Printable cat vaccination record

What the cat record holds

• Your cat’s name, breed, sex, date of birth, coat color and pattern, and microchip number, so two tabbies in one home never swap records.
• One line per vaccine: the date, the product name, the lot number, the next due date and a box the vet signs or stamps.
• Rabies on its own table with a “valid until” column, so that date is quick to find before a trip or a cattery stay.
• Deworming with your cat’s weight on the day, and flea and tick treatments with what each one was for.
• US Letter and A4, with fields you can type into and save.

Indoor cats need a record too

Plenty of cats never set a paw outside, yet they still see the vet, and many stay at a cattery or with a sitter when you travel. Whether an indoor cat needs the same vaccines as one that roams the neighborhood is a question for your vet: tell them how your cat lives, and they set the plan. The record keeps what was actually given, and when. Rabies is the exception in most US states: the law requires the shot for cats too.

• Rabies vaccine laws by state: dogs, cats and ferrets

At the vet: what to ask for

1. Slip the record into the carrier’s pocket or a folder that travels with it, so it goes wherever your cat goes.
2. Ask the vet to write the product name and lot number, or to stick the vaccine label in the lot number box.
3. Ask for a signature or a stamp on each line: that turns your copy into dates the vet has confirmed.
4. Write down the next due date your vet gives you, rather than one you work out yourself.
5. At home, photograph both pages and keep the clinic’s certificate in the same folder.

Before a cattery stay or a trip

Catteries and cat sitters often ask for vaccination dates when you book. Check what yours wants a few weeks ahead, so there is time for a vet visit if a date has run out. For travel abroad, the papers that count come from your vet, such as a rabies certificate or an EU pet passport.

More than one cat

Print one record per cat and write the microchip number on page 1: littermates often look alike, and the number settles whose record is whose. If you adopted from a shelter, copy the dates from the card it gave you, newest first.

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