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We believe in tailoring vaccine protocols to each patient, so your indoor-only cat will not receive the same vaccines as an outdoor cat. However, we do advise that even indoor cats be vaccinated with a Feline Rhinotracheitis-Calici-Panlekopenia-Chlamydia Psittaci Vaccine (commonly called the “feline distemper” vaccine) and a Rabies Vaccine.
Feline Distemper is a serious, often fatal disease that is extremely stable in the environment (studies have shown it to last as long as 30 years), and it can be carried in to your cat on your shoes or clothing. Not only is a rabies vaccine required for all cats, dogs, and ferrets by state law, regardless of whether or not your pet goes out, but rabies is a serious human health risk. It is invariably fatal, and if your pet is exposed to the virus, all humans who may have contacted the pet will require post-exposure treatment for rabies. In addition, if your pet is not current on its rabies vaccine and either bites a human or sustains a bite wound from a suspicious animal or animal of unknown origin, you may be legally required to quarantine your pet or have your pet humanely euthanized for rabies testing. We have had several unfortunate cases in the past several years where a cat accidentally escapes from the house and is bitten by a wild animal, or a normally docile pet suddenly bites a person, and because the pet was not current on its rabies vaccine, for the sake of the family members of the pet, the pet had to be euthanized and tested. The feline rabies vaccine is given annually and there is absolutely no excuse for not keeping your pet up to date on its rabies vaccine.