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I know I should keep up better than I do - so I'll ask here as I know some of you keep up on everything. Does anyone have a cat that developed cancer at the site of it's vaccinations? If so, which vaccine caused it? The multi or the rabies? The live or killed vaccine?
Has anyone heard of which is causing the most cancers? Have they been changed and no longer cause cancer?
Between reading conflicting things online and what my vet is claiming, my head is swirling.
Please refer to it as Injection Site Sarcoma, not the old term VAS- Vaccine Associate Sarcoma.
I lost Schubert at 14 to ISS. Osteo sarcoma.. right front leg. He was sick for 3 years before he passed in 1988. I can't tell you what injection caused it.
Now Charcoal.........when he had his tendon surgery on his front feet, he received a shot of Convenia.
Not two months later and he's feeling lumpy in the area of his upper thigh. Very small.. but the way I pet my cats and give them massages, I felt it.
We watched it for a month... and it spread.....so he had surgery to remove all the affected tissue and to get as wide of margins as possible. Now, I cannot remember the term the pathologist used, but we (me, the vet and pathologist) firmly believe it was caused by the Convenia.
Since then, he goes every three months for rechecks. So far, so good.
Please refer to it as Injection Site Sarcoma, not the old term VAS- Vaccine Associate Sarcoma.
I lost Schubert at 14 to ISS. Osteo sarcoma.. right front leg. He was sick for 3 years before he passed in 1988. I can't tell you what injection caused it.
Now Charcoal.........when he had his tendon surgery on his front feet, he received a shot of Convenia.
Not two months later and he's feeling lumpy in the area of his upper thigh. Very small.. but the way I pet my cats and give them massages, I felt it.
We watched it for a month... and it spread.....so he had surgery to remove all the affected tissue and to get as wide of margins as possible. Now, I cannot remember the term the pathologist used, but we (me, the vet and pathologist) firmly believe it was caused by the Convenia.
Since then, he goes every three months for rechecks. So far, so good.
Scary indeed. I'm trying to figure out what vaccinations to have for Muffins who is an indoor cat (and we live in an apartment so there is no way for him to run out). He had the kitten distemper series but I haven't decided about rabies which is required in NY state for all cats over 6 months.
I've been told to stay away from the 3 year rabies vaccine and that the 1 year vaccine is safer. My kitties got a whole bunch of shots when I adopted them. However, I now just give them the rabies vaccine. They are indoor cats and are never boarded. I don't see why they need any other vaccines.
I'll say it's scary and I, too, have heard/read conflicting reports. I don't remember ever bringing our cats to the vets for the number of vaccines they push today.
I'm well aware of this situation and limit the number of vaccinations my cats get to rabies and the nosedrops for distemper. They are totally indoor cats. I have my vet rotate vaccination sites, as he said that repeatedly getting vaccinations in one areas can cause this. The rabies vaccine is required, so what more can you do?
Thanks for the replies. I will skip their boosters as from all I read the vaccinations last more than only 12 months - and my cats are all indoor-only with no exposure to other animals. I wish we could all get some definitive answers from somewhere. I understand vets don't want to lose money and shots are extremely profitable for them. Those who mfg the drugs don't want to lose sales either.... it puts the pet owners at a real disadvantage when trying to find the truth.
I have read so many different viewpoints on this subject and it's making it hard for me to make a decision for my own indoor cats. I really do believe that animals are over vaccinated but do I dare take a chance of not getting boosters and then gosh forbid something happen :-( I still don't know.
I know that some vets are now giving certain vaccines in one leg versus another and recording it (along with serial number) so they will start to understand what vaccines (and batches) may be causing it. They are also doing it lower down on the limb so that if they do get cancer they can amputate the limb rather than having to do more invasive surgery that may or may not get all the cancer. Our current vet did this with our two little ones.
Looking forward to more replies on your post so I can see what others have decided to do.
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