Hi everyone, I took my 8-month-old kitten for her first jabs today (she's a rescue from a shelter, abandoned by her mum, had digestive issues, and when I got her she had ear mites, then an ear infection, plus she's a bit underweight).
She’s an indoor cat so the vaccinations weren't urgent, but now the weather's getting nicer we’re going to let our kitty start exploring the world. She was due to be spayed at the end of January, but she’s just had her first heat so it’s been pushed back!
So today at 3pm she had her Purevax RCP and Purevax FeLV jabs. I didn't have my car, so I had to improvise and put her carrier in my daughter's pushchair (it’s a 15-minute walk and I’ve done it several times before without any real trouble).
She absolutely hates it, so she was meowing her head off. When we got back around 3.30pm, I opened the carrier and she bolted, then she threw up on the rug, followed by lots of little bits of sick everywhere (leftover dry food, then just water) for about 15-20 minutes.
I called the vet in a panic; she said it’s either the stress of the journey (maybe she got bumped around too much on the way??) or a reaction to the vaccine.
According to her, she has another patient who vomits every time he gets a jab, so they’ve stopped vaccinating him. She told me not to give her any food until tonight and we’ll see what happens with the vomiting when she has her booster in 4 weeks. 😔😔
She’s resting in her little den now; she even came over to purr at me while I was cleaning up the mess.
Has anyone else ever had this happen??
