When one kitten in a litter I fostered tested positive, my vet said to keep everyone (my vaccinated cat and stray mom and her litter) together. I was so scared, but the folks on this list helped me to realize that this disease may not be as contagious as some think - and my vet concurred. I was lucky - it was a false positive. But because of the wonderful folks on this list I will take in another homeless cat and kittens and not worry at all because all of mine (I kept mom and one of the babies) are vaccinated. Then I will follow my vet's advice and test mom first, then work from there.
Thanks to everyone on this list - maybe someday all kitties will have homes regardless of their FeLV status because of your bravery and persistence. Sally --- On Tue, 3/24/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] My cat > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Molly Mitchell" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 9:32 PM > i am a little late with this, but as long as the others are > vaccinated, don't seperate them. i went thru the same > thing and everyone was miserable. since then i have them > wherever they want to be and everyone is doing well. each > one picks out his/her favorite place to sleep and whenever i > sit still very long, they all take turns on my lap. dorlis > ---- Molly Mitchell > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. > > > > Yesterday, one of my four cats was diagnosed through > the ELIZA test > > with FeLV, and I am just devastated. He's always > > been healthy; he's 3 y.o. and I'd had him > since he was a > > kitten, until last year when he escaped while we were > moving. > > He was on the streets for almost four months, then > FOUND, > > and I've had him back since early December. My > other three > > cats (two gotten after the original two disappeared, > and one who was > > found with him and looks like his original > "sister" but > > subsequently went into heat when she was fixed, so...) > tested > > negative. > > > > Right now I have him in my bedroom, totally separate > facilities, > > and he's miserable. I would really appreciate it > if anyone had > > any information about infection rates in negative cats > living > > with infected ones; if it's not safe, I'm > going to have to find him a > > home with other infected cats, because he's too > social to be > > isolated like that. > > > > Thanks, > > Molly > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
