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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on April 16, 2008, 18:07:17 PM
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Saw this on CatChat and thought I'd cross post onto here:
Hello!
If you have a few minutes to take this survey, please do. It is mostly to do with cat vaccinations. You can take the survey anonymously, they don't need any personal details. Our folks have filled it out already, Colonel Beau ordered them to, as he went a bit funny after his last vaccination (yes, funnier than normal!).
Thank you!
Love & Purrs
Gemini Cat
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Dear Cat Chat Team,
My name is Gabi Habacher and I am one of the Feline Fellows' at the University of Bristol.
As part of one of our research projects, the Feline Centre is currently carrying out a survey on cat owners' attitude on cat health. We have opted for a web-based study design in order to address non-registered as well as registered cat owners and, hence, identify a wide spectrum of perceptions and concerns.
As your webpage is highly appreciated by cat owners, it would be an ideal medium for posting this questionnaire and addressing cat owners directly.
We are aiming to run the survey until end of June 2008.
The link for the survey is :-
http://www.vetschool.bris.ac.uk/surveys/feline_centre
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I think this is a very good questionnare and well worth completing.
I think that if Purrs members fill this in it will be very helpful to the research
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I have filled it in :shy:
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Done...
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filled in
started me thinking there is probably alot I dont know...
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I am sure that applies to everyone here Katherine and Purrs is a great place to learn and one never stops learning about cats ;D
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Done.
Me too - I realised I don't know as much as I should about vaccinations.
Could someone shed some light over this: on Jamesons vaccination card it says :TriCat and FelV. What is tricat (as I seem to remember the vet saying that was 3 in 1).... I'm sure she said Cat flu and Leukamea was two of them, what would the 3rd one be?
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Enteritis ( Panleukopenia)
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D'oh - it clearly explained it overleaf: Feline Enteritis (Panleucopaenia), Cat Flu, Herpesvirus and Feline Leukaemia.
Can someone explain to me what Feline Enteritis is?
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Another killer of cats but am sure that someone will be able to tell you in more detail. If not do a search on internet, you will get loads of info ;D
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Done. Interesting thing is many of my answers about actual vaccinations were based on what I have learned from you lot. :evillaugh:
Katherine, there is never a day that I don't learn something new here.
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Done. Interesting thing is many of my answers about actual vaccinations were based on what I have learned from you lot. :evillaugh:
Same. I probably wouldn't even KNOW about cat vaccination hadn't it been for this forum! As a first-time, un-planned cat owner this forum has been my bible!!
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completed the survey but suggested that a more representative samply might be obtained by advertising on forums not completely dedicated to cat care, where the respondents might be more representative of broader (and not entirely cat-focussed) attitudes ...
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Yeah Jameson was really hard done by wasn't he with all you didn't know :naughty: :evillaugh: Don't think he cared much if you knew or not, that photo on your melons is an interesting indicator of that.
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completed the survey but suggested that a more representative samply might be obtained by advertising on forums not completely dedicated to cat care, where the respondents might be more representative of broader (and not entirely cat-focussed) attitudes ...
You took the words right out of my mouth :)
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I think you have a point bc but I suspect they were also wanting UK forums and dont think there are that many besides us and CC and Daves site, cos UK forums tend to be cat care oriented.
I just wrote something else and deleted it cos I reckon they do want to target sites like us, cos others not into cat care would not be able to answer on the whole, in fact they would bother with such nonsence like vacinations and the site used to inject...............sigh
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Yeah Jameson was really hard done by wasn't he with all you didn't know :naughty: :evillaugh: Don't think he cared much if you knew or not, that photo on your melons is an interesting indicator of that.
:rofl: True! Love is all he needs. (ok, and some good food and vaccinations too!)
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I guess that is my point Gill, if they are only 'singing to the choir'they will not gain any insights into the obstacles to achieving 100% vaccination. So I have suggested they try a few sites that are frequently referred to here, as representative of the dark side so as to get a more representative sample ...
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I would be very alarmed at the idea of Blip being injected in her tail :scared: or her hind leg for that matter. Am I being rational? It is based on my ( ashamedly limited) understanding of feline physiology :scared:
PS I am confident that the tail would be a lousy place to inject so I suppose I am asking about the hind leg?
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I maybe wrong but dont think thats what they are after. I think they are looking at FeLV vaccine uptakes and the reasons for people not having the jab and side effects etc.
I was also interested in the question ref FIP and reasons peeps had for gettiung their cats vaccinated.
A very interesting survey and I hope we get to see the results and hear what they are going to do with them.
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Hind leg is fine
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the idea of vaccination in the tail is indeed alarming, Chris, I indicated my alarm in my response. Hind leg not so problematic for me as quite a few injections go into the hind leg where there is ample muscle to absorb the impact ...
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Like you Christine I was horrified to see tail mentioned but hind leg Ok as long as its not atually in the leg.....the bottom part........didnt think they meant the bottom grrrrrr but of course I am assuming ......very bad to assume!
