Lance, As long as you are sure Ember's virus hasn't activated, the kitten will probably be safe. But you know how a kitten can scamper into an area where he or she shouldn't be. Some others on this list will say not to worry, but I joined years ago when my orange boy (false negative) Henry Lee's virus activated as a result of a dental and two other kitties caught the virus from him and died.
Bonnie in WI http://savingspaldingpets.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Lance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, April 7, 2006 6:01 pm Subject: FeLV+ cat and FeLV- kitten in the same house To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Hello all, > > My mother is considering adopting a kitten that needs a home. To > the > best of my knowledge, the kitten is FeLV negative. It's only six > weeks or so old. Right now, my FeLV+ cat, Ember, is living in my > room, and is kept away from the others. She's had a few jailbreaks, > > but I can be much more careful with her than I have been. The other > > cats in the house tested negative with ELISA a few weeks ago (see > the > "Ember" thread for the whole story). > > Anyway, I know generally what vets and others think of having a > negative in a positive's house. I'm isolating Ember. However, the > kitten will not have had her shots, and probably won't be ready for > > her first FeLV vax for another month. Even with Ember being > isolated, > and the kitten having no direct or indirect exposure (i.e. no one > shares food, food bowls, boxes, water), do we run any risk of > having > the kitten come up positive just by living in the same house as my > girl? > Thanks, > > Lance > >
