Amen.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
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From: "Nina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Ellie separated from others - 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?
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?
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