Vaccinate Pets Yourself from Schmeg.com

   

Why Vaccinate Pets Yourself?? It's cheap, cheap, cheaper to vaccinate them yourselves.

I have 2 newborn kittens and 1 full grown cat. Vaccination requires that the kittens, ideally, go to the vets 3 times the first year and once a year after that. Each time costing 50-75$. The vaccine shots that I give include the -- Fel-O-Vax LvK IV Cat Vaccine; Feline Leukemia-Rhinotracheitis-Calici-Panleukopenia-Chlamydia Psittaci Cat Vaccine (given initially at 8 weeks and a booster 3 weeks later) and the rabies shot at 12 weeks. If I go cheap, I can cut out the booster shot, leaving 2 visits each per kitten and 1 for my adult cat costing a first year total of $250-$325 +. Maybe, it's not right to have this attitude towards your pets, but I just think that's too expensive.

I looked around the web and quite easily located many suppliers of pet vaccines including rabies which, I wrongly thought, were regulated or something. I located one site: http://www.allivet.com/ that sells vaccines and rabies shots. Their price is $8.99 per vaccine & $29.99 for a 10 dose vial of rabies + $0.35 per syringe. I purchased 5 vaccines, 1 10 dose vial of rabies and 10 syringes for around $85 and this included the booster shots that should be given. Plus, I saved the hassle of taking the cats to the vet in the first place.

I loaded up 3 syringes with the vaccines , folded over the skin on the back of their neck (that's how my vet did it), and gave them their injections. They didn't so much as budge. I don't think they have many nerves their, I mean that's where momma cat picks them up in her mouth. I'll give them the booster in a few weeks and then their rabies shot a few weeks after that. I don't know if you can combine the rabies with the vaccine, if so, then I will give them all at once, and be done with it.

I will have to bring all the cats to the vet to get them spayed as I can't do that myself.... or can I?...Just kidding. While they are getting spayed, I'll have the vet give them a checkup

I figure that I'll save a few hundred dollars a year self vaccinating my cats and that's money I can spend on cool toys for them!