[Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine

[dlgegg at windstream.net]

There are times that I think they are more civilized than humans are.  At lease, they are more honest!  If you step on a cat's tail, you know it will bite or at least scratch you.


---- Marcia Baronda <marciabmarcia at gmail.com> wrote: 
> That infuriates me. Such a waste of life! Sometimes I think the wildlife should be armed!
> 
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> On Jan 5, 2012, at 11:31 AM, GRAS <gras at optonline.net> wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, in my haste to write, I made a mistake: I meant VIRGINIA!
> > They hunters did that in  the late 80s, so the big rabies outbreak in the
> > East happened in the early 90s, almost all the raccoons were killed, whether
> > sick or not.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org
> > [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia Baronda
> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:29 PM
> > To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine
> > 
> > Damn hunters!! That makes me sick. And sooo lame.
> > 
> > Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, Christmas
> > 2010. 
> > 
> > On Jan 5, 2012, at 9:05 AM, GRAS <gras at optonline.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> The Mid-Atlantic strain of rabies was brought to the East by hunters, 
> >> after destroying local raccoons, wanted more raccoons to kill, so they 
> >> brought them from Virginal and surrounding states.
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org
> >> [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:43 AM
> >> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine
> >> 
> >> I just did some reading on rabies and it appears that mice and other 
> >> rodents don't carry Rabies. Raccoons foxes and bats look to be the 
> >> heaviest carriers. The East coast, for some reason is the largest 
> >> region of raccoons carrying rabies!
> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >> 
> >> On Jan 4, 2012, at 6:48 PM, <dlgegg at windstream.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> My vet reccommends evey year, but my guys go outside andbecause I 
> >>> live in
> >> th woods, are exposed to raccoon, possum, mice, fox and othes that can 
> >> pass rabbies on.  I am in a quandry, sort of dmned if I do and i I don't.
> >>> ---- Lorrie <felinerescue at frontier.com> wrote: 
> >>>> I'm sure the vets make more money by first giving a 1 year vac.
> >>>> and then giving the 3 year vac a year later.
> >>>> 
> >>>> On 01-04, Maureen Olvey wrote:
> >>>>> I  think  I  might  have mentioned it to you guys before but in 
> >>>>> case I  didn't,  studies have shown that the normal 1 year rabies 
> >>>>> vaccinations  will  provide immunity for at least 4 years.  
> >>>>> Interesting huh?  I need  to  check  out  that group again to see 
> >>>>> if they've found anything else  out  or if it actually last longer 
> >>>>> than the 4 years even.  I know they  were doing more research studies.
> >>>>> Will  most  vets give the 3 year one to a kitten?  Most vets I've 
> >>>>> been  to  recommend that the kittens get the 1 year vaccination and 
> >>>>> then the  next  year they get the 3 year one.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
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