Sounds like there's not much you could have done differently other than to quarantine new arrivals for a month and until after they have been to the vet and tested. I wouldn't lose much sleep over it, could be that your 5 year old had it before now to begin with, regardless, nothing you can do about it now but call it a learning experience, and go on with life as best you can. Cats should be tested before vaccination, if you choose to vaccinate against FELV. Not your fault, but possibly something your vet missed the boat on. Did your vet test for FIV as well? Sounds like your 5 year old has an immune deficiency of some sort.
As far as the food brand goes, I use Innova (lite and evo varieties) and California Natural (chicken and rice variety) exclusively here. Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ "Saving one animal won't make a difference in the world, but it will make a world of difference for that one animal." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula! PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please email me for the NEW address to send them to! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/161 - Release Date: 11/3/2005
