On 11/11/06, dede hicken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
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