I'm trying to run down something in my cat, Turtle, that happens every year for the past three years. (Although it did happen once about six years ago without being connected to shot time.) Three days after getting her yearly checkup and shots she gets a cold (runny nose, sneezing, lethargy and sometimes runny eyes). We thought maybe it was the Fvrcpc vaccination so we didn't give it this year. (She's 12 years old, only cat in the house, never goes out, so the vet said that would be okay.) Well, Monday she got her rabies shot along with dexamethasone to help with the pain she gets from the rabies shot and today, three days later, she's back with it again. (She's only been getting the dexamethasone shot for three years.)
Some of symptoms seem similar to rhinotracheitis but it's part of the vaccine she got each year up until now. I thought I read somewhere that they can get it and then harbor the virus for the rest of their life, having it reappear at times of stress, etc. So could she have gotten it the first year of her life before we adopted her and now basically that part of the vaccine does no good? Just trying to figure this all out so I can stop doing what's making my poor baby get this every year.
Thank you!
Some of symptoms seem similar to rhinotracheitis but it's part of the vaccine she got each year up until now. I thought I read somewhere that they can get it and then harbor the virus for the rest of their life, having it reappear at times of stress, etc. So could she have gotten it the first year of her life before we adopted her and now basically that part of the vaccine does no good? Just trying to figure this all out so I can stop doing what's making my poor baby get this every year.
Thank you!