Transmission of FeLV takes prolonged contact between cats; sharing food, water and litterboxes, and often mutual grooming. It is NOT transmitted other than by physical contact.
Easiest way for me to differentiate between that and FIV transmission; "FeLV is a disease of friends, FIV is a disease of enemies" FelV spreads thru close friendly contact FIV spreads by deep bite wounds (or sexual contact, but all our animals are altered...right?) Margo -----Original Message----- >From: dlg...@windstream.net >Sent: Nov 29, 2017 12:16 PM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Question > >Since the vet is not worried, why should you? I thought about that when I >took Annie in. > >---- Ardy Robertson <ar...@centurytel.net> wrote: >> I always wondered about it when I took Tigger to the vet. I kept him in his >> carrier until we went into the exam room, but the vets never seemed >> concerned about spreading it to the other patients. > >Ardy > >-----Original Message----- >From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of >Theresa O'Rourke >Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2017 6:34 PM >To: felineres...@frontier.com; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Question > >Thank you Lorrie, > >So happy I joined this group. >I’ll keep the cat for a week, spoil him, not mix him with Other cat’s, And >clean well after, The room will be left empty for 7 days after. >However, I won’t do this again, >Because I have other people’s cats in separate room and Won’t go through this >again! ☺️☺️ I’ll even change my clothes when I go in and out, But sure that is >NOT NECESSARY. >IF it was just my cat’s, I have three of my own, I wouldn’t be so neurotic. 😊 > > >Sent from my iPad > >> On Nov 23, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com> wrote: >> >> This is my experience too. I've had FelV cats who lived to be 8 or 9 >> and one of my FelV cats is about 11 and still OK. These cats lived >> with many other negative cats. These were adult cats... I understand >> FelV is most dangerous to kittens whose immune systems are not fully >> developed. >> >> Lorrie >> >>> On 11-22, Amani Oakley wrote: >>> >>> We had a FeLV cat who lived to age 7. No other cat in our house was >>> infected, despite the fact that our vet initially said that the >>> infection would decimate the house. (We had at least 8 other cats.) >>> That was the case event though we never isolated our FeLV little >>> boy (it would have been fairly pointless as he had already been in >>> the house almost a year by then) and even though he played with and >>> groomed several of the other cats in the house. I have since read >>> repeatedly that it really isn???t that infectious, especially with >>> adult cats. It is more of a risk with young kittens. >>> >>> Amani >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org