painful shots

[margypops]

I feel so upset I took my kitty to get her yearly shots and she is in so much discomfort she wont let me stroke her, she had 3 shots,, the Feline 2....and the 2nd Rabies  how long do they reamain in discomfort, I rang the vet and they said it varies with differant cats but If I had known she would be so sore I woulnt have had the 3 done all at the same time ,.so I guess I am asking how long does this last and does the same thing happen to your kitties ?

[margypops]

haha I mean the ones I havent heard ....

[margypops]

you guys have such nice cat names, maybe I should rename tweety , a child asked me what she was called a few days after she found me ,I didnt know what to say and as I was feeding some birds I just said off the top of my head ...oh Tweety ' the kid said 'Hummm thats a birds name' and walked away ...but what are your cats names ?

[PrettyKitty1]

Well you know how that goes dear. Some cats will be fine with rabies shots yet they stop eating all of a sudden and scare the heck out of their owners, or suffer from IBD constantly. I mean…..there HAD to be something that he could handle lol……

Dillan is just a very low maintenance cat. He is great to own!

[Jade59]

Hey Margy, glad to hear Tweety is feeling better albeit, still sore.  Now that I've thought more about it, I think I remember it being several days before Jade was fully back to herself, but I don't remember her acting like she was sore so maybe the tech who gave Tweety her shots either wasn't so careful or you're right about the blunt needle.  You know, even some techs who take blood from US either do it smoothly or leave a terrible bruise.  I would imagine it's the same in the animal world.  Techs who are good at giving shots and some who aren't.   I've recently received a notice for Jade to have another rabies shot, but she just had one last year so I don't understand why so soon and I'm not looking forward to it At All and will question this.  And after this thread, I will never let her have more than one shot at a time.

PK...I'm happy to hear you really lucked out that Abby and Dillan don't react to that rabies shot.

[PrettyKitty1]

How is she feeling today? Any better?

[margypops]

She still flinches when I stroke her I wonder if they used a blunt needle .......but her appetite is back, she had a rabies last year when she found me, I asked the vet about that he told me they have one each year fro 3 years to build it up...I am still not certain what he meant she was very unwell for 2 days..not even drinking ,they said bring her back I said 'No way Hose ' anyway shes okay now its me that is freaked by the whole thing ..hey I know they have to have shots but got to be a less painful way , this kitty was in so much pain after they did it, ..humm blunt needles..