All of my cats were negative and vaccinated when I brought in my first positive
along with another kitten about the same age. They had been tested (one
incorrectly) and given their first set of shots. It was not until I was having
them spayed and neutered that I asked for a retest and found out one cat was
positive. At that point she had been mixing with everyone for a couple of
months........ Everyone got retested and was negative. I brought in another
cat knowing it was positive. She mixes with everyone here as well. Now I only
retest if someone gets sick. I've lost cats to kidney failure, stroke,
etc....... and they've always tested negative. I brought in 2 leukemia
negative cats, one who had not had a booster yet (there was nowhere else for
her to go). She too, is still negative and has been here going on 3 years. My
first positive was probably around 10 years ago. It's never been transferred
in my house. I have also fostered positive and negative cats. Any negative
cats are vaccinated every 3rd year now.
tonya
Gussies mom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm trying to get an idea, and maybe write something, about people who mix
their FeLV cats, and or FIV cats with negative cats.
I'm interested in when they were diaagnosed, were the negative cats
previously vaccinated and were they ever re-tested. If so, when.
How often were they retested?
If the FeLV cat has passed away, have the negatives been retested after at
least 3 months?
Are the negative cats vaccinated every year for FeLV?
Do the cats mix continually, sharing food, water, litter, etc? Or are they
mixed only at certain times with water and food removed?
You get the idea.
You can email me off list if you like.
Thanks,
Beth
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