Edna, 1st thanks for fostering this little guy. It is amazing how mixed folks can get. The FeLV virus only lives for minutes to hours outside of the body. A normal cleaning is all you need to do. Sharyl
--- On Fri, 9/24/10, Edna Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Edna Taylor <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Feluk positive kitty > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 2:06 PM > > We just rescued a Feluk + kitty and are fostering him for > two weeks until he is past his 14 day quarantine and goes to > another foster home. My question is this, we have 28 > cats (yep, that's a LOT of cats) and we will keep him in the > study during this time. However, I have had several > people say "oh you need to throw everything away and bleach > everything down when he is gone or you will transmit it to > your cats" and it is my understanding that the virus is > fragile when outside it's living host and therefore, I would > thinlk that a good cleaning and some time (i.e. a week or > two) would be sufficient before letting our cats back into > the study. Thoughts? We have wood floors but > there is a rug, chair and cat condos in there (which can be > removed, of course). > > Thanks, > Edna > (713) 882-2011 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
