My vet said to keep new negative cats seperate from positives until they had the vaccination for felv and then just to be safe, wait a cuple of weeks to be sure the shot worked. I have done that and my pos and neg cats all have had free run of the house for 2 years now. No one new has tested positive so far. ---- Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any way you could use a full-spectrum light in the basement for > Amber? I have installed fluorescent full-spectrum light for the cats in > our garage cat condos; none have been sick for years! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Keep Cats Indoors > > > Regarding Amber - > > Been doing more reading. By keeping Amber in the basement you're not > putting your cats at risk at all so don't feel guilty about that. One thing > said 60% of cats exposed to FeLV don't get it. 5-10% put it into a latent > stage. Only about 30% get it and die (still too many though). Sometimes it > can take up to a year of prolonged exposure for a healthy adult cat to get > the virus in it's system. I honestly think with Amber in the basement your > cats have no chance of getting it. You have done a wonderful thing by > taking her in. > > Also - do the IFA test too. Or do it in a couple months when you re-test if > the ELISA comes out positive again. Another website I read said the in > office ELISA combo test are wrong about 50% of the time. Wonder how many > cats have been put down because of that. > > > "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: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:04:47 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Keep Cats Indoors > > > > I use to have indoor/outdoor cats, but now they are strickly indoor. There > are > > so many dangers outside such as cars, dogs, and the chance of encountering > a > > another cat with felv, for example. I do feel sorry for them sometimes, > but I > > have to say I would trade places with any one of them to live the life of > luxury > > they experinece indoors. They do "long" to go outside sometimes, but I > open up > > the windows and let them smell the fresh air. I don't feel too guilty > about it. > > LOL > > > > Update on Amber, my felv kitty. I've had her three and a half weeks now > and she > > is looking and feeling so much better! She has gained weight and still has > a > > good appetite. She is so sweet. My husband is building her a "kitty > palace", > > which is eight feet long, four feet wide, and six feet tall. We bought a > cat > > tree to put in it so she can climb and get her exercise. I have been > keeping her > > in a much smaller cage (the only on I have) and letting her roam in the > > basement a few hours a day when I can. I so wish I could bring her > upstairs with > > the other cats, but just don't feel I should take the risk. I am still > > struggling a little bit with putting them at risk at all, but it is what > it is! > > I still plan to have Amber retested in a couple of months. Whatever > happens, I > > am still glad I have been given the opportunity to make a difference in > her > > life. Jannes > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Natalie <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wed, March 23, 2011 8:13:09 AM > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Keep Cats Indoors > > > > As an adopter, my views on this are very strict and well-defined - I am > > responsible for placing cats in the safest possible homes, and I would do > no > > less. I need to be able to sleep at night, knowing that the cats that I > > rescued and invested so much time, energy, and emotion will be safe and > > happy for a long time. > > Yes, I agree, there still are a few safe area left, but not many and none > > are 100% safe, ever. It is true that times used to be safer for cats to be > > outdoors - ours always had been, especially when I was growing up, until > one > > of our kittens was killed by a car....Unfortunately, it takes many people > to > > understand this only after a tragedy occurs. When an adopter tells me > that > > their cat ALWAYS sat on the front porch, and never left....and they intend > > to do the same with a new adopted cat, I say NO! Their old cat may have > > indeed done that, but it doesn't mean that a new cat will do it: It takes > > ONLY ONE TIME - chasing a squirrel or bird across the street, and WHAM! > > Cats can be perfectly happy indoors with tall cat trees by a window, a > > window perch, the right kind of toys to keep them interested and active. > > More and more people construct outdoor enclosures; simple ones to really > > elaborate ones, even just a little window screened porch. I don't believe > > that cats need to hunt; if they are homeless and hungry, yes, but there's > no > > need for a well-fed cat to kill small wildlife, not for food, but for fun > > and the reflex of chasing something (could be a toy). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lorrie > > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:56 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Keep Cats Indoors > > > > This is a hot topic, but I agree humans and loss of habitat > > are the main threat to birds. > > > > As for keeping cats inside. I've had cats all my life and they > > have always been indoor/outdoor cats. All of them have lived to > > 16 to 17 years of age unless they've had some genetic problem like > > heart disease. My cats were all rescues and they lived outside > > before I had them, and they are totally miserable inside. > > > > It's really only the last couple decades that cats have been living > > indoors, but the invention of cat litter and urban sprawl have made > > us think all cats have the perfect life indoors, when in reality, > > cats are happier if they can live outdoors. They are programmed to > > hunt small animals....which is the best nutrition for them. They need > > to climb trees, stalk at night with their night vision, and be free. > > Cats were not made for sitting in a window sill, and a prison is a > > prison no matter how many cat toys and kitty kondos we buy for them. > > > > It's true that some outdoor cats have a shorter life expectancy, but > > this mostly depends on where they live. If they live in a safe area > > with little or no traffic then I feel they should be allowed to be > > outside. There are some cats who will never willingly settle for the > > indoor life. We live in the middle of the woods on a dead end road > > with no traffic and our cats are allowed to go outside. I rarely see > > them catch a bird, but they catch many mice & moles. I feel sad to > > see anything killed, but cats and dogs are predators and this is what > > they were designed to do. > > > > Lorrie > > > > > > > Sorry but that information is outdated or biased. The number one > > > killer of birds is humans due to habitat loss or construction for same. > > > > > > Humans: The Number One Threat to Birds > > > > http://www.alleycat.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=325 > > > > > > > > SomeWhere Sam > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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