Nina Kathi Clark wrote:
Yes, I do have Ellie separated from everyone else and it's breaking my heart; she's so lonely. What should I do?
As others have said, that's a call only you can make. Imho, since
they've already lived together for so long, any chance of infection has
already happened. I think if your other 5 were going to get felv, they
would have by now. The fact that Oreo tested pos and then re-tested neg
tells me that he's probably already thrown the virus and is not in any
danger. The more you learn about felv, the more you'll see that it's
one giant crap shoot. The "safest" course of action is to put Ellie to
sleep, the second is to keep her separated. To me these are both
unacceptable. I tend to opt for quality over quantity anyway. You'll
get varying opinions about what people on the list do. One thing I can
tell you, is that no matter what the outcome might have been, (none of
my negs ever tested pos after living with my pos cats for 2 years), I
wouldn't have been sorry about my decision. I'm learning, slowly, that
I don't have the sort of control that I once thought I did. These days,
I'm much better about making decisions based on everyone's quality of
life, rather than trying to keep everyone as "safe" as possible. It's
probably "safer" for Ellie to keep her secluded because she's more
vulnerable to picking up disease from your other cats. If she's
miserable though, is it worth it? What ever you decide, make peace with
it and accept the consequences, be they good or bad. What else can we do?
- Re: Ellie separated from others - what should I do? Nina
