Paola, I mix my positive with my negatives in my home. I have had a total of 8 positives inside with my negatives over the last 3 yrs. All except 1 have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. My negatives are kept current on their FeLV vaccine. Each cat there own food plate but they don't always eat from their own plate. All my negative cats were adults when I started mixing. It is my understanding that kittens are more susceptible than adult cats.
It is an individual decision each of us makes. I choose to mix and make the time my positives had as enjoyable for them as possible. Sharyl --- On Tue, 7/13/10, paola cresti <[email protected]> wrote: > From: paola cresti <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 12:17 AM > 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 > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
