Health Insurance & Vet Care
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Not all Vets are good at diagnosing issues with cats. Check here to find a good Feline Vet in your area. We also have a Vet Link page of kitten parent referred Vets.
Be educated about what your Veterinarian is suggesting for treatment of your pet. Always ask why before doing the expensive tests and procedures. Some Vets are just in it for the money and will recommend many vaccines and procedures and protocols that are completely unnecessary for your cat. ESPECIALLY when you tell them you got your cat from a breeder. CA-CHING$$$. See Vaccinations below. How to get your cat into its crate. Check out our videos |
Vaccinations: We are very careful about the types of vaccines we use. As such use only Non-Adjuvanted Vaccines to eliminate the risk of Adjuvant-induced Fibro Sarcomas. The brand and type we use is Nobivac Feline 1-HCP vaccine a modified live virus vaccine for protection against feline rhinotracheitis (feline herpes), calici and panleukopenia (feline distemper) viruses. It is given at 8, 12 and the 3rd is administered by your vet at 16 weeks. Then a booster 1yr after the 3rd shot. Rabies vaccines to be administered by your Vet at his discretion. This is what UC Davis Veterinary School has to say about Feline Core Vaccines. LINK
Felv (Feline Leukemia), and FIV (Feline Aids) is spread through a cats saliva and can only be spread by infected cats.
It is our opinion that the Felv vaccine is safe to give but the FIV vaccine is dangerous and not reliable.
*** No two vaccines and or Rabies shots are to be given to your Pumaridge cat at the same time! This is called "Bundling" and it stresses the immune system possibly predisposing it to FIP. Doing this will also VOID your health guarantee***
Felv (Feline Leukemia), and FIV (Feline Aids) is spread through a cats saliva and can only be spread by infected cats.
It is our opinion that the Felv vaccine is safe to give but the FIV vaccine is dangerous and not reliable.
*** No two vaccines and or Rabies shots are to be given to your Pumaridge cat at the same time! This is called "Bundling" and it stresses the immune system possibly predisposing it to FIP. Doing this will also VOID your health guarantee***
Cat Calming Spray
Another great thing to have before your kitten comes home is some Cat Calming Spray. The best one I have found is by Nature's Miracle. I like this better than the plug-ins because it can travel with you. Remember cats have twice as many Olfactory receptors as we do so a little goes along way. Spray the carrier while empty then give it a few minutes before putting the cat in it. If the cat starts sneezing then you put in too much. So far we have tried it successfully with two cats going from my home in Hemet Ca. to Las Vegas with only giving the carrier two quick sprays before leaving my house. This is awesome stuff!
This is a great idea for female kittens after getting spayed so they don't mess with stitches
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*Pet Insurance*
The Siberian cat breed is a relatively new breed to the United States. The climate that they originally come from in Russia is extremely frigid so not a lot of diseases and parasites can survive in that type of climate. So that basically leaves them with a immune system that is still on the immature side since they have not been exposed to the typical things at their foundation level that your typical American bred ally cat has been. I highly recommend that all my kitten parents get full health insurance on their Purebred kitten. Insure your kitten from day 1 before there is ever any issues because Pet Insurance will not cover pre-existing conditions.
I previously had Nationwide and Healthy Paws listed as my preferred companies. As of late they have been trying to NOT pay claims. Research the different companies and tell me which company best serves your needs so I can update this section. ________________________________________________ Do your own research. Search Here>> Pet Insurance Review *FYI I have heard negative things about Embrace Pet Ins.* As an ethical breeder I test for everything that can possibly be a factor. However like I used to tell my puppy parents when I bred Rhodesian Ridgebacks for 10 years concerning O.F.A. testing for Hip Dysplasia "the testing only tells us if the parent is affected on that day at that point in time. It doesn't tell us if it will happen some day down the road." This is why I do all the testing I can plus add in the health guarantee that I do. I am certainly not trying to scare anybody but when you are spending this kind of money on a new family member you want them covered and if you have health insurance why shouldn't they have it too.. |
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FIP
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a fatal, incurable disease that affects cats. It is caused by Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus (FIPV), which is a mutation of Feline Enteric Corona Virus (FECV) - (Feline Corona Virus FCoV). ... However, its incidence rate is roughly 1 in 5,000 for households with one or two cats. Read more about FIP here.
HCM
We are a HCM Ultrasound Scanned Cattery. This is done every one to two years depending on the recommendations of our Veterinary Cardiologist.
All breeding cats to date have been found to be negative for HCM. This means that all our breeding cats have been Cardiac Ultrasound scanned for HCM. We are blessed that to date we have never had a Pumaridge breeder scan positive for HCM. *We research worldwide to try to find cats for our breeding program that have the absolute cleanest health histories. Even though we are religious about scanning our cats for HCM it can show up at any age unfortunately.
Cornell Veterinary University states that HCM is the most commonly diagnosed cardiac disease in cats. Click here for more info.
All breeding cats to date have been found to be negative for HCM. This means that all our breeding cats have been Cardiac Ultrasound scanned for HCM. We are blessed that to date we have never had a Pumaridge breeder scan positive for HCM. *We research worldwide to try to find cats for our breeding program that have the absolute cleanest health histories. Even though we are religious about scanning our cats for HCM it can show up at any age unfortunately.
Cornell Veterinary University states that HCM is the most commonly diagnosed cardiac disease in cats. Click here for more info.