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Like you Christine I was horrified to see tail mentioned but hind leg Ok as long as its not atually in the leg.....the bottom part........didnt think they meant the bottom grrrrrr but of course I am assuming ......very bad to assume!
If you mean the bottom part as it appears to us, then I guess that is actually the foot? :Crazy: So the leg would be the "haunch", so to speak?
These are the issues that wont be clarified by the survey. You and I know that the cat walks on tiptoe, but does the general public? I should have made these points on the survey, and I didnt :scared:
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tail seems a strange place to me, why would they want to do that? would it hurt the cat?
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tail seems a strange place to me, why would they want to do that? would it hurt the cat?
Indeed! The reasoning behind vaccinating in a leg is that if a vaccine site sarcoma develops you can amputate a leg, but you can't amputate a neck! I would guess that they are simply applying that reasonsing to the tail - you can amputate a tail - but I can't imagine vaccinating in a tail!
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tail seems a strange place to me, why would they want to do that? would it hurt the cat?
ok filled in - bit difficult to vaccinate Homer in the tail when he hasn't got one!!
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Think we all need to remember that an injection is over in seconds, well worth it
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Just filled it in - thought it was v interesting ;D
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I think vacinating into the tail could be highly dangerous cos under the fur its so small and it would be too easy to accidentally inject into the central nervous system.
I know one injection that Kocka had in the neck, wasnt a vaccination, but he must have gone too deep or something and by the time I had got her to the station she was paralised, I was terrified and rang them from the station cos she was just lying on her side.
I remeber they admitted her and she was alright that evening but cant remember anything else, I guess it was too traumatic cos I thought he had killed her.
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Think we all need to remember that an injection is over in seconds, well worth it
I am with you there 100% and Blip (like the rest of our family) always has her jabs. But I prefer us to have our subcutaneous injections in the best place (the human arm, the feline scruff). Hence my reservations about the tail :scared:
PS happy to be corrected as I am skating on flimsy intellectual ice here...
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Gill cats nervous system is unlike ours. :)
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Think we all need to remember that an injection is over in seconds, well worth it
The injection may be over in seconds but the side effects can last for days and be quite nasty
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,6283.0.html
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Ok T ;D
Have I used the wrong words , I mean the spinal fluid?? that runs down from their heads to end of tail, that exists in cats doesnt it?
Anyway still think that tail is a bad place to vacinate and I would never allow it ;D
Rught getting coat now cos I know what I mean :rofl: :rofl:
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Think we all need to remember that an injection is over in seconds, well worth it
The injection may be over in seconds but the side effects can last for days and be quite nasty
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,6283.0.html
Seen some nasty side effects Yvonne,but I have dealt first hand with Panleukopenia, cat flu and Felv, No contest
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I feel very well informed now. Lexy just had her MOT with Caroline. She was good as gold and didn't even blink. First time she's been so good.
And she got her vaccinations. I asked about the tail/hind thing. She just looked at me, said hind was fine, but she prefers neck. Best place.
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I would resist a tail-based injection simply because the tail is basically skin over the vertebrae, so there is only a limited capacity for the injected fluid to be put in the right place without causing a bump (albeit temporary). Injecting into the spinal fluid would be something you would notice, as there would be resistance and sensations that would make it obvious that is what you were doing. Vaccinations are generally subcutaneous so it makes sense to put them in places where there is loose skin. The tail is not such a place ...
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Yes, for my job I used to have about eight lots of injections regularly and I always had them in the left upper arm (equivalent sort of site). I would rather have side effects than rabies (say).
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I said yes to hind leg and tail, only because, if a vet preferred to do it that way/suggested that method then I would trust him or her that it was a safe method. I do trust my vet, and Jameson doesn't even blink whenever he's had his vaccinations/microchipping so I believe it's such a small 'prick' it's not even noticeable. (to him, anyway)
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I said yes too for the same reason - I woudl ask why they wanted to give it there but I think I would ultimatley trust the vet
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Had to laugh. Initially looked a question asking what, if anything, put me off wanting to bring Billy to vets for vaccination. Nothing I thought with indignation ...... then saw option "trying to catch the cat" :rofl:
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Oh yes , I loved that and had they not said to use the one who came first alphabetically , in Sasas case that would be true and of course the late Kocka who had so many tricks when she heard me booking the appointment on the phone.
I always failed to understand how she knew the day and time of the appointment :rofl: :rofl:
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Same, I've had to cancel quite a few appointments due to Jameson managing to sneak off the last minute.
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I have done the questionnaire
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Me too :shy:
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Done :wow:
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Done, I found it really interesting. I said ok to hind leg but not tail - just wouldn't be comfortable with the tail. At least as mine are indoor I can usually catch them although as Hobbes is due to go for his booster next month I may change my tune - he's a bit quicker on his feet this year now he's 18 months old :rofl: