Hi Dede,
This disease doesn't seem to follow any rules. It's part of what makes
treating for it so frustrating. We talk a great deal about mixing on
the list. You might want to search our archives about it to see how
many have mixed and with what results. Most vets will tell you to keep
your positive segregated from your other cats, (a great many tell you to
pts immediately upon testing pos too). Of course, this is the "safest"
logic. Safe is not the top priority at my house; quality is. Many of
us on this list mix and have had no problems with adult, healthy cats
contracting the disease, even with shared litter boxes and food dishes.
When I found out my bottle babies were pos, they had already been mixed
with my household for months. I was particularly concerned with a feral
kitten I had adopted. She hadn't been vac for felv, she was young and
she had been accepted into the litter as if she were born to it. They
played rough, groomed and slept together. She too remained neg and 3
years later, she still is neg, (as are all my other cats). It's a call
we all have to make for ourselves. I wasn't willing to separate my felv
babies because I knew that it would make them miserable, (me too). I
was nervous about it, but I was willing to live with the consequences of
my actions. Happily for me, the only consequence was that they got to
live their lives out they way I know they wanted to.
I don't know if you were on the list through the saga of Spencer. He
turned out to be both felv and fiv pos. Even at his sickest, (blowing
his nose and felv germs all over the house), I didn't separate him. He
hated to be confined in any way, (another refugee from the street), and
doing so would have made his last month miserable. I haven't had my
other cats tested again. I probably won't unless I intend to take new
kittens into the house, or someone gets sick. When/if that happens,
we'll have more anequdotal evidence one way or the other.
Nina
dede hicken wrote:
Posted yesterday, and this question didn't get
answered. If Ki does NOT seroconvert, what are the
chances of my other cats getting it if i put him in
with them?
thanks,
Dede
"When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of
your God"
Mosiah 2:17
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