Random Skunk Chat.

[animalstory]

sorry emmaj ment spade! lol i wasnt sure if others realised about the parvo thing if walking theirs. (i got to admit i didnt realise dogs needed booster, mind you i dont have a dog!)
I think its going to cost a small fortune as its quite an evasive opp.
We bought her as a male (wanting a male) but mistakes happen, and we didnt want to swap her for the other one (which was the boy), cos she had settled and is really friendly.

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by LoveForLizards

This has confused me with dogs, ferrets and now skunks! Because Parvovirus is (obviously) a virus and therefore will be carried on even vaccinated dogs, shoes, clothing etc so how can one be so sure (unless nothing from outside ever comes into the house/into contact with the skunks) that Parvovirus will never come into contact with said animal?

And another thing, just out of interest, would there be any hope for the 'life-long' vaccination for dogs working for skunks? or would the dosage be too significant?

well tbh some people dont have their skunks jabbed at all its a personal preferance

skunks are a hell of alot more hardy than you would think

i have had parvo here lost my youngest dog to it..........it didnt affect the skunks at all and at the time only 3 of them had, had their jabs the other 3 hadnt

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by animalstorey

sorry emmaj ment spade! lol i wasnt sure if others realised about the parvo thing if walking theirs. (i got to admit i didnt realise dogs needed booster, mind you i dont have a dog!)
I think its going to cost a small fortune as its quite an evasive opp.
We bought her as a male (wanting a male) but mistakes happen, and we didnt want to swap her for the other one (which was the boy), cos she had settled and is really friendly.

your other option could be to put her to a male if anyone close to you has a male until your ready to have her spayed

with my dogs i have their puppy vaccinations done i dont have yearly boosters done at 4 yrs old i will repeat the vaccination course

[animalstory]

all i can say is that our vet gave our skunk the same dose she gives all dogs she vacinates. we have had the second one after two weeks and she informed us that she advises to get her booster done (and any dogs) every 12 months.

[LoveForLizards]

Originally Posted by Emmaj

well tbh some people dont have their skunks jabbed at all its a personal preferance

skunks are a hell of alot more hardy than you would think

i have had parvo here lost my youngest dog to it..........it didnt affect the skunks at all and at the time only 3 of them had, had their jabs the other 3 hadnt

Interesting. I suppose as with dogs if somebody chose not to vaccinate yearly (or at all) then Titres would be essential?

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by animalstorey

all i can say is that our vet gave our skunk the same dose she gives all dogs she vacinates. we have had the second one after two weeks and she informed us that she advises to get her booster done (and any dogs) every 12 months.

a vet would advise you to though as its money in their pocket with every booster they give lol

my vet nurse told me that giving dogs yearly boosters you can over vaccinate them and do more harm than good

at the end of the day with all the different strains of parvo and such that are being brought into the country even vaccinating against them dosnt work...............i know that all too well i lost my OTBD to parvo and he was vaccinated against it


Also the jabs my skunks had were the puppy version but in a ferret dose and they only had the parvo and distemper jabs

your vets didnt tell you that you needed the rabies jab too did they ?

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by LoveForLizards

Interesting. I suppose as with dogs if somebody chose not to vaccinate yearly (or at all) then Titres would be essential?

i dont booster my dogs yearly i have puppy jabs done and 1st booster then leave have the course redone again at 4-5 years old

this was advice i got from a good vet nurse

[animalstory]

(sorry emma that wasnt a dig i was writing as you were posting!lol, was just writting what she said.)

were ok to get digger done, would be best for her i think. Im not really wanting to breed her.

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by animalstorey

(sorry emma that wasnt a dig i was writing as you were posting!lol, was just writting what she said.)

were ok to get digger done, would be best for her i think. Im not really wanting to breed her.

oh no dont worry lol i didnt take it as a dig was just saying about experiences

tbh with having her spayed i would ring about and enquire at a few places and see how the prices varey

[LoveForLizards]

Originally Posted by Emmaj

a vet would advise you to though as its money in their pocket with every booster they give lol

my vet nurse told me that giving dogs yearly boosters you can over vaccinate them and do more harm than good

But without titres you can also under-vaccinate. It's soo confusing.