At the clinic where I work we only usually give positive cats the distemper portion. The FELV portion is of no value good or bad to a positive cat. In fact it is yet another vaccine component the cats body must deal with. Hope this heps. Tanya
--- On Thu, 2/19/09, Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Lorrie <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FelV vaccine for FelV positive cats? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 4:33 PM > Hi, Gloria, Let me get this straight........Your vet > vaccinated FelV > positive cats with the FelV vaccine to deal with FelV. I > understood > that once a cat was FelV positive the vaccine was not going > to change > it's status, and the cat would still remain positive. > Does anyone else > know anything about this? > > Lorrie > > > On 02-19, > [email protected] wrote: > > Sorry, didn't see your message till today. > > > > I've had 10 or 15 FELV cats over the last 6 years. > I have 5 now. > > Two of the current cats, Oliver and Chloe, came from a > lady in > > Oklahoma who had to give them up because of family > problems. Her > > vet there vaccinated them regularly against FELV, as a > way to deal > > with the FELV. I'd never heard of that, always > believed that was > > not appropriate. HOWEVER - these are the only FELV > cats I've had > > that live beyond 10 years old. Go figure. > > > > had that live beyond 10 years old. Go figure. Anyhow > - I also have > > a friend with 1 FELV and 1 non-FELV cat who are great > buddies, had > > them since they were kittens. She's kept the FELV > cat on > > interferon daily, and they're doing great - now > beyond 4 years old, > > no problems. She's had them tested once or twice > - the FELV- cat > > stays negative. > > > > Gloria > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
