Thanks for your most pleasant reply Mary...I greatly appreciated it. I think my biggest questions right now is transmission. I have 4 cats already in my house. I have the momma and kittens in a spare room with a baby gate and a towel at the bottom of the baby gate plus, the spare room has wood floors and my hall has carpet so there is a very good seal when the door is closed...I am hoping I am not putting mine at risk, but from everything I have read I shouldn't be. The 6 month old boy who tested negative was with the momma and babies for 4 days in a bathroom. I am not sure if they shared food/water bowls but I would guess they did plus litter boxes. I feel like my house is a vet hospital at this point...I have 2 of my own cat who are diabetics, 1 of my own with seizures and now I have to bottle feed a new baby kitten who may be FELV+ and the 6 month old boy has an URI and ear mites and also needs to be separated...my poor house is just chuck full of illnesses!!! I totally understand where you are coming from with the put to sleep after diagnosis comment. We got that from the other rescuers we work with but my friend and I did not feel we knew enough to warrant that extreme of action. The more we learn the more we want to find them homes...can positive kitties live in a home with negative kitties without transmitting the disease? Thanks again Mary! Sheryl
--- MaryChristine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FELV+, FIV+, FIP <http://ucat.us/FELVFIVFIP.html> > > great site, put together by one of this group's > members. has links to what's > generally accepted by the scientific community -- > tho there's still so much > more we need to learn. (hard to do research when the > first line of treatment > has, for way too long, been euthanasia! really > limits the test > population....) > > there's some conflicting info there, too, of course, > because some of the > stuff is older than others. you'll notice, however, > that the scariest info > you've heard is NOT true, according to all of the > professionals! > > lots of folks will be glad to answer your questions > as they come up; take a > deep breath, grab one of the kitties, read the > articles--then see what more > info you need. > > (oh, and REALLY REALLY check our archives about > testing/retesting!) > > MC > > On 5/6/07, Sheryl Spagg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > I certainly hope I am doing this right...I am a > member of other lists, but > > this one appears different for some > reason...anyway, my friend and I rescued > > 8 kittens last weekend. 2 were older kitties. 1 > was a momma cat with 3 > > kittens and 3 other kittens we had to give to her > because their other momma > > disappeared...and then a 6 month old. The male 6 > month old tested negative > > on a combo...but the momma ended up testing > positive for FELV. My friend > > and I do not know as much as we wish we did about > this. We have separated > > the momma and babies into a separate room than the > male kitty. We > > understand he may have contracted it from her, we > need to test him again in > > 4 months. We want to know as much as we can about > this disease and how > > dangerous it is for other non-positive kitties. > Can anyone recommend any > > sites for us to visit or anyone to talk to? We > have searched online but > > have found so many different opinions on this that > it is hard to get > > answers...some say you can spread the disease > through sharing food and water > > bowls and others say you can't. We are beyond > frustrated at this point and > > need all the help we can get... > > Thanks, > > Sheryl > > > > ------------------------------ > > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" > smell? > > Check out new cars at Yahoo! > Autos.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48245/*http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE1YW1jcXJ2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3LWNhcnM-> > > > > > > > -- > > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > MaryChristine > > AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 289856892 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
