due to this animal had never been restrained, had to be given sleeping tabs so we could even load him for the trip to the vet. When he awoke, he vomited seriously. This was post vacination. BUT....like humans who are put to sleep, that could have been part of it as well. He survived that ordeal, BUT, I do feel the vacs. played a part in his ill feelings at that time.
I think its just like the shots we give our children, dangerous but needed and just like with our children we are scared to get the shots, but know we should. Yes, my children received all their vacinations. LOL.

Answer 10

I had a cat once when I had taken her in for a checkup and shots she didn't take too well to them. She had diarrhea, and felt pretty warm too. I wound up taking her back to the vet and they gave her another shot. I then took her home, and about five hours later she came downstairs. She was behaving normally again and her temperature was back to normal as well.