I am not talking about discarding anything! I was talking about disinfecting everything properly before using it for other cats! Yes, the virus needs a host but it does survive outside the body for a couple of hours, not even mentioning the secondary bacterial, viral and fungal infections a Felv cats can suffer from! Why would you not be extra cautious for your other, or somebody elses cats!
2010/11/8 Beth <[email protected]> > It's true that healthy cats can get it, but since it needs a host to > survive & does not last outside the body, there is no need to start throwing > things out. Fears like this are what make people so scared of FeLV cats & > why vets routinely euthanize them. I would never discard something just > because an FeLV cat used it. > Beth > Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> > > --- On Mon, 11/8/10, Peggy Verdonck <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Peggy Verdonck <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What to do after they die? > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 9:01 AM > > That's not true. Cats can contract it even when their immuun system is > strong. They just don't get sick from right away. So healthy cats can also > get it. I would be very carefull with the things your cat used! > > 2010/11/7 Gloria Lane <[email protected]> > > > Im so aorry for your loss. My vet said the virus lasts only a short > while > > outside the body, a minute or so. Healthy adult cats have good immunity > to > > it anyhow. I have lost several felv cats, and never do any > extraordinary > > cleaning or waiting when they pass away. In my opinion don't worry about > > it. > > > > Gloria > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Nov 7, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Laura Svoboda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I tried sending a post several days ago, but my membership had not gone > > through > > > yet so my post was rejected. I was asking for suggestions on how to > get > > my FLV > > > cat, Chloe, to eat. Very sadly, she passed away early yesterday > morning. > > I > > > wish I had found this group earlier, but from the time she started > > feeling > > > droopy to the time she passed away was just three weeks - way too fast. > > Anyway, > > > can anyone tell me what I need to do, if anything, to her cat tree, cat > > tunnel, > > > litter box, toys, etc. before I pass them on to another home? I have > > read that > > > the virus does not live long outside of the body, but have also read > that > > a > > > person should wait 30 days before introducing another cat in the home - > > leaving > > > me to believe that perhaps her things may still have enough of the > virus > > on them > > > to get other cats sick. That is the last thing I'd want. Does anyone > > have any > > > suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > I _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
