I appreciate your info. I thought 3 months was crazy too.
Marissa Johnson wrote:
Just to add to what's already been said...
I talked to my vet just the other day about this situation (since I'm
wanting to get new cats and Slinky recently died from felv). I just
wanted to get her take on it. She confirmed what everyone else has
said...that it does not live long outside the body and there's no need
to wait (CERTAINLY not 3 months! The longest I'd seen when searching
online was one month). She also said I could probably reuse his
dishes and litter box after cleaning...but pointed out that I should
probably replace them since I would probably worry about transmission
even though it wouldn't happen (she knows me well)!
Just thought I'd share what she said.
MJ
*/Jennifer Madon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
Thank you for this! I did tell my neighbor that if she does get this
new kitten, she needs to make it an indoor cat. I had heard you
needed
to wait. I asked my vets office and the lady said 3 months. I thought
that seemed excessive. Thanks for sharing.
Jennifer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As long as it takes to wash and dry the litterbox and food and
water dishes. FELV
> dies almost instantly outside the cat's body, once the virus
dries, it dies. Bleach
> is not required to wash the litterbox or dishes, if they are
dried well, that will
> kill any remaining virus that could be in them. If you wish to
be extra careful, set
> them out in the sun for a few hours.
>
> Phaewryn
>
> http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
> Special Needs Cat Resources
>
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>
>
"If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know
each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and
what you do not know you will fear. What one fears, one destroys."
--Chief Dan George
"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to
protection by man from the cruelty of man............ The greatness of
a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals
are treated." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
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