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My cat is 4 years old & spayed, and i know this’ll pose a problem for getting her out of Canada to live in The Netherlands; but she seems to be badly allergic to rabies vaccines, she had one when she was a year old, then when she was 2 i took her for another shot, and the vet had told me that they switched the brand of rabies vaccine they were using. I thought nothing of it, got her the shot, then right after she got so sick she almost died. So I am very scared to get her another rabies shot, it may or may not kill her.
I researched it a little bit and it says that it is required that kitty has up to date vaccine and a letter from the vet stating the good health of the cat or something like that. Maybe the vet can write a letter saying kitty can’t have vaccine and that would be enough to get her into the country, and maybe then just have to have her in quarantine for a while?
Has anyone else out there had a pet allergic to rabies vaccine, but was able to take kitty out of the country?

I live in Scotland and they were even more serious with a six month quarantine, even with shots!

As of 3 July 2004, the following rules apply to pet dogs, cats and ferrets entering the European Union (except the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta and Sweden) from non-EU countries and Canada:

The animals must have an electric transponder or clearly readable tattoo to identify them.
Dogs, cats and ferrets must be vaccinated against rabies.
Dogs, cats and ferrets crossing an EU border must be accompanied by a standard certificate which identifies the animal, gives the owner’s name and address, and certifies that the animals was vaccinated against rabies (see animal health certificate in the right-hand column of the source below). The first vaccination is valid 21 days after the vaccination protocol has been finished.

Hope this helps! Good Luck!

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I have a chronic illness with lots of allergies, now including cats. My Dr says I should not have pets but we have a lovely cat, Clarence with health problems, which sometimes I find hard to cope with. My husband doesn’t want to part with him and neither do I but he gets sick a lot and I find it very stressful. I love Clarence dearly, but should we rehome him for the sake of my health?

My doc told me the same thing and I told him to go to hell. I will not give u an animal who will face certain death if I do.If you think coping with health roblems is hard, try coing with knowing your cat will die because you surrendered him.
Millions of people have the same problem, and they have managed. You can too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_allergy#Lessening_reactions
http://www.bhg.com/health-family/conditions/allergies/coping-with-cat-allergies/

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I’ve heard that some people think commercial cat and dog food contains things that are bad for pets’ long-term health. Do you know ahything about that? If so, what do you suggest I feed my cat?
Thanks, my cat is on Science Diet at the moment, and so far I haven’t heard of anything that’s better than this brand.

Well, prior to making any judgement, try going to ant search engine..type in ANIMAL RENDERING..read, follow your nose(there’s even an FDA and a CDC..both government sites on this..that way you’ll know this is not a hoax!! Seek out as many of the sites as you have found in the 1st few pages.. Here are a few to get you started..then decide what you want your pet to eat, and why!!!
http://tafkac.org/animals/rendering_euthanized_animals.html
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04/Perhach/PetFood/chemicals.htm
http://www.naturalnews.com/012647.html
That should be enough to get you started..and for those who think it cute that you eat petfood with your pets…read on..and please spread your knowledge….this applies to dogs, cats, pigs..etc.
My BEST to YOU & Your Fur-faced Babe..may you have a wonderful and long life together

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I have a coupon for my cat that says Free initial health exam and do i have to pay like doctor’s visit or something? What do they do in a health exam for my cat? I’m nervous i made her an appointment and it’s my cat’s first time at a vet!

What I think you should do is take her to the vet and get the proper answer and treatment. You have asked this question and others similar to it several times. This is the second time today you have asked this question. Yesterday you answered another question and said your cat was being spayed today. Something does not add up here.

Go to the vet and your problems will be solved.

good luck!

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I could save money by skipping the DRC vaccine this year. Is this OK to do? Or am I putting my pets health at stake?

Not important.

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about a cat’s health and are very clearly going to need to be answered by a vet? And they usually get bunches of "Go to the vet" responses.
I just wonder why they waste time coming to us when only the vet can help them. I don’t mean they they shouldn’t ask, and of course questions about minor cat issues like peeing outside the box can be resolved by the general Answers community. Just the really scary medical questions are what worries me.
I can see I’ll have a hard time picking a Best Answer from among all the very thoughtful, information rich answers already here. You’re a lovely bunch.

