SimplyCats Vet Clinic Blog

This month at SimplyCats one of the main topics of conversation amongst the vets has been a shift in our approach to vaccination. In the ongoing battle to protect our pets against disease, our understanding of vaccination protection is constantly changing as new technologies emerge to combat new viral strains and their changing behaviour. To keep in line with the latest thinking we will now be using the PUREVAX feline vaccination range at SimplyCats.
 
We thought this would be a good opportunity to touch on the subject of what your vet is actually doing when you bring your pet in for a health check and vaccination.
 

Often referred to as a “booster”, we think it is important to impress that this annual visit to the vet is for more than just an injection. We should be thinking of it more as an Annual Medical Exam AND a vaccination.
 
Your vet does not get to see your cat very often (hopefully!) so this maybe the only opportunity to have face to face time with you and your pet and to perform a hands-on clinical examination.
 
This is important:

to detect the early signs of any health problems that your cat maybe hiding from you

to discuss any routine health issues commonly associate with ageing (such as weight gain and dental disease)

to monitor any ongoing health problems if your cat is under regular treatment

to allow your vet practice to dispense vet-only medicinal products (such as vet-only flea and worm treatments) throughout the year.
 
It is also a great opportunity for you to bring up any issues or oddities concerning your cat’s well being or behaviour, that are maybe nothing to worry about, or that may require further attention.

Caroline’s cats strike again with more awkward sleeping habits! A double whammy on the stairs – i.e. if you don’t fall over Katie at the top you will certainly fall over Maisey further down. Later on that day Katie gets even more comfortable on a cosy bed – not her own – but Caroline’s son, Calum’s!

Caroline took a week’s holiday and went to Holy Island. She has shared a couple of photographs with us – the first is a picture taken at sunset of the Pilgrim’s causeway. Look at a close-up of a lobster she ate. You can see where the horror movies get their ideas from!