Lorrie, I am certainly no expert here, however, having dealt with only one
FelV cat and losing him after a short time, I personally would not
vacccinate a positive cat. I still think the stress I put our boy through
contributed to his quick demise.
Recently I had our negative rescue cat vaccinated for FelV, rabies etc and
she was very ill for several days. As she is a house cat who is allowed
supervised back yard outings, I worried about the odd chance of a diseased
cat coming in and infecting her. I won't do it again however. Our newest
rescued cat, a feral I'm convinced, adopted from the HS is still afraid of
me and I could never hold her long enough to get her into the carrier to get
her to the vet to be boostered. Since she has no interest in the outdoors
whatsoever now, I doubt I'll even bother.
Lynne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorrie" <felineres...@kvinet.com>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FelV Vaccines
Oh wow, we're talking big bux here, as I have 14 permanent
cats at home :-( I just wondered if anyone knew if the vaccine
would hurt my cats if they were positive, but asymptomatic. I'll
ask my vet tomorrow, but I value the opinions of the people in
this group as much as any vet's opinion. And besides the vet
stands to make a lot more money by testing each cat, so might
insist or the tests.
Lorrie
On 03-30, Sharyl wrote:
Lorrie, JMO but if they have never been vaccinated I'd have them
tested before getting the vaccine. Sharyl
--- On Mon, 3/30/09, Lorrie <felineres...@kvinet.com> wrote:
> From: Lorrie <felineres...@kvinet.com>
> Subject: [Felvtalk] Vaccines
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Cc: feral_c...@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 1:21 PM
>
> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
>
> I have several cats who are 5+ years old, and all tested FelV
> negative years ago when I adopted them.? However they are inside
> - outside cats, and are also exposed to rescued cats I bring home
> to be adopted out. These cats also tested neg.? but there is
> always that window area where FelV may not show up yet or the
> test may be inaccurate........
>
> I want to have my home cats vaccinated for FelV just in case.
> Please give me some info. on this...... Do I need to retest them
> all first, or is it safe to give them the vaccine without testing
> them. They all appear to be in excellent health, but if they
> should be pos. would the vaccine hurt them??
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Lorrie
>
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