I think a lot of it is instant gratification, or simply wanting information. Some people want to have an idea of the worst, or want an idea so that they don’t feel a vet is snowing them.

Mea culpa, I already had a vet appointment, I was pretty sure in advance what the problem was, but I asked questions anyway. At the time, I just needed to see what the experience of other people was, how they dealt with it, and how much it would cost. Testing for issues can be stressful to a pet as well as the pocketbook, and sometimes if there is an idea of the issue, a specific test can be specifically.

Moreover, there are certain issues that not all vets are aware of. As an example, idiopathic vestibular disorder is only starting to be recognized by vets as a non-fatal disorder (about 70% of cats who suffered an episode were euthanize for no good reason). I’m happy to say I was able to save the life of two cats of people who asked a question on YA as I knew the details of IVD. Everyone else said either stroke or seizures, go to the vet, and/or have the cat put down. Even the people’s vets said put the cats down.

When my cat had his vestibular episode, I took him to the vet, the vet said put him down. A woman in the office said "give him a few weeks if he’s not suffering" and lo and behold he started improving. He is fine now, and I later discovered information about IVD later on the internet. I shudder that I think I almost had him put down because the vet wasn’t aware about a condition that now frequently affects cats in late Summer.

Have you ever heard of wolf-worm or cuterebra? Surprisingly, a lot of vets haven’t, particularly city vets. Out in the country here, I see a lot of it in the strays, and I take care of these cats myself and was able to described to someone how to take care of it without a vet visit.

I can also understand an inexperienced pet owner wanting to glean information from the experience of people who have had many pets, or pets for long periods of time. So many times I have seen "blood in stool" and just felt the relief on the other end when most people are saying, "probably roundworms, won’t cost much to treat, at worst get an OTC." We are dealing with a desperate economy here, and people who normally wouldn’t think twice about hauling their pet to the vet are trying to figure out how to put food on the table.

Then, there are the people who can’t afford expensive vet bills and are hoping the community can diagnose their pet without the cost (or bother, as the case may be).

I have spent many hours researching possible issues a cat may have and often wonder why people don’t just take the time to do that, particularly when there are 13-year olds cruising around giving really stupid answers.

Then, there are some people I just want to smack upside the head, and we’ll just leave it go at that.

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With all the serious questions here about pet health (and I hope that all the sick pets get better) it seemed like now would be a good time to ask this question. Quirkiness, goofiness, and downright zany things are also allowed.

Cute things that Charles does:

-Sleeps in my armpit with his head under my chin every night.
-Gets on the counter and shows me his butt whenever I’m cooking.
-There is a spot on the wall that he is convinced is a bug. He stares at it all the time and makes that chirpy noise… I was going to remove the spot, but he really likes it.
-He is obsessed with tongues. You stick your tongue out at him and he stares at you with this intense look… It’s like he thinks there is a worm that lives in your mouth and he is so surprised every time he sees it. He’s a little cross-eyed, so it’s really funny when he looks at you dead-on. Especially with his whiskers twitching and his almost-going-to-pounce-on-worm-but-worm-freaks-me-out look. I make all my guests stick their tongue out at him - they love it.

Cute things Mimzy McMegaClaws does:

-She stole one of my pink fuzzy socks and she loves it. She drags it around all the time like a little kid with a blanket. She sleeps with it, has it near her almost all the time. If it is not with her, she has it stashed in her bed. Lord save me when I wash it because she screams and cries all over the house until I get it out of the dryer and give it back. Then she runs off and hides it so I can’t take it away from her again.
-She also has a tiny teddy bear that she carries around and meows with. I sort of feel bad for spaying her before letting her have a litter of kittens (but there are just too many strays in this town, so that would be irresponsible). She’s got a baby sock and a baby bear… Then she starts tossing, beating and "killing" the tiny bear, so my guilt evaporates.
-She’s obsessed with watching me wash my face.
-She loves anything minty. Toothpaste, gum, actual mint leaves… she turns her nose up at catnip, but goes bonkers for mint. Weird!

Oh, and both Mimzy and Charles enjoy coming into the bathtub with me. Yes, they get in the water. They like to dip their paws in. They enjoy swimming. It used to freak me out. Aren’t cats supposed to hate water? Well, these ones love it like a labrador.

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