Last month, I brought in a cat that eventually died of feline distemper under a vet's care. She seemed healthy when I received her, but her health rapidly declined and she stopped eating, was hiding, losing weight fast, throwing up.. all the signs of feline distemper. I brought her to the vet as soon as I noticed, and they admitted her, but she died the next day. The previous owners told me that she had been vaccinated, the cat was 2 years old and I took their word for it. When my vet called for her records, we learned she had only had a rabies vaccine. They diagnosed her with panleukopenia AKA feline distemper. She was dehydrated so they gave her fluids, but her body would not absorb them. Anyway, I went home, disinfected everything multiple times and cried myself to sleep, feeling guilty that I had not noticed earlier. I rescue multiple cats, and with all of them, sometimes it is hard to spot things, although I usually do make rounds and check all the cats, make sure they are eating and not coming down with something. Anyway, I got all my cats examined by the vet after this, and they were all ok, and still are. They are all vaccinated.Two weeks later, I received some kittens that had not been vaccinated though, a total of 6. They got a vaccination 2 days after they arrived, but 2 of them got really sick. They were also diagnosed with feline distemper!! One did not survive it, the other is still recovering but we expect him to be ok. Is it possible that they got this from my home, even though I disinfected multiple times before they arrived, and it was 2 weeks after the first cat passed? I am about to give up rescuing, it is very hard to cope with the loss of these precious animals.
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You cannot bring unvaccinated or under vaccinated cats into your home for a year. The distemper virus is a parvo virus, and near impossible to kill in a home environment. It only takes one tiny piece of cat litter with the virus on it to start the cycle anew. It persists in the environment for up to a year. You can still rescue, but no cats or kittens who's vaccination status is unknown, and no kittens who are too young for at least two FVRCP vaccines.
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