Thanks everyone for the comments. We ordered the vacs through our vet, and all 40 will be done. I hope and pray that Ki tests neg in Dec, but I have fallen in love with this little guy, so I guess it really doesn't matter.
We were gonna vaccinate anyway because of the cross country move coming up, so what the heck!! Thanks again, Dede --- TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > oops. hit the send key too soon.... > > as far as i know, there are no documented cases of > VACCINATED negative cats > contracting FeLV from living closely with > positives--so if you have a > positive kitty that you want to mingle, you have to > weigh the pros and cons > of vaccinating your other cats. > > ie, yeah, what tonya said! > > > On 11/11/06, TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On 11/11/06, catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > I think the key here is that the cats were Not > vaccinated. All bets are > > > off if you're mixing positives with non > vaccinated cats. > > > > > > *Gary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > > > Just to be devil's advocate here, I have read of > at least one list > > > member who had 3 of 6 healthy, adult, > unvaccinated cats contract Felv after > > > they had long term exposure to a false negative > cat. One made it, two > > > didn't. This does not seem to be the experience > of most of the members on > > > this list, but you should know that it can > happen. Like Nina said, it comes > > > down to a personal decision of risk vs. benefit. > In my house, our positive > > > kitten had already spent his first 3-4 months > with his negative siblings, we > > > vaccinated the negs (PureVax, adjuvant-free) and > our adult cat and let them > > > mix. So far, so good... > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Beth > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > > > MaryChristine > > > > AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ICQ: 289856892 > > > > > -- > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > MaryChristine > > AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 289856892 > "When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God" Mosiah 2:17 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index