Just fyi, I have in the past kept my FELV mixed
with non-FELV. I just don't think it's that
contagious, at least with healthy adult cats. I
know others who mix, and no problem.
Bets of luck,
Gloria
At 11:18 AM 9/23/2006, you wrote:
Hi Peggy,
I am in the same situation as you are. I found
a FeLV positive cat, around 2 years old, and we
had to take her in because she was
declawed. Not to mentioned that the vet wanted
to put her down immediately. We also have other
two negative cats that are all indoor. We are
living in one-bedroom apt. where is no room for
separation. My other two cats are vaccinated,
so I am praying they gained a little immunity to
the virus. The positive cat is very good and
eats and drinks water just from her bowls, but
the other two brats are sneaking and get into
her bowls. So I came to the conclusion that we
can pull all our hair out trying to separate
things that they will find a way to share a
bowl, especially when we are not at home. All
the vets told me to separate everything; just
one vet told me to take my chances and not
separate anything and provide them with food and
water 24/7 because otherwise it can be very
stressful for the cats that can cause a chain of
negative reactions. But of course the negative
cats need to be vaccinated for FeLV. I've been
having this problem for almost two months and
everyone is happy. The positive cat gained so
much weight; she almost tripled in size. They
are all playing and thank God everything is fine with all of them.
What food are you feeding Scooter? I am giving
mine Innova EVO, but I will switch to Healthwise because it is too expensive.
Take care,
Ioana
Peggy Ankney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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HI
Ive been reading lots of posts mentioning all
sorts of medications for FeLV cats. I know that
I need to feed Scooter high quality food, and
was advised to supplement it with non-ethylene
glycol l-lysene and vitamin C. Do I get this
from a pet place or a natural foods
store? Should I also be giving him other
meds? So far hes not showing any signs of
distress or illness. Hes 10 months old and
just came home from the vet yesterday (shots and
neutering) and you would never know he tested positive from his behavior.
And another thing how do you keep your
positive cats food bowls away from the neg, and
vice-versa? <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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/>Montana and Karma are negative and are
indoor/outdoor cats used to having dry food
available 24/7. They immediately went for the
others bowls last night. I can make sure they
dont share the canned food, as I watch over
them as they eat it and take the dishes away
when finished, but with the dry food, they dont
eat it all at once. Is there a big risk in
their sharing dry food? I know the virus
doesnt live long outside the cat that and its
spread in salvia. I guess we could try to put
the dry food outside, but this area has lots of
strays and we dont want to attract any more
cats (or worse) to our house just now. If
anyone has found a simple solution to this, Id
love to hear it. (Our house is small and
difficult to section off, so all cats go everywhere.)
Thanks, Peggy
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