I think you'll be safe. When the virus dries it dies.......... As long as you keep the kitten away from a positive that will groom or sneeze on it..... Good luck.
tonya
Lance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Lance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
