Message Number: FHL462 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Vicki Montgomery
Date: 2007-04-07 11:48:46 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: Purevax reax
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

I have to disagree with one of Susann's comments as well.

Just want owners and vets to be aware and prepared - I know Purevax
> reactions are pretty rare, but no vaccine is risk-free.
>
> Susann Thiel


While it is somewhat risky to vaccinate your ferret, NOT vaccinating them is NOT risk free. Risks of scratching or nipping someone exists and if it happens away from your home and without vaccination the consequences are harsher than if he was vaccinated.

The risk of distemper is not as great as I once thought, but a risk still exists. The virus is out there and it is deadly to ferrets.

What would be nice to know is how long vaccines really protect. Maybe someday.

Vicki


He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart. And in our own despair, and against our will, comes Wisdom by the awful Grace of God...Aeschylus



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