What we recommend for young cats 1-3 years old
Once a year:
a good wellness exam where we check out eyes, ears, teeth, gums, lymph nodes, heart and lung sounds, and palpate joints, spine, and abdomen.
Vaccination for rabies (recommended yearly for the first 3 years of life)
Vaccination for leukemia disease
We now have the new needleless, adjuvant free leukemia vaccine
Vaccination for Panleukopenia, Rhino-herpes, calici, and chlmydia
Deworming
Mid year:
A free wellness exam
Vaccination for the new fatal calici disease ($10)
Deworming ($3)
All year round: Love, a good diet, flea control as needed, and if outdoors; heartworm prevention
Our recommendations for cats 3-6 years old:
Once yearly: a good wellness exam
decision to vaccinate for leukemia, panleukopenia, rhino-herpes, calici, and chlmydia based on your cat's exposure level. For 100% indoor cats, we might decide to vaccinate for these diseases on an every 1 or 2 year basis.
deworming
Midyear: a free wellness exam, deworming ($3) and for outdoor cats, the new vaccine for fatal calici disease
Every 1-3 years:
For most cats over 3 years old, we now recommend giving rabies vaccination every 3 years (in those states where this is legal such as SC) . We still recommend rabies vaccination every year for those cats that are hunters and in frequent contact with rodents or wildlife.
As mentioned above, we often stagger the other vaccines on an every other year or 3rd year basis for indoor cats.
For middle aged and older cats;
A good yearly wellness exam. Lots of things go wrong in this age group.
Dewormer
Vaccinations for rabies, leukemia, panleukopenia, rhino-herpes, calici, and chlymdia every 1-3 years ... or not at all (except legally required rabies every 3 years) depending on your cat's exposure
A midyear wellness exam and dewormer
For cats older than 10 years old we'd love to run a senior blood screen ($67) to look for early signs of kidney disease, liver disease, thyroid disease, diabetes, and much more.
