Posted By GrievingCatMom (Saugerties, NY) on 12/11/2022
"Well last Monday my cat went to the vet for her yearly checkup and they said she was due for her rabies shot. So they gave her a 3 year shot. Two days later she was walking and her legs just gave out on her for a few seconds. She got up and was fine. It happened again the next day. By Sunday she was laying on the couch and she was growling if you went to touch her. She couldn’t walk. So I brought her to the emergency vet. They did an X-ray and said she had a broken pelvis! I was in shock because I know she didn’t get hurt. I told them she was just vaccinated and been acting strange ever since and they immediately dismissed me saying no it’s rare for something like that to happen and she had a broken pelvis. They were going to send the x-ray for a radiologist review and I would probably hear something that night or the next day.
They said she would heal but she would have to stay in cage for six weeks so she doesn’t walk around. So Monday I brought in the CD of the x-ray to my local vet so he looked at it and said yes she has a broken pelvis. Gave me some pain pills for her.
Monday night the radiologist calls me and said no, her pelvis is perfectly fine and she has no injuries. So then I mentioned to her that she just got vaccinated for rabies and she’s been acting strange ever since and the radiologist said yes it could very well be from the shot.
So Tuesday morning I call my local vet and tell him I spoke to the radiologist and she doesn’t have a broken pelvis but yet she is in extreme pain and cannot walk. They have me bring her in to take blood and they were going to give her some fluids and a steroid shot. My vet said there’s absolutely no way it could be from the vaccine. It’s got to be a coincidence. But I was not buying it. This cat was healthy as can be before she got the shot.
So when I brought her home she seemed to be a little bit better and had some mobility. But Wednesday morning it all started going downhill fast. By Friday she was completely paralyzed, drooling from the mouth, hadn’t eaten or drink in two days. She was literally like a ragdoll in my hands. I was helping her in the litter box and trying to hold her up since she was dead weight. It was torture for her. She was at the point where she couldn’t even lift her head and was in such pain so Friday night we brought her in so she could peacefully pass.
The vet said she was acting like she had rabies since it was all neurological and she had such a rapid decline. She admitted that it could very well have been from the shot.
I know damn well it was the shot. It’s so “rare” because all the vets never want to admit it or report it because that’s how they make their revenue.
I wish there were something we could have done. I will NEVER vaccinate again. Rest In Peace our beloved TK."
Posted By yaya (florida) on 11/05/2024
"I feel for you. When I have adopted my female cat she had intermitted limping on her back leg and inflamed paw after she was vaccinated with rabies vaccine. It took me months of alternative holistic remedies to get her in shape. I never gave her any rabies vaccine anymore and she is healthy now."
