The Relationship Between Cat Neutering Surgery and Vaccination
1. If your kitty has been regularly vaccinated and immunized on schedule since it was young, the surgery can be done directly without problems. However, consider whether the vaccine is still valid. Since vaccines are given annually, if a previous vaccination was given, the surgery date might coincide with the next vaccination schedule, so it’s better to vaccinate before the surgery. Ideally, the vaccine should be administered one week prior to the surgery.
2. If your kitty has never been vaccinated before, first thank the heavens for allowing it to safely pass through its kittenhood.
Then one option is to vaccinate one week before surgery, another option is to vaccinate on the day of surgery.
Overall, vaccinating one week before surgery is the safest approach because it takes about one week after the vaccine injection for the body to produce sufficient antibodies. This can protect against viral infections that might occur due to reduced physical condition after surgery compared to before.
If there’s no time, vaccinating on the day of surgery is also possible. But the premise is that the surgery must be performed very well, eliminating all secondary infections caused by the surgery, and the vaccine quality must be very good, with no deterioration.