a question, I saw posts from 2 people having FeLV+ cats in the house with non affected cats. How do you gys manage that? I just rescued a stray that turned out to be incredibly sweet and FeLV+ but I have 6 others that are indoor/outdoor so they are all vaccinated for FeLV but since it's not 100% I am keeping rescue kitty in the garage and hoping to find someone with a closed household willing to take him as a sole cat or an additional cat to a household with another FeLV+ cat. Having no luck so far (found a possible person with 2 infected cats in NY but I'm in Los Angeles)
I'm looking into what I must do if I keep him and for this I also joined this listserv. Do you have them mingle? I figure food dishes should definitely be kept separate. My cats are indoor/outdoor and I caught a feral last year who was also FeLV+ so I'm thinking it's been going around and if they were likely to catch it they might have already done so? I know it's not an exact science but this cat's desperate about being left alone in a room, I sit with him for a while but when I leave he cries for a really long time. Sorry for the long post. thanks Paola ________________________________ From: Beth <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 4:48:52 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING We are a huge shelter with cats mingling in rooms. I guess if you could hold each cat for 6 months & retest before introducing them to other cats you may be safe, but I don't see how any shelter could take that chance. While we require our adopted cats to be indoor only, someone could rescue a cat from outside & introduce it without testing. Most people don't know enough about FeLV to understand what risks they can put their cats through. I vaccinate mine because I have FeLV cats in the house. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Laurieskatz <[email protected]> wrote: From: Laurieskatz <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 3:51 PM I am curious about vaccinating them. I usually leave that up to the adopter...my vet recommends agst the vaccine unless the cat is going to go outside. I have not vaccinated my last cat and won't vaccinate the one I am bringing home today. My others were vaccinated several times before I discontinued FeLV vaccinations. I test twice before introducing them and that makes me comfortable with introducing them. (Mine are all negative - things might be different if I had a FeLV positive living here). "Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heather Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 2:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING Really...I got blasted for it by some very fair & trusted people! Be interested in hearing what happens with this, first and foremost, hope the cats recover well. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Laurieskatz <[email protected]> wrote: > >From a vet to whom I sent the warning: > "Fort Dodge is notorious for questionable vaccine products. I will not use > them - too many problems with them over the years". > > L > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Natalie > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 9:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING > > I'm so glad that all are OK! I don't trust any vaccines - besides, all > vaccines do not guarantee anything; they are only 80% effective according > to > my vet. > I assume that these were healthy cats that were vaccinated....why are they > being vaccinated? Will they be living with FeLV+ cats, outside in a colony > or adopted and allowed outside? Cats were tested, were negative, then > retested and were positive - was that after vaccines? I think I'm missing > something here. Sorry - Natalie > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 9:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING > > I work with Furkids. My best friend & her family stayed there until 1am > giving fluids & taking temps. Luckily we didn't lose any of the kitties. > What's worse the cats were testing positive for FeLV when they were > retested. > > Beth > Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> > > --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Natalie <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 9:24 AM > > PLEASE CROSS POST > > Forwarded Message: > > Received this warning from Furkids Rescue: > > > > Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 3:43 PM > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > Furkids had an experience this week with Fort Dodge Leukemia vaccines that > we want to share with you in hopes that no one else has this happen to > their > animals. > > On July 7, we vaccinated 20 cats with Fort Dodge's Fel-O-Vax-Lv-K vaccine > (167346B, exp. 2/20/11). > > ALL 20 cats spiked high temperatures within a few hours of receiving the > vaccine. We recorded temps over 105. We had to send six cats to emergency > (one with seizures). We administered fluids and metacam and benadryl. > Thankfully, the cats seem to be rebounding today. In our eight years, we > have never seen anything like this. > > Fort Dodge has offered no explanation. We will no longer be using the Fort > Dodge products and wanted to pass along our experience with their vaccine > in > case any of you have the same lot. If you do, you should contact your rep > and return them immediately. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
