oh, i'm sorry--but thank you for loving maybelline so much, because that's what is most important. as everyone else has said, there is no danger to your cats in the room--the virus is considered very fragile, and does not remain active outside FLUIDS/the cat's body long at all. while there is recent research that says that active virus has been found in dried secretions much longer than the minutes/hours originally believed, it has no real meaning, because a dried secretion with an unknown amount of virus isn't something that's going to get into another cat's bodily fluids. ie, it's interesting science, but with no real applicability.
incidentally, if your cats are all vaccinated, there's even less to worry about, as in virtually nil, even with another FeLV+--if your cats are truly negative (testing negative again, preferably with the IFA, 60-120 days after the first test), and vaccinated, they will fit into that lovely category where there is NO research showing that vaccinated, true negatives living with true positives (tested as above, twice, far enough apart; or symptomatic). i think that most of us here started out with exactly the same fears that you have, but have learned over the years that our companions in this journey of love and loss know a lot more about the science than a lot of the experts do. MC -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (www.purebredcats.org) Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
