Here's my 2 cents:
I never had a negative turn positive either. I always mixed mine, and
they were happier for it.
But again, the choice is individual, and only you can make that
decision. But I agree with Nina. If your others were exposed and
have not turned positive, chances are that they won't.
=^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, Travis, Dori and
6 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec & Salome'
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:44
PM
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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