Hi Sue, Our Saffron kitty was a HUGE washer and lover of everyone. He slept with four in a kitty bed and they'd sneeze on him and everything. And I wouldn't say that he had the greatest immune system in the world either. I do believe that many cats simply build up resistance to the FeLV virus and are more immune to it. Saffron washed everyone and they washed him. We miss him. He had several ear surgeries for polyps but he lived to be over 19. Carmen
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Buzz emancipatedDate: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:30:05 -0400 Hi,Carmen. It's good to hear of the success stories. My other cats chase each other a lot but I don't think they do much biting. Charllie is the loveable one who thinks it is his job to wash everybody, though. He is the one I am most worried about. ----- Original Message ----- From: Carmen Conklin To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:20 AM Subject: RE: Buzz emancipated Hi Sue, Glad to hear you are letting Buzz out into the general population. We have had good success with mixing our FeLV kits with non positive cats. We have had 4 different felines who lived in close association with the other felines and they did NOT have a FeLV vaccination either. They never got it. One lived with the FeLV's for over 3 years and then we moved him to another home. Another lived to be very old. They never fought, or bit, so never got it and the FeLV virus dies pretty quickly if a cat sneezes, etc..We put interferon in the water daily to boost all of them, but we have had a good success rate for mixing. And Buzz will be happier I am sure. Carmen (mostly a lurker, but have posted a few times)! Have a great day.> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:39:13 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: Buzz emancipated> > Hello, everyone,> This coming Friday the last of my 5 FeLV- cats will get his booster. Then I will wait the appropriate amount of time and release Buzz from his prison room into the general population. I am scared to death. I would rather continue to keep them seperate but Buzz is crazy to escape his room every time we open the door and the time I spend behind the closed door with him is taking away from my family, not to mention the other cats. My question is this; is there anything anyone knows of besides the vaccinations that I can do for my other cats that may help to protect them? They are all being fed the Wellness canned food. Buzz will soon be getting a vitamin suppliment that is supposed to boost the immune systems of FeLV+ cats that my vet found, but I doubt if it does anything to stop the virus from shedding. Any advise would be appreciated.> Thanks,> Sue> Pack up or back up–use SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how. _________________________________________________________________ Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_getintouch_042008
