Hi Jasmine,
Thank you for helping these littermates! How fortunate that they found
themselves in your care. It's a touchy thing to mix fosters with felv
kitties, but since the fosters are all littermates, and have been
exposed to each other in the most intimate way, I don't see any reason
why they should be kept apart at this point. I would wait until your
personal cats have been vaccinated though. The fact that only one of
four is testing "faint" positive is a very good sign. I'm hoping that
it just means that traces of mom's antibodies are still present in his
blood work and that he isn't truly pos at all.
Please keep us informed about all your babies,
Nina
Barbara Oberst wrote:
Hi Wendy,
Thanks for your reply. I'm having other 8 cats vaccinated this week,
and 5 tested first (the vet recommended this) (Five are my own cats;
the 3 fosters, who are littermates of the positive cat, already tested
negative 2 months ago). She told me the one who's positive most
likely does have it, but it just hasn't shown up in his bone marrow
yet. The only bright thing is that, once the others are vaccinated in
the 2-step process, I can mix the positive cat with them. At least he
can live out his life somewhat normally, and have the run of the
house, instead of being a prisoner in 1 room by himself.
Jasmine
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