THAT IS THE ONLY VACCINE I GET NOW AND I MAY STOP IT SINCE MY PRIDE DOES NOT GET INTO BITING FIGHTS, JUST SNARLING AND HISSING AND SWATTING. ---- "Katherine K." <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Maya, > > I have 2 cats who have lived together for a long time. I found out one was > positive. The other tested negative, so I had her vaccinated against FeLV. > But, they had already been in very close contact for a long time. If you do > decide to bring in a negative cat, definitely make sure he/she is > vaccinated against FeLV. It is not a fool proof vaccine but it helps. > > However, perhaps you could find another FeLV+ friend for Merlot. You could > alert volunteers and staff at your local shelters and rescues to contact > you before euthanizing if one of their strays tests positive for FeLV or if > they hear of any positive cats. Or keep an eye on local rescue websites. We > have one in the U.S. called Craigslist where people are always dumping or > rehoming their pets. > > I personally wouldn't want to introduce a healthy cat to my positive cat. > But that's an interesting perspective about saving one from death row, and > certainly something to consider. And I know others on the list have done > it, without many issues. Hopefully you can find a positive friend for > Merlot. I do hate to think of him being lonely! <3 > > Katherine > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Maya D'Alessio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, my one cat Merlot is clearly lonely. He is used to being second in > > command to our cat Yang who passed away. > > > > I work with a cat rescue, and the cats there all live communally until > > they are adopted (with a quarantine area for cats on meds/who are really > > sick). She thinks that there isn't much of a problem with bringing another > > cat in to the house, as long as the other cat is not immune compromised, > > etc. This contrasts with what my vet says - no other cat contact. > > > > I'm not sure who to believe here. Obviously FELV is contagious, and it is > > passed from cat to cat. The chance of that increases with increased > > contact, but the lady made it seem that for the 20 years she's been running > > the place she has only had a handful of FELV+ cats, none of them died from > > it, and she had a 19 year old cat who had lived with all of them test > > negative for FELV recently. I can't imagine being responsible for exposing > > another cat to the virus and getting them sick, but I also feel bad for > > Merlot who is lonely. I was thining maybe I would consider (in six months > > or so), trying to take in a cat who was not going to find another home. > > ie. an older cat, or a cat from a society that they were about to put down. > > > > What do you guys think / what has your vet said to you about this? > > > > -- > > Maya D'Alessio > > PhD student > > B1 377B, x32320 > > Graduate Student Endowment Fund Coordinator > > Biology GSA Vice Chair > > GSA Director At-Large > > University of Waterloo > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > >
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