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We took our little dog and our 9-10 year old tabby, Oliver, in to the vet 2 days ago to get a check up. While there we learned that Oliver was way overdue for his distemper and rabies shots. Aside from this Oliver was given a clean bill of health. So we had him vaccinated and when home. He seemed fine for the last two days, but today I woke up and found a spot on the floor with alot of hair. At the time I didn't think to much of it, until the cat came in and I saw he was bald in the area that he got the shots.
Before I go on, I should say that yes I know I should keep him in and we do have a indoor cat, but Oliver was from the pound and had always been a indoor outdoor cat, and we would always let him out before I realized it was a bad thing (that was how my mother had her cats and her mother and so on). I tried to keep him in and he spent the whole time howling and crying at the door.
We live in a area with a low population and alot a farms. So he does get into fights from time to time with the locals, and when we took him in, he had a sore from one of these fights and alittle of the hair was gone from the site of that (though not much). Because of this, the vet gave him the shots more toward the side of the back of the neck. He did look at the sore and he said it wasn't anything to worry about.
My question is, should I be worried? I've never had a animal go bald from a shot before...I would call the vet, but they are closed until Monday...
Thanks for any help you guys can give
Before I go on, I should say that yes I know I should keep him in and we do have a indoor cat, but Oliver was from the pound and had always been a indoor outdoor cat, and we would always let him out before I realized it was a bad thing (that was how my mother had her cats and her mother and so on). I tried to keep him in and he spent the whole time howling and crying at the door.
We live in a area with a low population and alot a farms. So he does get into fights from time to time with the locals, and when we took him in, he had a sore from one of these fights and alittle of the hair was gone from the site of that (though not much). Because of this, the vet gave him the shots more toward the side of the back of the neck. He did look at the sore and he said it wasn't anything to worry about.
My question is, should I be worried? I've never had a animal go bald from a shot before...I would call the vet, but they are closed until Monday...
Thanks for any help you guys can give