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Some info right off the top of my head. The label on the vaccination bottle says Vaccinate Healthy Animals ONLY.
My cats, every single one of them, have a documented dis-ease, and no way no way no way, will I take the chance ever again to expose them to vaccinations. I have enough on my hands.
And oh, for those of you who "think" having a certain number of cats is a hoarder....You are not walking in that person's shoes. As in my case, every single one of these cats, after I adopted the first FOUR, came to me dying, ill, or hurt. Let me repeat. They came to me. I did NOT go out looking for them. And, because they are all struggling with potentially life threatening diseases, they shall not be vaccinated.
I'll admit I did get a feline luek vaccination for Bindi but only because he'd dart outside at our other group home and turned out it wasn't a bad move even though he doesn't dart outdoors anymore the cats next door have both FIV and Feline luek.. we also get a lot of stray cats around here.
Some info right off the top of my head. The label on the vaccination bottle says Vaccinate Healthy Animals ONLY.
My cats, every single one of them, have a documented dis-ease, and no way no way no way, will I take the chance ever again to expose them to vaccinations. I have enough on my hands.
And oh, for those of you who "think" having a certain number of cats is a hoarder....You are not walking in that person's shoes. As in my case, every single one of these cats, after I adopted the first FOUR, came to me dying, ill, or hurt. Let me repeat. They came to me. I did NOT go out looking for them. And, because they are all struggling with potentially life threatening diseases, they shall not be vaccinated.
Yes, I believe in most places if you provide documentation proving a cat has a disease the vaccinations can be waived...my mom, for example, doesn't have to get her cat vaccs because he has a heart condition.
And I agree, hoarding is only hoarding if someone can't properly care for the animals they've taken in. If they're all vetted, well-fed, warm, loved, and in sanitary conditions it's not a hoarding situation at all. Some people I know can't even handle 1 or 2 animals, others can handle a mini-zoo...it all depends on the situation and the capabilities of the human in question.
I agree about the hoarding. A friend of ours has 12 cats, they are very well taken care of, fed and healthy, lots of room to play and run. Big difference between that and the hoarders that have starving, unhealthy animals, whose house is full of feces, urine etc. and some even had dead animals in the house...
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Found this interesting website/blog that deals with changing rabies vaccination laws across all states, in the following link it lists the 14 states that grant a rabies exemption for medical reasons, my state is not among them, but all states I already have considered moving to, for other reasons:
Anyway, the other area where there is pressure to vaccinate is from pet insurance companies. One has to comply with all the fine print in order for the company to cover expenses and have them be deemed as eligible. And one of those fine print items is for yearly/routine vaccinations. This is my predicament.
Why buy pet health insurance? It doesn't cover enough to warrant the cost of premiums. Even my vet said that. They fight claims as much as they can, and often do find ways to deny them. Take a look at their exclusions list sometime. Pressure to vaccinate is all the more reason not to buy the insurance.
I thought that too, but pet insurance has come a looooong way and there are some good companies out there that do not place the kinds of limits the early insurance companies did (and some still do).
If I had (good) pet insurance for my golden, during her surgery & chemo treatments, I would not have paid a total of $7K out of my pocket. I would not have paid $5K the 2 years before, on multiple UTI infections...leading to surgery, multiple tests, multiple visits to the vet, etc.
Sure, I would have paid some of that cost. And yes, I would have put in about $5K of insur. premiums if I had her insured each year of her life. I calculated that over her nearly 11 yrs I spent about $22K on various surgeries, ailments, medicines, etc. and I'm being conservative. It could be as high as $25K. She had several issues throughout her life, the most expensive one being the cancer and the treatments.
With insurance I probably would have spent (including premiums) about half of that.
If you have a pet and they get cancer, it costs thousands to treat them over their illness.
Insurance doesn't always make financial sense, that's true. You're taking a bet, essentially. But in my particular case, it would have made a difference in my bank account, given what I know now and what I can calculate I spent.
You always, always have to read the fine print. But to outright say that pet insurance is never a good idea...well...I used to think that too and I was so very wrong.
Found this interesting website/blog that deals with changing rabies vaccination laws across all states, in the following link it lists the 14 states that grant a rabies exemption for medical reasons, my state is not among them, but all states I already have considered moving to, for other reasons:
Oh, Ulri, how awful that your state will not exempt a sick cat from vaccinations. That is just downright wrong!
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