Which rabies vaccine did your cat get - one year or three year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your cat never goes outdoors, why would you get an annual vaccine? They are effectively “sheltering in place”. Vaccines are simply money makers for Vets; the shots themselves plus the downstream effects.

Um, rabies is fatal. That is the downstream effect of not getting the vaccine.

What an ass.

[Anonymous]

I did the 3 year vaccine. I don't recall any discussion with the vet about 3-year v. 1-year.

With my prior cats, I did eventually get to the point where I stopped most (maybe all vaccines) for them. They were indoor cats who never tried to get out. My vet at the time didn't seem to have an issue with that. My current cat is still relatively young. So I'll probably get the 3-year vaccine again when he's due.

[Anonymous]

I had my beloved cat vaxxed every year. She developed injection-site sarcoma (FISS). She was an indoor cat and looking back, I just don't see the need for the annual vax for her. It wasn't worth the cancer she developed, which I didn't even notice until it was too late. I paid for every treatment possible for her and it didn't save her. I kind of hate myself a little for causing her to get cancer: I loved that cat so much.

My current cat is a lazy puff of a Ragdoll, and we are living in a condo in an East Asian city, where we will be for three years. I am not getting my cat vaccinated for rabies until it is time to move on to our next post, when I will have the vet do it just so that we can take her into the next country. Realistically, there is more chance of her getting cancer or having an adverse reaction to a rabies vaccine than ever coming into contact with a rabid animal. I will never have an indoors-only cat vaxxed annually for rabies again.