Anonymous
05/07/2025 12:33
Subject: Re:What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:I'm living on SS retirement (don't want to touch my 401ks and IRA till I am required to, and they are not substantial) and what irks me is that I can't just take my dog in for a rabies shot without paying for an entire checkup.
So, you have the money, you just don't want to spend it on preventative medicine for your pet? Nice.
Anonymous
05/07/2025 07:45
Subject: Re:What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:I'm living on SS retirement (don't want to touch my 401ks and IRA till I am required to, and they are not substantial) and what irks me is that I can't just take my dog in for a rabies shot without paying for an entire checkup.
Find a vaccine clinic. What irks me as a veterinarian is people want me to vaccinate their pet without examining it first. There is something called the Veterinary Practice Act which defines what I am legally allowed to do for a pet.
Because rabies vaccines are done in the interest of public health, clinics can do them without full exams. Legally, a pet needs to have had an exam at my practice in the past 12 months in order for any vaccine to be given. You may not have been away of that. We certainly understand that you have financial limitations. Please understand there are limitations for us as well.
Anonymous
05/06/2025 14:16
Subject: Re:What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm living on SS retirement (don't want to touch my 401ks and IRA till I am required to, and they are not substantial) and what irks me is that I can't just take my dog in for a rabies shot without paying for an entire checkup.
What irks me is posters who say stupid ish like this without googling "low cost pet vaccines near me" first.
Every county I've ever lived in has low-cost vax AND low-cost spay/neuter. It's your job as a pet owner to work harder to find these things.
You're winning over si many people
Anonymous
05/06/2025 14:03
Subject: Re:What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:I'm living on SS retirement (don't want to touch my 401ks and IRA till I am required to, and they are not substantial) and what irks me is that I can't just take my dog in for a rabies shot without paying for an entire checkup.
What irks me is posters who say stupid ish like this without googling "low cost pet vaccines near me" first.
Every county I've ever lived in has low-cost vax AND low-cost spay/neuter. It's your job as a pet owner to work harder to find these things.
Anonymous
05/06/2025 11:49
Subject: Re:What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
there are vaccine clinics and usually the shelter has resources to either vaccinate at a low cost or refer you somewhere.Anonymous wrote:I'm living on SS retirement (don't want to touch my 401ks and IRA till I am required to, and they are not substantial) and what irks me is that I can't just take my dog in for a rabies shot without paying for an entire checkup.
Anonymous
05/05/2025 12:20
Subject: Re:What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:I'm living on SS retirement (don't want to touch my 401ks and IRA till I am required to, and they are not substantial) and what irks me is that I can't just take my dog in for a rabies shot without paying for an entire checkup.
You can’t just go to vax clinic? DC used to have free shot days too but probably no money for that now.
https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/vaccination-clinic
Anonymous
05/05/2025 12:17
Subject: Re:What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
I'm living on SS retirement (don't want to touch my 401ks and IRA till I am required to, and they are not substantial) and what irks me is that I can't just take my dog in for a rabies shot without paying for an entire checkup.
Anonymous
05/01/2025 19:18
Subject: What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nothing. I never vaccinate my indoor only cats for rabies, going on 40 years now.
And now I'm going to blow everyone's mind: I don't vaccinate my two little toy DOGS for rabies, either, unless forced because we are (rarely) flying on a plane. They don't board, they don't go to dog parks, they are never ever ever off leash, they don't go visit friends' homes, nada. They. Are. Not. Coming. Into. Contact. With. Rabid. Animals.
The one time my fill-in vet got huffy and insistent about the topic, I asked her to draw a titer instead. What do you know, the dog had adequate antibodies from the -last- rabies vaccine years before.
You're a dipshit, and I hope you're lucky enough to never fully understand just how stupid you are. I don't know what you gained not getting your animals vaxxed, especially since a titer is more than the shot itself, but congratulations in advance on your likely future Darwin award, pendejo.
1., did I ever say money was the issue? No. I can afford shots, I can afford titers, I can afford well visits. Next!
2. Not only are my animals not being bit by rabid animals where I live ... NO domestic animals have been bit by rabid animals and tested positive where I live, in the last years stats were published. I wish subsequent years were searchable on the web but alas they are not.
Still, you can be sure that if a single domestic cat or dog in the District developed rabies from a wild mammal bite, we'd know about it via Fox News 5. Bats biting unvaxxed 100% indoor house cats and disseminating rabies is ... not a thing.
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https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/publication/attachments/2019_2020%20Comparitive%20Rabies%20Surveillance%20Summary_Final.pdf
Nothing in this ridiculous rant changes my mind about you. At all.
Idiot.
PP. my response was intended for others making up their mind. No one cares about your name calling Rescue Mom 🐾 self
Was this supposed to be a sick burn or something?
There is no "making up your mind" required. Follow the law. It exists for a reason.
Only a moron thinks that any law currently on the books is some kind of irrefutable scientific fact.
