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My cats have only been to the vet once to get fixed and even then we couldn't afford it. The SPCA helped us out. In fact, we ended up spending $500 in vet bills for our late cat Buddy, and then still owe $124 more because we had to have him put to sleep. He had diabetes and the vet we took him to diagnosed it correctly, but put him on the wrong medicine. (glipizide instead of insulin) We later took him to the vet his first owner took him too and found out cats should never be given glipizide because it causes organ failure! (which is exactly what it did with Buddy, the first vet even said he was concerned about Buddy's kidneys.) If one of our little ones was sick, we would try to get up the money to get them to the vet, but it is so expensive.  Kelly, Nicky's Mom
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I have to take my kitty to the vet every 6 months for deworming because he eats mice outside.
OMG cute kittens!
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| I take them once a year, and every time I think they are ill. Perhaps when they are older I will take them twice.
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| Okay I'm horrible, I don't believe in yearly shots for indoor only cats. Pea's been to the vet twice maybe three times her entire life, shots, spay and microchipping. (she's 5-6years old) Loki has probably been to the vet once a year, The $500 hairball, then because his paws were just horribly dry cracked and bleeding, and now for the cut on his back paw. (He's 3-4 years old) Gabe I got the health plan for, which completely covered his shots, and neuter, and he needs to go in for a Healthy kitty checkup and he's 1. (I should've added Pea and Loki to his plan for $10 each. )
My cats own my house they just permit me to live there. Only cat lovers know the luxury of fur-coated, musical hot water bottles that never go cold."
- Susanne Millen 
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Before I took my cats to vet once per year for the vaccine booster. But recently I had read from cats magazines that vaccine booster is recommended for 18 months instead of annually. Some magazines even mentioned that vaccine booster is not necessary for those 100% indoored cats. I had talked with my vet whom agree with the 18 months vaccine booster. 
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| Really most vaccines last for more than a year (yes they last 1 and a half or a little longer). But usually vets prefer going sure. And normally it's easier to remember the same month every year. And if you go late you are in time. It doesn't matter if the cat goes out or not. The vaccine last what it last. If you go every 18 moths you must not go late. And it's not only the shots. You should check the cat, just like we should check ourselves
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| Our boy is 15 so he will be checked twice a year. We just adopted him in June and he had his first visit with our vet within that week. He had a follow up visit 3 weeks later so she could re-check his eyes. Coming from the SPCA he caught URI and had bad issues with his eyes. Of course if anything comes up he'll be at the vet as needed.
 Proud Supporter of the New Hampshire SPCA
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