Owners can adopt physical cooling methods at home, such as using alcohol to wipe the foot pads and abdomen to help cool down. If the effect is not obvious, they can take the cat to the animal hospital for antipyretic injections to alleviate the impact of high body temperature.

What should I do if my cat has a fever after being vaccinated?

If a cat shows symptoms of fever after being vaccinated, the body temperature is usually higher than 39.5°C. The cat may also have symptoms of poor mental status, loss of appetite and even vomiting, which are all common vaccine reactions. The owner can take physical cooling methods at home, such as using alcohol to wipe the foot pads and abdomen to help cool down.

If the effect is not obvious, you can take the cat to the animal hospital for antipyretic injections to alleviate the impact of high body temperature. However, there is no need to worry too much about this situation, because the cat’s fever is just the immune system’s recognition of the vaccine, and it is a common reaction in both humans and animals. If fever occurs for a long time, or even listlessness and syncope occur, it may be a shock caused by anaphylaxis, and emergency rescue treatment is required.

It is recommended that the cat's health status be observed before injecting the vaccine. After the vaccine is injected, the cat must be observed in the animal hospital for half an hour and left if there are no problems.