Agreed, but cats won't test positive due to the vaccination.
tonya
"Rosenfeldt, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DIV { MARGIN: 0px } 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.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Morrison
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:12 AM
To: [email protected]
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
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