Donna & Buddha
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Question: Where does your vet inject your cat's annual vaccinations?
Backstory: Buddha had his annual exam yesterday. Saw a new vet. I'm used to seeing the vaccinations go into the scruff area. Or perhaps the rump. Trying my best to remember from past years. Yesterday though the vet shot them into a front leg and each hind thigh. 3 shots. Buddha hissed and hissed for two of them, the ones in the front leg and one thigh. The third was a clicker device, maybe it went into his rump and not his thigh. Anyway, this morning he is very lame. Very very sore. Not eating, doesn't want to move, very wobbly when he stands or tries to walk.
ALSO, a couple of months ago, I trapped one of my feral porch kitties and took her to a different vet for vaccinations and spay. They kept her overnight and I released her the next morning. That evening when I saw her again, she also was lame in one hind leg. She did not walk on that leg for a good two weeks. At the time I thought maybe she was injured when she was extracted from the carrier or it was from the operation, now I'm wondering if she too had her shots administered in her thigh.
Anyone else with similar experiences?
Backstory: Buddha had his annual exam yesterday. Saw a new vet. I'm used to seeing the vaccinations go into the scruff area. Or perhaps the rump. Trying my best to remember from past years. Yesterday though the vet shot them into a front leg and each hind thigh. 3 shots. Buddha hissed and hissed for two of them, the ones in the front leg and one thigh. The third was a clicker device, maybe it went into his rump and not his thigh. Anyway, this morning he is very lame. Very very sore. Not eating, doesn't want to move, very wobbly when he stands or tries to walk.
ALSO, a couple of months ago, I trapped one of my feral porch kitties and took her to a different vet for vaccinations and spay. They kept her overnight and I released her the next morning. That evening when I saw her again, she also was lame in one hind leg. She did not walk on that leg for a good two weeks. At the time I thought maybe she was injured when she was extracted from the carrier or it was from the operation, now I'm wondering if she too had her shots administered in her thigh.
Anyone else with similar experiences?