Today's vet visit.

[Catlady711]

If you're doing your own distemper vaccinations, are you using the new CaliciVax also since you do rescues and have a multicat household?

I've had all 7 of my cats vaccinations updated to include this new vaccine against a different strain of Calicivirus (2 shot series given 3 weeks apart). While no vaccine is 100% effective, and the Calicivirus can mutate, it's still better to have a newer technology in the vaccine than the old Calici vaccine which is 50 year old technology.

If you haven't heard of the newest strains of this deadly virus here are some links...

http://www.dvmvac.org/norsworthy_calicivirus.asp

http://network.bestfriends.org/texas/news/14454.html

http://www.dvmnews.com/dvm/article/a....jsp?id=408460

http://www.thedailycat.com/catsplay/...rus/index.html

http://www.sheltermedicine.com/portal/is_vs_fcv.shtml

http://www.dvmvac.org/swiftaction.asp

http://www.animalsheltering.org/reso...licivirus.html

[krazyaboutkatz]

Jen, I'm glad to hear that the vet visit went well and I'm so glad to hear that Jasper has gained weight and is doing well.

I hope that the generic clomicalm will work for your cats. I also didn't know that there was a generic and when I tried it they compounded it into a liquid so this made it cost more. Please continue to keep us updated.

[jenluckenbach]

I get the vaccines through the rescue group. I am unsure if it is for the NEW strain or not. But it sounds like they should be using it TOO, so I'll have to look into it.

I didn;t get a chance to update last night, but the first dose of clomicalm didn't go so well. It must taste REALLY bad! I guess I'll use a little more water and up the dose accordingly. (maybe I'll have to mix it with CLAM JUICE )