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What vaccinations are essential for my new adult outdoor cat?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Bobtail | Female | unspayed | 9 months and 16 days old | 20 lbs

I have a cat who's been roaming outside, whom I been meaning to own it. I know it needs vaccinations but I'm not sure which ones? I know it's more than 6 months

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

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Published on December 29th, 2017

Leilah is beautiful! She needs vaccinations but she also needs deworming. My suggestion is to also have her spayed or she WILL get pregnant! For vaccinations she needs: 1. FVRCP - basically the feline distemper vaccination 2. Rabies 3. Feline leukemia (FeLV) She should be dewormed when she gets her vaccines. 3-4 weeks after she gets those vaccines she needs boosters of the FVRCP and feline leukemia vaccines. After that the vaccines are once a year. It is also recommended that before she gets vaccinated that the vet runs a feline leukemia/FIV test to make sure she is not infected before vaccinating. Hope this answers your questions. Best wishes.

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