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Hopefully they will vist Dr. D soon and get all there shots and make a date for spay/neuter.....I think one may be going back to the couple we got them from(my mean kitty, Oliver.)

Thanks stormyknight, that makes me feel better.  :)  Just as an update to the thread, we went to see the vet yesterday and still don't really know for sure what it is.  The vet didn't seem too concerned and said that the spot on the nose didn't necessarily look like ringworm and was more likely something like a staph or bacterial infection, or both.  (At least, I think that's...

 I'm basically a newbie cat owner too, but here's my philosophy (and many would disagree). If its an indoor cat, I wouldn't bother to vaccinate. Indoor/Outdoor cats get the shots that the vet recommends. I think that includes rabies, feline leukemia, distemper. My cat is indoor/outdoor so he is vaccinated. He also gets heartworm and flea control.

I would vaccinate even if they are indoor cats only because you never know when they will be out, accidents happen and I would rather be safe than sorry but that is just me. Kiddles was given the Vaccination Schedule recommended by the vet.

rabies is a must regardless of living status. All it takes is one bat to come into your house and if you don't have proof of rabies vaccines not only is your cat going into quarantine but you are getting the rabies series. Happened to a friend of mine - one of her cats was only a few months behind in his rabies vaccines. She woke up one night to find a dead bat on her bedroom floor. She didn't know what killed it so it was assumed...