Hi Lisa - In my opinion you are doing the right thing. I have 7 cats; one, who I adopted in July 2007 at about age 5, is positive. My other cats are all adults. I discussed thoroughly with my vet, who said the vaccine is more than 90% effecttive and that it is very unlikely my healthy adult cats would be affected. So, a year and four months later--all are healthy. The positive cat has no symptoms, other than being deaf (which may or may not be caused by the leukemia). I am very glad that I did what I did. Mandy (the positive kitty) is the most wonderful, loving kitty I have ever had.
Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Borden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:47 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] So now what? > > > My kitten tested positive on his IFA test. My vet told me I should > keep him isolated, or euthanize him. I couldn't do the latter, and > isolating him ... well, I think that would just stress everyone out > even more. So after calling a good friend while sitting outside of > the vet's office last night, in tears, he's still with me, with my > other cats, and I'm treating him for his diarrhea. My other cats have > been vaccinated - my girl had her booster last month, and my other boy > is going in on Thursday for his booster. He's the one I'm concerned > about. He's the absolute LOVE of my life. But he's the picture of > health, and I intend to keep it that way. > > Please just tell me that I can do this ... that I'm doing the right > thing. > > Lisa > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
