Conference misery::feline_v1

    My kitty, Heather, acted like this somewhat after I brought her home
    from the vet.  She is the only kitty in the household.  I can't
    remember which shots made her act like this.  I too thought her
    behavior was somewhat strange, however, I ignored it because I knew
    she just had shots.  She was just her silly old self the next day.
    Of course if it had persisted, I would have taken her to the vet.
    I wouldn't worry about it.  Give them a few more days.
    
    Julie + Heather kitty

    Yes, this sounds normal.  besides outraged dignity, both cats smell
    funny to each other from the vet office smells.  It will take
    a couple of days for the smells to wear off.  Thank your lucky
    stars that your vet doesn't have an assistant like the one mine
    has, who wears perfume and cuddles Sweetie -- he smells funny to
    everyone for about a week :-)
    

      Ya, it's probably normal.  With all my kitties , I've seen reactions
    running the gambit from the grumblies to feverish and lethargic.  Some
    have no reaction at all.   I had one cat that reacted to his LEUK shot
    by being terribly ill and losing nearly 1/3 of his weight.   That only
    happened once, thank goodness.   Most of the time they are fine.  What
    effects they have should be worn off within 48 hours.  If not,  I'd
    call the vet back.  they say most severe reactions will happen so
    quickly that you'd still be with the vet.  So they should be ok.
    
                                 Denise and the gang of 10

    What I know about vaccination reactions:
    
    In general, after any trip to the vet, kitties will smell funny
    to each other and you will find hissing gand growling happening for a
    day or two.
    
    Respiratory (sp?) vaccinations may give the cats the sneezes a little
    bit for a day or two.
    
    Leukemia vaccinations have two reactions:  (1) occasionally a cat may
    have a severe reaction, within the first 20 minutes after the shot.  I
    keep my cats at the vet's office during this time, because the vet can
    leap in and help them.  My vet has had two reactions of this type (in
    sibling kittens) in the many hundreds of cats he has given Leukemia
    shots to.  My understanding is that this is aking to the dangerous
    reaction some people and animals have to bee stings, etc, and can be
    fatal (he saved the kittens)  (2) usually after a Leukemia shot, my
    guys are very tired for 12 to 24 hours.  If it goes on longer than that
    or if, earlier than that they seem to be in difficulty, bundle them
    back to the vet.  One danger hewre is if they are wiped out long
    enough, they can get dangerously dehydrated.
    

My cat Shamus seems to be most sensitive to these things, particularly
the rabies shot.  It takes about 10-12 hours for him to react, and has
nothing to do with vet smells because he got his last rabies shot from
a home visit.  He gets very lethargic and very aggressive if another
cat comes near him - I suspect it's because he doesn't feel well and is
on the defensive.  By the way, there is a new leukemia vaccine that does
not cause the kinds of reactions that have been prevalent.  Shamus
reacted to last year's leukemia vaccine, but had no reaction this year.

Pam

    
    thanks for all your replies!  Spike is back to his normal loving
    self!
    
    Rachael
    

    Some vets prefer not to give all 6 vaccines at one time.  They
    have seen some adverse reactions in some cats.  (4-in-1 + Rabies + FLV
    = 6)  Perhaps Spike is just feeling under the weather - also if you
    live around here the heat may be effecting him too.