Since all your other cats are negative, I would not hesitate to start
a process of integrating into the household. I assume you're asking
since you once had an FELV positive at one time, but as I understand
that virus is very fragile and doesn't survive long outside the body.
Gloria
On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Peggy Verdonck wrote:
About 6 weeks ago, our cat Oreo got sick and tested positive on
Felv. She
went downhill since that point and we had to put her to sleep a week
later.
She was suffering!
We panicked about our 6 other (indoor) cats and had them all tested
the same
day Oreo tested positive. They were all negative, even after living
with
Oreo for almost a year!
To be a 100% sure we will test them again in a while.
The thing is.....we rescued this 10 week old kitten yesterday
evening. Found
him in the bushes besides a dumpster at a gas station, and decided
to take
him home because we didn't think he would survive the freezing cold.
He is now warm and safe in our bathroom, separated from the rest.
My question is.....would it be safe for him and the others, to have
him
tested for Felv/Fiv and if negative, vaccinate for Felv and
integrate into
the group in about 2 weeks.
Again....our other cats are negative but there is still a small
chance that
there might be a positive test result in the 2nd round of testing!
We really would like to keep him and give a good home. But if it
appears to
be a bad idea we will find him a good home with someone else.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Peggy
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