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Hi there. I just joined the forum but have found a lot of helpful info here over the years. We're having an issue lately -- one which evidently is brought up on the forum from time to time, but with no clear resolutions. Here's our little man, Feegs.
Here's Feegs' issue: He's a 9-year old male orange tabby who just had his first-ever round of FVRCP. He's indoor only, no other animals, so we never felt the need to vaccinate him, but recently since my partner works for the Humane Society and there has been a panleuk outbreak, we gave him a vaccine. Two weeks went by with no problems, but then he began limping on his front left paw, was lethargic, isolated, and had a slight fever. His appetite has reduced by half. The vet assumed it was a soft tissue injury, gave him a intramuscular dose of NSAID, and some oral bupe, and we've kept him in one room so that in case it is an injury he won't re-injure it. After 9 days rest, he's in less pain, but still not quite himself. (We discontinued the buprenex after 4 days, so no meds now.) He's very cautious when walking and seems generally out of balance. He'll walk a few times per day, but generally prefers to be laying down. In fact now it looks like one of his rear legs is bothering him too. This has lead us to believe that it is not an injury but a systemic reaction to something. If this is a delayed reaction to the FVRCP vaccine, what can we expect? What else could have been triggered? He passed a basic neurological test, he doesn't have any URI symptoms, digestion is normal, though reduced by 50%.
Any feedback or referrals to other threads I may have missed would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you. -Matthew
Here's Feegs' issue: He's a 9-year old male orange tabby who just had his first-ever round of FVRCP. He's indoor only, no other animals, so we never felt the need to vaccinate him, but recently since my partner works for the Humane Society and there has been a panleuk outbreak, we gave him a vaccine. Two weeks went by with no problems, but then he began limping on his front left paw, was lethargic, isolated, and had a slight fever. His appetite has reduced by half. The vet assumed it was a soft tissue injury, gave him a intramuscular dose of NSAID, and some oral bupe, and we've kept him in one room so that in case it is an injury he won't re-injure it. After 9 days rest, he's in less pain, but still not quite himself. (We discontinued the buprenex after 4 days, so no meds now.) He's very cautious when walking and seems generally out of balance. He'll walk a few times per day, but generally prefers to be laying down. In fact now it looks like one of his rear legs is bothering him too. This has lead us to believe that it is not an injury but a systemic reaction to something. If this is a delayed reaction to the FVRCP vaccine, what can we expect? What else could have been triggered? He passed a basic neurological test, he doesn't have any URI symptoms, digestion is normal, though reduced by 50%.
Any feedback or referrals to other threads I may have missed would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you. -Matthew
