It depends on their ages. Kittens have a much harder time throwing off the virus if exposed-about a 40% chance they will test positive for it after 6 months. Within that time frame, they can be in the process of throwing it off, but after that, if they are still testing positive, it's more likely they won't throw it off, but not impossible. We've had cats here prove that. Kittens born with their mother's positive antibodies have the same chance of fighting it off. Older cats are much less likely to catch it. From what I have seen here, only less than about 3%, if that, of adult cats actually contract FeLV from another cat they live with, and since there wasn't much contact between yours, it's highly unlikely any of them contracted it. Fighting (blood/saliva transfer) is a big cause of adult transmission, from what I've seen. I have three cats that never caught FeLV from the 4th after living with him for 4 years and using the same food and litter boxes. We didn't know he was FeLV+ for a long time. They are all negative. Hope this helps.
:) Wendy --- Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are the odds of having 15 cats and one tests > postive - will the others all be postive? These are > cats that are strictly indoors now in a 1200 square > foot house. The infected cat was not outwardly sick > and di not socialize with the other cats, however > they used same litter boxes and ate from same > dishes. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. All cats are > close to same age, different litters, aquired at the > same time. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL
