{"id":364,"date":"2021-02-23T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T10:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcdev.chichester-vets.co.uk\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2021-02-26T10:12:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T10:12:38","slug":"vaccinations-and-health-checks-for-cats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/vaccinations-and-health-checks-for-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinations and Health Checks for Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Healthy Pet Checks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The lifespan of a cat is shorter than that of a human, and as such a lot can change in a year. If you are not vaccinating, we still advise an annual health check of your cats after they reach 8 years old (or 6 years old if purebred) to ensure your pet is as healthy as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vaccination Advice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We follow the World\u2019s Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Guideline and recommend the following and flow chart below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KITTEN COURSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8 &#8211; 9 week: Full vaccine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12 week: Full vaccine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16 week: Full vaccine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEXT BOOSTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6 months-12 months: Full vaccine. This can be done at the post op check following neutering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADULT VACCINES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the 6-12 month vaccine, we recommend vaccines every year for higher risk cats, and three yearly for indoor only cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaccination against FeLV (Feline Leukaemia Virus) can also be offered for higher risk cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cats that are classified as higher risk are those who have element of outdoor lifestyle, and\/or live in a multi-cat household, and\/or those who frequent cattery.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adult cats with no vaccine history should have an initial vaccination course of two vaccinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-10.12.13-1110x942.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-10.12.13-1110x942.png 1110w, https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-10.12.13-353x300.png 353w, https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-10.12.13-768x652.png 768w, https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-10.12.13-1536x1304.png 1536w, https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-10.12.13.png 1626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy Pet Checks The lifespan of a cat is shorter than that of a human,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chichester-vets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}