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Your New Kitten |
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Veterinary Hospital welcomes your new kitten into the practice.
Part of the joy of practicing veterinary medicine is watching your
kitten grow and mature. We recommend deworming your kitten and performing stool
parasite checks as early as 2-6 weeks of age, as well as checking your
kitten for any birth defects, ear mites and fleas. |
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Vaccines:
Your kitten receives its first distemper vaccines at 9 and 12
weeks of age and 1 year rabies vaccine at 16 weeks of age.
(If your kitten is older than 12 weeks of age, then two
vaccines are still recommended to insure adequate immunity.) |
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also strongly recommend testing your kitten for feline leukemia as soon as
possible. Vaccination for
this disease is recommended if your pet goes outdoors at any time, visits
boarding facilities, or if you take in other cats as strays. (Vaccination is not recommended if your cat stays indoors and
you test all other cats before they enter your household.) |
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kitten becomes full-grown at 1 year of age and will receive yearly
boosters. |
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Nutrition:
Your kitten needs to eat preferably a dry kitten food only
until 1 year of age. Then
it can be slowly switched to an adult cat food.
We recommend Hills Science Diet Feline Growth for superior
quality nutrition. |
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Spaying/Neutering:
Your kitten will need to be spayed (female) or neutered
(male) as early as 5-6 months of age (before heat cycle or puberty
occurs). |
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mission statement is practicing quality veterinary medicine while serving
you and your pet with friendly, personalized attention. We look forward to helping you any way we can. |
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