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> On Nov 30, 2017, at 7:29 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Re: spay/neuter, First I give them 2 weeks for an owner to show up and then > it is off to the vet for an exam and spay/neuter. I do not want to be a > contributor to unwanted kittens/puppies plus they will live longer healthier > lives. > > ---- Margo <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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: [email protected] >> Sent: Nov 29, 2017 12:16 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Question >> >> Since the vet is not worried, why should you? I thought about that when I >> took Annie in. >> >> ---- Ardy Robertson <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Theresa O'Rourke >> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2017 6:34 PM >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> [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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
