Dawn, I'm far from the big expert, but I think the chances are almost nonexistent that you're transferring anything by just walking from room to room. The motto for the virus is "if it dries, it dies." It reminds me of a memorable passage in the book "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex..." in which someone asked if you can catch STDs from toilet seats. The answer was, yes, under the following circumstances: someone with an open genital sore (I know, TMI) uses a toilet and presses the sore against the toilet seat. Seconds later, you, also with a sore, use the same toilet and press your sore against the same spot. Otherwise, no. ;-) So unless you go from, say, cleaning your FeLV+ kitty's teeth, to your healthy kitties within seconds, with your fingers still wet with saliva, it's not gonna happen. Also, somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but won't the others now automatically test positive because they have the vaccine in them? In any case, I'm not sure there's a real need to segregate Bea from everybody now. Diane R.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Morrison Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:12 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Transferring the Virus Hello again everyone, Before I had Bea tested, she was with my two other catkids (ages 4 & 10 years) for 4 days - sharing food (wet & dry), water and liter box. It was only after that 4 days did we realize Bea tested positive (Elisa & IFA) We immediately took our other two in and had them tested (negative but too early to tell) and vaccinated. In anyone's opinion, how great of a chance do you think they will test positive in 6 months when I re-test them? Do you think there was enough exposure in those 4 days? I am particularly worried about my 4 year old because I fed them all wet food and she immediately eats anything that is leftover from all 3 bowls. Also, Bea is now quarantined in a bedroom by herself and I visit with her as much as possible when I am home - even sleeping with her at night time to give her some human contact (much to my husbands dismay). I wash my hands thoroughly when I leave the room and bea has her own bowls/water dishes that I keep seperate from my others. She has her own litter box as well. Is it possible to spread any of the virus from just walking around the room, transferring it on my clothes then walking through the rest of my house? I'm just so concerened I'm passing it around more. Thanks Dawn ________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48224/*http://sims.yahoo.com/> This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties.
