#vaccination for pets

[odinsblog]

Istg, if I ever get rabies because some dumb ass antivaxxer refused to vaccinate their dog, I’ll probably be doing the rest of my blogging from prison because I promise you, Imma curbstomp the shit out of the owner

[henlowvets]

Vaccination is essential for pets for several reasons, and it plays a crucial role in promoting their health and well-being.

[yukipri]

TW: pet death.

I miss my Lu.

Cats tag: #YukiPriASLKittens

[airocats]

[ainawgsd]

I think it's time for some "quiet quitting"

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

i think the most annoying part of dog food discourse is how many people will act as though proplan/hill’s/Royal canin diets aren’t extremely and prohibitively expensive and that THAT is the reason so many people look into healthy alternatives.

People complain about corn being in the first five ingredients on most of those feeds because, regardless of other factors here, that is not an expensive ingredient. But it makes up a large chunk of the dry food. So the dry food should be fairly affordable, right?

Oh… with tax you’re spending about $100 for one 45lb bag of food where the third ingredient is wheat and the fourth and fifth ingredients are corn.

Oh… well! It’s slightly cheaper! But the second ingredient is rice, third is wheat, fourth is corn, and then fifth is poultry byproduct. None of those are very expensive so this just must be the low end cost of dog food unfortunately. The vets recommend it so surely that means prices aren’t inflated, right?

Oh? This one has similar ingredients with the only real difference being no corn? And it’s half the price?? Well surely that’s just a fluke.

Oh. Oh no.

This one even has CORN in it and it’s $20 cheaper?? Wow!

Like listen at some point I don’t care if your dog food has the ichor of the gods in it, I’m not spending $100 every five days if there are cheaper options with just as many “good” ingredients in it. If you think I’m a dog abuser because I can’t afford this overpriced garbage, that’s too bad. I don’t care. My dogs are perfectly healthy with the food I give them. Great weight and great coat. People giving dog food recommendations that aren’t those top three hyper-expensive dog foods aren’t trying to epic own those dastardly vets half the time, but I really don’t blame the ones who do lose trust in vets when the only heartworm protection they recommend lately are expensive triple-action brands like Simparica Trio that costs $120+ as opposed to the other heartworm protections that are only about $40-$60 on average, which is still cheaper even if you add on a $20-$40 flea and tick protection separately, and only recommend dog food that costs $85+ a bag even if your dog doesn’t have specialized dietary needs.

Those top three foods are GREAT at making competent prescription diets, I don’t deny that. I do still have to criticize the pricing of those prescription diets though because I have spoken to DOZENS of people who had to pull their pets off of a prescription diet and struggle to find something comparable because they couldn’t afford the food, and that’s terrible! These are not poor companies! Purina, Royal Canin, and Hill’s can ABSOLUTELY afford to lower their prices to make their food accessible to people who need it for their animals but they don’t. They probably never will. Because at the core they are run by greedy corporations. It doesn’t matter how many good nutritionists are on board if the company is run by people who put profits over customers and make the food impossible for people to afford.

[thelunastusco]

Really wish people would realize that just because "that's how (animal) survives in the wild!" doesn't mean that's a good thing.

Like... there's a reason humans have moved on to different kinds of foods, learned how to make better shelters, advanced medicine, etc. There's also a reason we shoe horses, put leashes on pets, give them a more balanced diet, keep them inside barns/homes/kennels more often, groom their coats, get them dental cleanings, get them vaccinated, etc.

And if that doesn't make sense, peep the differences between "(animal) lifespan in the wild" versus "(animal) lifespan in captivity".

The wild isn't better or safer.

(Also, domestic animals like horses, cats, dogs, sheep, and such aren't wild animals, jfc. They've evolved to be taken care of by humans. So fucking take care of them.)

[tinykittygardencat]

no like vet visit

[sapphia]

unpopular opinion but people who insist inside cats are the only ethical way to have a cat don’t seem to realise how un-cat-like a lot of their behaviour is. they’re bored shitless and understimulated all the time and confined to a territory that’s far too small for them and it fucking shows.

i literally just saw a post about a cat following mountain climbers with a reblog pointing out how far cats roam with the implication that that’s why outdoor cat owners are wrong for letting them out and it’s like… take that thought just a little bit further, please. if that was a zoo, most of you all would be alleging animal abuse and saying how it needs a bigger enclosure than what the zoo is providing. it’s the same principle. normal cats aren’t constantly trying to make a break for it, they won’t follow you around or bother you constantly or sniff every little thing because they’re desperate for any stimulation they can possibly get, etc.

most cats are far less trainable than you think because they’re not going out of their mind and can just go and choose to be somewhere else, do something else (or nothing else), and when you stop interacting with an inside cat and rewarding them for doing the things you want them to, they go back to being shut in a tiny little house again where everything is the same and with nothing new or engaging to occupy them.

if you have an extremely engaged inside cat that shows interest in everything you ever offer them, it’s because they’re bored. most cats are disinterested by default. there is not enough “here sniff this spoons” in the world that can fully make up for the enrichment of the outside.

if you have an inside cat i’m not saying you’re wrong, i get it, it totally depends on the cat itself and your location and all that jazz, and i personally wouldn’t have an outside cat in a city center either (i left my must-be-outside cat with my parents when I moved to near a busy road). but if you act like you’re better than other cat owners for it when you are literally not providing a roaming range big enough to meet their psychological needs… blocked.

[iheartvmt]

The county shelter and my clinic are trying to work out an arrangement where my vet and I volunteer for their rabies clinics 🙏 it works out! So excited!

[saintbleeding]

man since i have had any cats at all i have wanted three cats. and i have three cats. anddddd it rules. and they are all. very healthy and very loved and. what! a blessing. i love u my kitties..........................

[evamostly]

Little sister helped me take Eva to the vet for her annual vaccinations. For the first time in three years, Eva didn’t bite anyone! 😹

[ragingbullmode]

my companion in cooking

[digi-lov]

Agumon BT1-010 Alternative Art by ryuda_1 from BT-01 Booster New Evolution

In this Alternative Art of the BT1 Agumon card, we see Agumon, along with Botamon and Koromon, jumping out of the Brown Digimon Ver. 1 V-Pet, the one Agumon had its debut in!

[ahhvernin]

This is your friendly reminder that Rabies has a mortality rate of 99%.

Here are some possible ways of encountering rabies:

-Rabid wildlife bites your pet.

-Rabid pet bites wildlife.

-Rabid wildlife bites you or family member.

-Rabid pet bites you or or family member.

No matter how anti-vaccine you are. If there is 1 vaccine you should take advantage of its the Rabies Vaccine. You got less than 1% of surviving, if you delay care.

That 1% depends on if you can get immediate urgent care and post-exposure prophylaxis vaccination of the patient. This includes bites, scratches, even nibbles.

Rabies can take about 1 week or even up to 1 year after exposure before it decides to start attacking your nervous system, that includes your brain. And by the time symptoms appear, its usually too late.

The vaccine's been around since 1885.

TL;DR.

Get your pets vaccinated.

Protect your pets.

Protect yourself.

Protect your family, especially the kids.

Protect wildlife, because if they don't get exposed to rapid pets they don't spread it to the other animals in the environment.

[theramseyloft]

Can some pigeons be too old to vaccinate or can literally any pigeon be vaccinated?

I wouldn't say there is a too old, but there is a certain degree of immunocompromised that can make the presently available vaccine potentially dangerous.

I have had some premature hatches that survived past weaning, but 9 weeks turned out not to be a long enough wait to vaccinate them.

For reference, I give healthy birds their initial vaccines at 6 weeks, followed by boosters at 9.