Melinda, mixing is an individual decision. I had negative kitties when I first started rescuing kittens in 2007. 2 of the first 3 were positive. Once the negative was current on the vaccine (original shot and booster 30 days later) I mixed mine with no ill effects. I had a total of 6 positive indoors with my negatives. The positives are all gone now and my negatives are still negative. Other than Stormie all my negatives were adults. Age seems to make a difference. Adult cats seem to have a natural immunity whereas kittens seem to be more susceptible. Stormie was approx. 16 weeks old when I rescued her and the vaccine did protect her. She is now a very healthy 4 yo. Sharyl
--- On Wed, 10/13/10, Melinda Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Melinda Kerr <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Mixing > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 5:14 AM > OK, I know I am going to get some > really strong opinions on this one. What I really want is > positive feedback from people who have mixed positives and > negatives. My Fuji contacted her FeLV from her mom and it > didn't show up on her initial test. We did not know she > was positive until a mediastinal mass developed when she was > almost a year old. She now receives chemo and is doing > really well. Since her first treatment in July, she has > never shown any signs of being sick. > > Today, I "rescued" a stray that I thought for certain would > be positive. However, the initial test was negative. I > have the cats separated and intend to vaccinate as soon as > one of my vets gets the vaccine in. They have been > introduced to each other and seem as though they will get > along quite well. Fuji is not a fighter and I cannot see > her biting him. Neither of my vets seem to think that > mixing them will be a problem. > > I read the old threads and saw that many of you have mixed > with great results. I did not see any stories of mixing > where a vaccinated negative became positive. I'm looking > for stories of success or failure. Please share your > stories! > > Thanks, > Melinda, Fuji and Shadow > _______________________________________________ > 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
