Hello,
We've adopted a cat. She's 2 years old and lovely. Her previous owner (who passed away) kept her as a house cat: she never went outside.
We live in a house with big doors opening out onto a lovely garden and normally have the doors open in good weather. The cat looks out of the windows constantly and seems desperate to get outside.
BUT our cat is overdue her vaccinations by a couple of months. She came to us a day before my daughter got Covid19 symptoms and a week before lockdown! Her gentleman owner was at the end of his life and she missed her latest vaccines (standard including feline flu). We have not been able to take her to the Vet. We have a very good local Vet who, like other practices is doing emergency appointments only. We will make an appointment as soon as restrictions are lifted.
ALSO the cat has never been vaccinated against feline leukaemia, on account of her being a house cat.
Dear Vets, what would you do? Should I continue to keep her inside or risk letting her out?