Message Number: SG8134 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Sue Liszewski"
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:05:55 -0600
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: reactions to two shots
Message-ID: <BAY15-F4UV4qUlyunxt00050eee@hotmail.com>
The other VERY IMPORTANT thing vets or yourself should do is stay in the
office for at least 1 hour after the vaccinations to watch for a reaction,
this way you save precious time lost in a coummute back and get your ferret
treated much quicker and yes never give both vaccines at once, it increases
the liklihood of a very bad response.
Dr. Sue
>From: Caitlyn Martin <caitlynmaire@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: reactions to two shots
>Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:36:03 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi, everyone,
>
>I am posting this not to be critical of either the
>ferret owner or the vet where there was a severe
>reaction after both the rabies and distemper shots
>were given, but rather I am posting this so others
>learn from what happened.
>
>Our vet always separates these two shots by two weeks.
> There are three reasons: first, chances are the
>ferret reacted to one shot or the other, not both. In
>the case of distemper there are at least two different
>vaccinations that can be used in ferrets. I have one
>little girl that reacted to the Merial Purevax vaccine
>but not to the older vaccination (I forget who makes
>it at the moment), so in the future she'll get the
>older vaccination. The second reason is that if a
>ferret reacts to both the results could be more
>severe. Finally, our vet told us of some research
>that showed that the vaccines were more effective if
>separated in this way.
>
>FWIW, our vet gave both at once until about six years
>ago.
>
>All the best,
>Caity and the super seven
>
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