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If you don’t usually take your cat(s) to the veterinarian, why not?
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| I only take my cat to the vet when it is absolutely necessary, such as for routine shots, spaying or an emergency situation. I know some people bring their cats to the vet for little things like worms (you can buy wormer at the store unless it's tapeworms). I also keep my cat inside so there are less reasons to bring the cat to a vet.
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I wouldn't mind taking my cats to the vet once a year for a check-up, but I don't want to be pressured into vaccinating more often than is necessary. I don't agree that annual vaccination is a good thing, it really is quite risky. Here's one link: http://www.critteradvocacy.org/ , and if you Google the subject, you'll find a lot more about it. If I could find a vet that didn't push overvaccinating, I'd be glad to go more often for routine care. As it is, I only take the cats to the vet for spaying/neutering, vaccinating and testing young and new cats, and when a cat is sick.
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| I completely agree about over vaccination. When I got my cat she had already had her first distemper shot and I knew she would need another one in a couple weeks but when I went to the vet to get her other one they said she would need two more! I brought her back for a third but not a fourth. They charge a ton for such a little shot. I prefer vets that come out to my house, but the one that used to see my other animals doesn't come to where I moved, so I have to go to an expensive clinic.
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| Mine go to the vet, but I can see why some don't. Around here, we have lots of vets, but some charge 100$ just for an office visit! Are they kidding? My OWN doc doesn't charge that much! We found a vet who only charges 25$ an office visit and 7$ per shot. Plus he doesn't try to tell us the cat needs all these shots, that it doesn't! They're indoor cats. They don't need 50 million shots! We had a vet one time want to charge an extra 50$ just for WARM saline during neutering! Actually, had we gone with them, our bill would have been around 300$! HELLO?!?! I've got four kids and never spent 300$ on an office visit! So needless to say, we switched. The neutering was 28$. That was it. Cat's are fine and the vet is very well known and very well liked!
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My response isn't on there - but cost has a little to do with it. For the most part, we know a lot about cats so we feel like we know when they need to get professional help.
So many cats...
Isn't it great?
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My reason, cost, wasn't up there either, but my vet is very reasonably priced. It's just I'm unemployed, and my cat has hyperthyroidism. She needs methimathiazole daily, but a friend of mine is kind enough to pay for that. However, she should have bloodwork done at least once, preferably twice, a year to monitor her condition. At nearly 17 years old, I'm not concerned about over vaccinating; the actual risk of problems is actually very small. If I had money, I would buy the vaccines and do them myself, just bring her in for the 3 year rabies vaccine. But the answer I chose, too much off a hassle, is true, too--she hates riding in the car, and has quite a pair of lungs on her! Riding with Tripod in the car can be an earsplitting experience!
Some cats are more special than others.
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