Since my Tucson was not diagnosed until years after I brought her in, I opted to leave her mixed with my neg cats. I had the other 3 vaccinated (2 shots). They had all been sharing boxes, dishes, groomed each other, had the occasional spats, etc. and none were pos. I believe its much harder for adult cats to develop this condition--actually, it's the pos cat who's most at risk of getting sniffles, etc from the other cats. But if you keep them inside & continue the good care, that wouldn't be a big issue.
As for turning Lucky into an inside cat--I brought my Romeo in after he'd been out on the street for years. From the point that he discovered my bed, he never looked back. He wouldn't even sit at the window to look outside or run into my hallway like my others do. Its as though he said "been there--done that" and was now ready for the good life. I suspect that Lucky's at that point Christiane Biagi ti...@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie Hogue Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 12:01 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Fw: New to Feline Leukemia Importance: High Thanks, Tanya, that is helpful information. Lucky is between 11 and 13 yrs. My other cats are: 14, 9 and 7. I keep my cats _strictly_ indoors. Lucky would have to adapt to that life, or show me he will stay only in my yard (which, at his age, he might do). Thanks for the info on IFA -- I will request that. My main fears are(1) food and water dish sharing, and (2) litter box sharing. I keep one box per cat, but that does not mean each cat uses its own box. So I suspect there is "box sharing." And I know that they eat indiscriminately from the dishes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TANYA NOE" <sashacatgodd...@yahoo.com> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Fw: New to Feline Leukemia > How old are your other cats? Cats develop some natural immunity with > age. After the age of 1-3 they become less likely to develop FeLV. If > vaccinated and over 3 the risk is there but small. How old is the cat that > tested positive? If under a year there is a good chance the cats body can > rid itself of the virus. I would wait 6 weeks and retest the cat again > regardless of age and see if it still shows positive. You can also do an > IFA which tests to see if the virus has settled into the bone marrow. Once > in the marrow it cannot be eliminated from the body. > I have a 14 year old negative cat and a 2 year old positive cat. I do > not separate them, there is still a small risk allowing them together but > I vaccinate the negative one and cross my fingers. I don't know if I have > ever seen anyone on here post that a neg turned pos from mixing, again > though still a risk. > > Hope this helps, > Tanya > > --- On Thu, 9/16/10, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > >> From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net> >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Fw: New to Feline Leukemia >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 2:55 PM >> All vaccines are only about 80% >> effective....I really don't have much >> experience with this because I have two very healthy >> FeLV+ cats, living >> separately from others. But I would think that if >> retested, being only a >> "weak positive", maybe the cat will be negative! It >> seems to have been >> really run down, the immune system was definitely >> compromised, fighting an >> infection, fleas....Good luck! Natalie >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org >> [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] >> On Behalf Of Debbie Bates >> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:23 PM >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Fw: New to Feline Leukemia >> >> >> Bonnie, it got through! Hang in there for just a >> bit....there are many >> extremely well informed members who will have any and all >> information you >> need! I am not dealing with any felv cats, but come >> here often so that I >> stay informed.... >> >> Debbie >> "We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience >> them." - Kahlil >> Gibran >> >> >> >> > From: ho...@sonic.net >> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> > Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:32:46 -0700 >> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Fw: New to Feline Leukemia >> > >> > This e-mail got bounced back to me....am trying one >> more time. >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Bonnie Hogue >> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:37 PM >> > Subject: New to Feline Leukemia >> > >> > >> > It's a long story, but I'll shorten it... >> > My mom has a "heart cat" named Lucky. She's disabled >> and no longer living >> at home. Her sister was caring for Lucky, but herself is >> unwell and >> struggling. I went over to feed the cats during her >> hospitalization and >> Lucky did not look good. I took him to the vet: bad fleas, >> possible infected >> eye and nose, and tested "weak positive" for feline >> leukemia. This makes my >> plan of integrating him into my 3-cat household a real >> challenge. The vet >> said I could get my three cats vaccinated "providing 80% >> protection"... >> Meanwhile, Lucky is sequestered in the spare bedroom, >> taking antibiotics >> (what a good cat!) and healing. I'm trying to figure out >> how to make this >> work, longer term. >> > Ideas??? >> > Thank you! >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Felvtalk mailing list >> > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
