Feline Wellness Visits 

Your cat should be seen in our office at one year of age for their yearly visit.  We see them here only once a year until they hit senior age as long as they don't develop any problems or concerns.  During this visit, one of our veterinarians will do a complete physical exam making sure your cat is developing and growing.  We would recommend checking a stool sample for parasites at this time as well.  The sample is collected by you in a zip lock bag and brought into our office.  Please make sure that the fresh sample you have collect is indeed a fecal sample and not just clumping litter.  The sample only takes 15 minutes to run and you should have results by the end of your visit. 

After evaluating your cats lifestyle and health, we would then vaccinate your pet.  A one year FVRCP vaccine that covers upper respiratory diseases is given.  They will also receive a Rabies vaccine that is good for three years.  At their second birthday we would switch them over to receive a three year FVRCP.  If your cat is completely 100% indoors, and does not live with any other cats that go outside, we drop the feline leukemia vaccine.

If your cat does go outside, we would continue to do the feline leukemia vaccine, as well periodically testing for FELV/FIV.  We would recommend that this indoor/outdoor cat be put on flea/tick medication as well as heartworm prevention that would cover both heartworms and intestinal parasites.