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Dear Echo,

There is no doubt about it. Your poor little kitten had distemper. I lost six kittens this way a month ago and am still staggering under the loss. But wasn't he vaccinated?

Nan

Dear Mookies Mom, I can identify with you especially since I lost six kittens recently and the last one was a 10-month-old light orange tabby who had big orange eyes like headlamps and was so sweet and loving like your Mookie but strong and healthy too. May they all be peaceful together wherever the...

Hi everybody (and especially Traci), Thanks for all the responses about BeadyWhite and I hope I can do something for her. I just hope it is not too late already because she hasn't been coming home even to eat for the past three days and was spotted in the company of her boyfriend, Socks (he belongs ...

Traci, I couldn't have put it better myself. I agree wholeheartedly with everything Ash said about vets here. In India, basically being a "cat lover" means sharing food and shelter with your cat, but it does not extend to healthcare benefits. I was surprised to read what KK said about taki...

Hi, I would like to know if I were to give my six-year-old BeadyWhite all the cat vaccinations now, would she still be able to pass on the feline panleukopenia virus to any future kittens she might have? I mean, would they be born abnormal or something, and die soon, like her previous five luckless ...

Dear Ash, I read your reply with great interest, but the second post about rabies really scared me. All of us in the house did get a scratch or two from the little kittens while playing with them, right up to a week before they caught the mystery illness. I do hope it is not rabies because if it is,...

I live in India and am a cat lover. Please take some time out and read this, which is pretty long. Unfortunately, cats are considered dispensable here and vets are only experienced in the care of cattle and pedigree dogs and also do not vaccinate cats here. We had a total of seven cats. We have a 6-...