my cats are 14 this year...should i be worrying about getting their vaccinations done at this point in their lives

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one of them is like a spring chicken-touch wood! the other one is very,very thin now..and so bony.last time she went,vet reckoned she could possibly have a fast metabolism/thyroid problem.i know how much the vets scares her and i keep thinking that maybe i should give them both quality of life at this stage rather than scaring them to death at the vets....by the way,i'm not giving up on them by any means,i absolutely adore both of them.just don't know whether i need stress them out for no reason at this time in their lives.

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Just to clarify, are you asking whether you should give both of them vaccinations or get the one with thyroid problems treatment? Personally, I wouldn't be vaccinating two 14 year old cats, but treatment of over-active thyroid in cats can be done with tablets, although the vet will probably need to confirm that's what it is with a blood test. 14 is not ancient imo and your cat with the thyroid problem could live a few more years yet. I think the quality and length of her live would be better with treatment for it. HTH

yes,i'm wondering about getting both of them vaccinated.somewhere down the line i must've been told by a vet that they wouldn't need vaccinating anymore...cos i've actually written it on their vet-cards in inverted commas.however,my mum's cat died of cat-leukaemia years ago so i do know how important these things are.i also am aware-touch wood!-that they could live for another 4/5 years yet.i just hate stressing them out in the car and then in the vets.i am kind of caught between the devil and the deep blue sea really.thanks for answering though.

Just remember that most caterries will only take cats that are upto date with their vaccinations - I don't know whether you need to use them, or whether you have kind neighbours

i've been lucky enough-touch wood!- to have nice neighbours although i do put the dog in the kennels.
the kennels we use doesn't even ask for the dogs to be vaccinated against kennnel cough...she believes that when people get their dogs vaccinated too near to the time that they'd be expecting to leave them there,they actually endanger all the other dogs as the vaccination is "live"....?! !!