You are a good cat-mom to be concerned about the vaccine issue!

My indoor-only cat, who is never, ever around any other animals has been reduced to only 1 shot by the vet. However, if I bring in another cat, I'll have to change that.

Also, I want to remind folks about the issue of vaccine-induced sarcoma in cats. Although this doesn't apply to Bassett, there are times when cats develop tumors especially near their shoulder blades on the back of the neck due to vaccines being injected there. Your vet should be injecting the shots in the front or back legs instead of the scruff of the neck on the cat. I don't mean to scare anyone, but this is a deadly cancer that took my tuxedo girl Daisy when she was only 6 yrs old.

Getting shots is a very very good idea - for human AND fur babies- as long as you are informed !