I'd say don't worry about it. I just don't think it's that contagious. I mix mine.
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Maureen Olvey <molvey...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I foster cats and kittens for my local humane society. Last week a 2 year > old kitty died. She tested positive for FeLV. I got her as a kitten and at > that time she tested negative. I have got quite a few cats that have been > living with me as long as she has been with me. They all share the same food > bowls and litterboxes. None are vaccinated against FeLV since every cat or > kitten that comes into my house has been tested first. It terrified me when > I found out she had been positive, especially since I have a 5 month old > kitten that has been living with me since he was 8 weeks old. Today I had > him and an older kitten that is about 8 months old tested at the vet's > office. The older kitten has been with me since he was about 12 weeks old. > They both came out negative. A couple weeks ago I had an adult that had been > with me almost as long as the FeLV cat was with me and she tested negative as > well. So, I tell you this Jannes to confirm what the others have said > because it shows that not all cats contract FeLV and there is no need to > panic right now. The vet felt that since those kittens and the cat that I > had tested had been exposed to FeLV for so long that if they were going to > get it they would have already gotten it. Especially the cat that had lived > at my house with the FeLV + cat for a year and a half. > > A friend of mine has also had 3 or 4 FeLV positive cats living alongside her > healthy cats for years. She gets her healthy cats vaccinated against FeLV > and they have never contracted the disease from the FeLV cats. I would > vaccinate your healthy cats now and let the FeLV + cat run around the > basement and if she tests negative in a few months or test negative with the > ELISA and IFA test I would let her in the rest of the house with the other > cats. But, that's what I would do, not necessarily what you should do. > Actually, I would trust the vaccine and after your healthy cats get their > vaccination (it takes a series of two shots the first time) then I'd let all > three hang together. But it's your cats and you have to make that decision. > > > > “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain > > > >> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:26:53 -0700 >> From: jgonza...@pacbell.net >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Any advice appreciated. >> >> I realize now that I did not address the concern you posted about. I felt >> the need to educate you about the testing protocol for FELV because I would >> hate to see you cage a cat for 3 months that may not even be infected with >> the virus. You cannot consider a cat persistently viremic until they test >> positive on the IFA test. >> >> If it turns out the cat you rescued is really FELV positive, she is not >> going to transmit the virus to your other cats through some chance >> encounter. It would take prolonged contact with your other cats to infect >> them with the virus. Even if they had prolonged contact, it does not mean >> your other cats would get the virus. Some cats are able to build an immune >> response and fight off the virus. I rescued a cat over the summer that >> tested positive on the combo snap test and the ELISA test but tested >> negative on the IFA. Thirty days later, he tested negative on the snap >> test, the ELISA test and continued to test negative on the IFA test. As a >> precaution, we tested again 30 days later, and he continued to test negative >> on all three tests. His body built an immune defense and fought off the >> virus >> >> --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Jannes Taylor <jannestay...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> From: Jannes Taylor <jannestay...@yahoo.com> >> Subject: [Felvtalk] Any advice appreciated. >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 1:50 PM >> >> >> Hello, >> I rescued a stray two weeks ago. Took her to the vet a week ago and they >> said >> she was FELV positive. She was starving when I found her, but she has gained >> weight and is looking good. Her eyes just glisten and she seems healthy. The >> vet >> said she was about a year old. She only weighed six pounds last week. I did >> not >> have the heart to euthanize her when she is not suffering. However, I have >> three healthy cats upstairs and I live in constant fear that they will >> escape to >> the basement where this cat we now call Amber is staying. I keep her in a >> nice >> cage during most of the time and let her out to get her exercise in the >> basement >> about four hours per day. My husband is building her a 8' long x 4' wide x >> 6' >> tall cage so she will have more room I do hate keeping her caged up, but >> don't >> have a choice. She is very sweet and it is just a sad situation. I tried to >> find >> a home for her but no one seems to want a cat with her issues. We are trying >> to >> be very cautious regarding the other cats, but it is does make me fearful. >> I plan to have her rested in three months. I am so new to this situation, so >> any >> comments or ideas are much appreciated. >> Jannes >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
