My vet says the vaccine is 90+% effective. My 6 negatives were vaccinated and
all are over 5 years old. My vet and I agreed that mixing my one positve with
the others had very little risk.
----- Original Message -----
From: catatonya
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: FeLV Vaccination
I would vaccinate my negatives, wait the 2-3 weeks necessary and booster
them, wait 2-3 weeks more and let them mix. All this IF the other cats are
over a year old. That has always been my protocol and I've never had a
negative cat 'catch' the leukemia from my positive.
tonya
Sue & Frank Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Several people here have said that they have their FeLV + kitties living in
with FeLV - cats, and the negative cats are not getting infected. I am trying
to decide if I should vaccinate my others and let Buzz out of his room. My vet
is against it and says the vaccinations are only 60 - 80% effective. The vet
does not seem to be up on all that is going on with FeLV, though, and I am
considering switching vets. Buzz really doesn't,t mind his room, but he is a
social boy and cries when he doesn't want to be alone. I visit him as often as
I can and spend at least an hour or so in the evenings in with him, but such
minor details as a full time job and the rest of my human and cat family keep
me away from being with him as much as he and I would like. It seems as if
vaccinating the others and freeing Buzz from his prison room is the best
solution, but not if any of the others end up being infected. Their ages range
from 2 to 8 years. Two of them, Charlie and Tucker have other health problems
and I don't know if that would put them more at risk. Anyway, has anyone ever
heard of a vaccinated cat being infected?
