If the symptoms are spotted early enough, most illnesses are treatable. However immunization against many diseases that may affect your cat are readily available. Diseases and recommendations vary from country to country, so this is something you should check with your vet. Often, vets recommend a cat undergo vaccination for a set of three or four core diseases and then a decision be made on the remaining non-core vaccinations.
Your cat should have been inoculated before it is brought home, but if this is not the case, then it is a good idea to look in to inoculations immediately. If you already have cats and are introducing a freshly inoculated cat, then try to keep him isolated for about 7 days as it is possible that the cat could pass on virus within days of his inoculations.
Some cats feel a little run down after inoculations and may even suffer mild stomach complaints. This is common and not considered unusual unless it persists beyond 48 hours.
Vaccines for cat related illness are undergoing development all the time so it is important to check with your veterinary surgeon with regard to recommendations in your country.
Vaccines commonly administered include: rabies vaccine, Feline leukaemia virus, feline infectious enteritis (also called feline distemper and feline panleukopenia) and cat flu (also called feline viral rhinotracheitis).
The following vaccines are undergoing development or are relatively new: feline infectious peritonitis, chalmydia, feline immuno-deficiency virus.
It is not completely clear how long the effect of vaccines lasts in all cats, therefore follow-up booster injections are often recommended.
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