Vaccinations and spay on same day?

[SusanO]

So “Little Missy” had her first kitten shots a month ago at the TSC traveling clinic and was due back for 2nd kitten shots and a rabies shot today. Spay is paid for (Low cost clinic) on the 26th. Well the Vet Pet traveling crew cancelled today. Next visit is in November.

I think I can pay for extra services at the Spay/ neuter clinic. How advisable is it to get her rabies shot on the day she is spayed? Also - second vaccinations? I really wanted to get her second vacs before she goes on the van with most likely unvaccinated cats. I wish Pet Vet could have warned people they were not coming today but I guess you get what you pay for.

[trubandloki]

I realize your cat is not a feral TNR cat, but every one of my barn cats was neutered/spayed thru a TNR program and they are neutered and vaccinated all at the same time and seem to do fine with it.

[goodhors]

Making MY decision, would be only ONE thing at a time. Spay since it is scheduled. Then get vaccinations after healing is done. I think it is WAY too much, doing everything at once. Body is hugely stressed with surgery, even though it is a common surgery, done all the time. Adding in foreign disease prevention meds is even more stress to the body, which is trying to fix the surgery area, recover from anesthetic. Just too many things going on for the animal.

I am taking Vet advice with a grain of salt these days. They give recommends based on the general population results, but there are ALWAYS the odd animals who cannot tolerate “normal” treatment. So spreading things out, makes more sense to me. We vaccinate dogs and horses, one vaccine at a time, no multiple shots the same day. We get no reactions with spacing things out a week apart. We have heard personally and here on COTH, the poor to bad reactions when animals get multiple vaccines the same day. Not worth the problems caused, to do shots fast and get it over with.

Cats can be extra sensitive to things, so I would not risk overloading her system. Especially a small or young cat.

[sophie]

It would be safer to not do them at the same time, then again…it’s probably just fine. I would ask your vet
About 10 years ago, when I had our cat spayed, the vet told me they noticed she also had a broken tooth. Took it out, no extra cost. Those days are long gone…this same vet moved to a bigger office, hired young vets with vet school debts, and is now so much more expensive, pushing all kinds of tests etc.
So, they lost me as a client. I am now using the Pet Vet clinics as well, for vaccines and such. I also have access to an emergency vet hospital close by if needed.

[chestnutmarebeware]

I’ve done it multiple times with no issues. I think it’s less stress than a second vet visit, and it’s not like cats get a bunch of vaccinations (unlike horses).

I figure that they’re going to feel bad from surgery anyway, so any discomfort/sick feeling is probably not going to be noticed by the cat.

[SusanO]

I think you either vaccinate for rabies before and have proof or they require it as an add on. So I think I will do that because I really like everybody to have a rabies vaccine ( horses too). Every year this county has several rabid raccoons, etc. So it is not like living in civilization where you are surrounded with vaccinated pets. It is required by the state but I think most of the cats and dogs out here are not vaccinated. The rest of the vacs can wait until November.

[Ghazzu]

there exists a very slim possibility of an adverse reaction to the vaccine that could be missed inn an animal under anesthesia or recovering from anesthesia.

I’d err on the side of caution if it were my cat.

[4horses]

I would not do that the same day. Many rescues do, but I definitely wouldn’t for my personal cats. I even break up vaccines. I had one cat get rather feverish and grumpy from vaccines. I wouldn’t want to add a spay to that stress.

My last cat that was spayed bounced back extremely quickly. I honestly don’t remember being concerned other than taking an occasional glance at the incision site to check for infection.

[masConfetti]

Unless your kitten enjoys going to the vet I would vote for doing them together. With alot of vets trying to be fear-free it’s more agreeable for most cats to have 1 trip then multiple trips, especially if they wouldn’t know it was done. If it were my cat I’d rather them get a vaccine and other work done while they are under anesthesia and not know about it.
I know a lot of rescues and clinics will require doing it before or at time of surgery because people are not always good at coming back.

[SusanO]

Little Missy will not be getting preggo! I don’t think she was pregnant when she was spayed - nothing in the notes. She has gone from 3.6 pounds to 4.5 pounds in less than a month and is not looking so skinny and pot bellied since she now actually gets fed and has been wormed twice. She did get a rabies shot when she was spayed because it is required for all cats except for ferals ( I have no idea why not required for ferals. That sounds dumb to me.)

She is living indoors now while she heals up and she is a small wrecking ball. Gremlin doesn’t like her but she tolerates her as long as she doesn’t touch Gremlin. Gremlin hates associating with cats and really hates it when they touch her. She got the prime spot on the bed last night (sleeping on my feet) by scooting up there before Gremlin got situated. No fighting though. So she is living the good life.

And Hansel and Gretel have been throwing a party because they think she is gone. They have decided that yes, they can eat on the front porch again, because that animal is gone.

She is such a happy little kitty now that she has had an upgrade in her life. She needs an indoor home where she can sit in somebody’s lap and purr all day.