Only a moron makes the argument you tried, sweetie. Enjoy your rabies!
Anonymous
05/01/2025 16:09
Subject: What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nothing. I never vaccinate my indoor only cats for rabies, going on 40 years now.
And now I'm going to blow everyone's mind: I don't vaccinate my two little toy DOGS for rabies, either, unless forced because we are (rarely) flying on a plane. They don't board, they don't go to dog parks, they are never ever ever off leash, they don't go visit friends' homes, nada. They. Are. Not. Coming. Into. Contact. With. Rabid. Animals.
The one time my fill-in vet got huffy and insistent about the topic, I asked her to draw a titer instead. What do you know, the dog had adequate antibodies from the -last- rabies vaccine years before.
You're a dipshit, and I hope you're lucky enough to never fully understand just how stupid you are. I don't know what you gained not getting your animals vaxxed, especially since a titer is more than the shot itself, but congratulations in advance on your likely future Darwin award, pendejo.
1., did I ever say money was the issue? No. I can afford shots, I can afford titers, I can afford well visits. Next!
2. Not only are my animals not being bit by rabid animals where I live ... NO domestic animals have been bit by rabid animals and tested positive where I live, in the last years stats were published. I wish subsequent years were searchable on the web but alas they are not.
Still, you can be sure that if a single domestic cat or dog in the District developed rabies from a wild mammal bite, we'd know about it via Fox News 5. Bats biting unvaxxed 100% indoor house cats and disseminating rabies is ... not a thing.
Page 3
https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/publication/attachments/2019_2020%20Comparitive%20Rabies%20Surveillance%20Summary_Final.pdf
Nothing in this ridiculous rant changes my mind about you. At all.
Idiot.
PP. my response was intended for others making up their mind. No one cares about your name calling Rescue Mom 🐾 self
Was this supposed to be a sick burn or something?
There is no "making up your mind" required. Follow the law. It exists for a reason.
Only a moron thinks that any law currently on the books is some kind of irrefutable scientific fact.
Anonymous
05/01/2025 15:00
Subject: What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nothing. I never vaccinate my indoor only cats for rabies, going on 40 years now.
And now I'm going to blow everyone's mind: I don't vaccinate my two little toy DOGS for rabies, either, unless forced because we are (rarely) flying on a plane. They don't board, they don't go to dog parks, they are never ever ever off leash, they don't go visit friends' homes, nada. They. Are. Not. Coming. Into. Contact. With. Rabid. Animals.
The one time my fill-in vet got huffy and insistent about the topic, I asked her to draw a titer instead. What do you know, the dog had adequate antibodies from the -last- rabies vaccine years before.
You're a dipshit, and I hope you're lucky enough to never fully understand just how stupid you are. I don't know what you gained not getting your animals vaxxed, especially since a titer is more than the shot itself, but congratulations in advance on your likely future Darwin award, pendejo.
1., did I ever say money was the issue? No. I can afford shots, I can afford titers, I can afford well visits. Next!
2. Not only are my animals not being bit by rabid animals where I live ... NO domestic animals have been bit by rabid animals and tested positive where I live, in the last years stats were published. I wish subsequent years were searchable on the web but alas they are not.
Still, you can be sure that if a single domestic cat or dog in the District developed rabies from a wild mammal bite, we'd know about it via Fox News 5. Bats biting unvaxxed 100% indoor house cats and disseminating rabies is ... not a thing.
Page 3
https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/publication/attachments/2019_2020%20Comparitive%20Rabies%20Surveillance%20Summary_Final.pdf
Nothing in this ridiculous rant changes my mind about you. At all.
Idiot.
PP. my response was intended for others making up their mind. No one cares about your name calling Rescue Mom 🐾 self
Was this supposed to be a sick burn or something?
There is no "making up your mind" required. Follow the law. It exists for a reason.
Anonymous
05/01/2025 07:33
Subject: What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Sorry, the above should have said last 10 days, not 19.
Anonymous
05/01/2025 07:32
Subject: What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:If your unvaccinated cat bites the vet, they either have to go in quarantine for a month or are put down, depending on state law.
I volunteer at a shelter. Quarantine for an animal bite is 10 days per state health department rules. That includes kittens under 4 months, who are not yet vaccinated for rabies and cats that come in with a reported bite history in the last 19 days and we do not know their vaccination status.
Anonymous
05/01/2025 07:03
Subject: What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Nothing.
Anonymous
04/29/2025 07:41
Subject: What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
Anonymous wrote:If your unvaccinated cat bites the vet, they either have to go in quarantine for a month or are put down, depending on state law.
In most places unvaccinated animals aren't eligible for quarantine in the event of a bite. I just assumed that was everywhere. Are they able to quarantine an unvaccinated animal in DC?
Anonymous
04/29/2025 05:57
Subject: What happens if you don’t get your (indoor cat) a rabies shot?
If your unvaccinated cat bites the vet, they either have to go in quarantine for a month or are put down, depending on state law.