Hi Sheryl,
I'm new on this list as well. Your house sounds like mine. I also have 3
FELV+ kits to find homes for and may have a Mom and her 5 kittens that are
positive as well. All my cats are indoor cats and the Mom and kittens are
from a breeder that shut down and I have no idea where this all came from.
One minute I have a house full of healthy cats and the next thing I know
they are all FELV+. Many of mine previously tested negative under the age
of a year so I know even the testing isn't always accurate. I'm still
learning about all this too. I have vaccinated my negative cats in hopes of
protecting them and was told sometimes positive cats can live with
vaccinated cats no problem but I'm having a very hard time being able to
even try and my son just freaks out that he is going to get our healthy kits
sick so I don't think that will be an option for us. I listed a couple on
the FELV+ site to see if anyone wants to adopt them but I've been told it's
very hard to find homes for these kits:( If I had a nice big home and the
space where I could keep these kits happy I would choose that route. As it
is, the 3 I have separated are constantly trying to get out and cry whenever
I leave them alone. Mine are older(except the one 6 month old Savannah) and
used to being with us 24/7. It's been 3 weeks now and they still have not
adjusted to being shut in one room...it just breaks my heart:( Right now
I'm just taking it all one day at a time.....Good luck with your kits.
Deb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheryl Spagg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: We need answers...
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
>
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