The fact that it's on the bed suggests to me that it's more about spite than otherwise, Kristin.

I'd think this except he always crawls onto the bed after eating, so if he got sick, that's just where he would be. My biggest fear is that the night Zoe died and Byron escaped for all those hours, he could have contracted something. He hasn't been able to get vaccination boosters since he developed vaccine associated cancer and lost his leg two years ago, so he's not protected. I have a 10:20 appointment. I doubt I'll know much right away since they'll likely do blood tests and such.

Gotcha. Well, I certainly hope it's nothing and passes quickly either way!

t looks over at Gracie

Cats! Be more healthy!

vaccine associated cancer

...what?

Oh, dear, now I'm scared of the vaccine boosters Leo is supposed to get next week. How often does this happen? (I am more of a hypochondriac when it comes to my cats than I am in regards to myself!)

In other news of animaux, it is Darb's monthiversary!

I celebrated by being a cruel, sadistic person and dragging her to the vet. She already had most of her shots but got a couple of new ones, was completely tramuatized by being lifted onto the exam table, and was discovered to have not one but two kinds of worms, so is now taking some wildly expensive de-worming pills and will have to go back for boosters in a couple of weeks.She also needs a teeth cleaning. Lordy. Somehow I'd forgotten how costly these little critters can be.

But all is well otherwise, so yay. And we start dog classes next week so that should be fun.

Zen, it's rare (1 in 1000, I think), but most common with the feline leukemia booster. Since our cats are indoors, I stopped getting that one for the others as well. I feel that the rest of the vaccinations are worth the risk. Here's a page that says a bit more: [link]

As with any medical issue, I do not recommend googling vaccine-associated sarcoma like I did. I read a whole lot of horrible, scary stuff that didn't help me at all.

ETA: Yay Darby and her human!

Never look up medical stuff online.

I have to! It's part of my job! Oh, hand-foot skin reaction, so not pleasant to look at.

Never look up medical stuff online.

Yesterday I googled "cat dehydration" and determined my kitty was not dehydrated. So on occasion good can come from looking up medical stuff online.

Thanks, Pix. Both of mine are indoor-only, so maybe we can skip a vaccine or two.

He hasn't been able to get vaccination boosters

For what it is or isn't worth, many vets believe that vaccinations are stronger than they need to be. Which means that Byron may have been protected for some time after he stopped receiving boosters.

(We went through some of this after Teddy's kidney failure and transplant. We asked whether we should give him vaccines when his immune system was suppressed. We were told not to vaccinate, and there was probably plenty of vaccine still in his system.)