intra nasal vaccinations?

Hi, I'm new here but I have been reading this forum on and off for a while.

Two of my kitties recieved their initial vaccinations intra nasally. This was before I adopted them. They are due for their first year booster shots and I like the idea of avoiding injections and I'd like my older cat to also start getting her vaccinations this way.

I've been trying to find a vet that uses the intra nasal vaccines and none of them seem to be familiar,( I live in central N.J. and I got the kittens from the west coast).

Has anyone here used these vaccines? I'd love to find a vet in central Jersey who uses them or perhaps find a website where I could order them myself.

I'd really appreciate any info any of you might be able to share.

My vet uses intranasal drops for one of the vaccinations, but the rabies and distemper are shots. I think the cats hate the nose drops worse than the shots.

I've never heard of that for pets, how cool! I'm all the way down in TN so can't help you though.
Originially Posted by Kathylou

the rabies and distemper are shots. I think the cats hate the nose drops worse than the shots.

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I just took Marlee for her last worming treatment and her Rabies yesterday. I was expecting a shot for the rabies, but it was a liquid/get or something b/c they did it with a feeding syringe at the same time they did the worming medicine. Maybe thats something you could ask about?

Originally Posted by Kathylou

the cats hate the nose drops worse than the shots.

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I know kitties don't like nose drops, but I'm more concerned about the possibility of injection site sarcomas.

i"d feel more comfortable avoiding injections as the cat of a good friend of mine died from a vaccine associated sarcoma a few years ago.

Gosh, I didn't know there was any alternative to injections--I also worry about the injection-site sarcoma thing. The only intra-nasal one I'm aware of is the FIP one and I've heard it doesn't protect your cat from FIP and may even be harmful--and I lost a cat to FIP so I know what a nasty awful disease it is!! If the intra-nasal vaccines for the other diseases are as effective as the injections (and safer!) I would definitely like to know about them. My girl is due for her yearly vaccines in December so I'll have to check into this!!

Someone correct me but a vet told me that the inter nasels dont last more than 6 months..

Originally Posted by sharky

Someone correct me but a vet told me that the inter nasels dont last more than 6 months..

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Sharky, I don't think that's correct.
I double checked at this site http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/heal...uidelines.html and the guidelines are the same as parenteral administration.

I'm not sure why more vets don't choose this method.

We have bordatella intranasal for dogs (kennel cough), and I can tell you from experience that it is less effective, because you are never quite sure how much got where it needed to go and how much was sneezed or shaken all over the walls and whatever else got in the way. Just my 2 cents worth on intranasal.

Intrnasals have plus, and negative sides. The negative side is that they can be elss effective if a dog sneezes them out. The plus side is they are made that way because the particular vaccine covers a nirus that is caught that way. IE: Bordetella and FIP are contracted through the nose often times.

I've never heard of any intrnasal vaccines other than Bordetella and FIP. I knwo they make injectable FIP and Bordetella incase the animal is particularly aggressive...

Also, Sharky, I don't know about cat vaccines, but Bordetella vaccines really aren't that effective after six months, they start losing effectivity anyways.