I recently adopted 2 cats from a shelter. The shelter deglected to test 1 of the cats for FeLV/ S when I took them to the vet and had them tested myself, 1 was +, 1 -. It was a crushing blow for me. After speaking with animal control for over a week, they were able to find my FeLV + kittie a home, some gracious soul that has several of these cats. It hurt me immensly to give her up(we only had her a week) but I knew I could not afford the care or emotional stress of watching my cat die. So now she is with a new home and I have the one cat. He tested neg 2 times but I am still concerned that in the future he may turn up pos. For the week we had them, they were sharing everything together.
You said you have cats that are mixed +and -. Is there a reason ther still -? Do you keep them seperated or anything like that? I just praying my healthy kittie doesn't get this. I'm not quite sure what his chances are, neither is the vet. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/24/04 12:39AM >>> There is no reason to kill a healthy cat. At this point, you don't even know if the kitty has the virus, or has just been exposed to it. As to whether or not your other cat has been exposed; if she goes outside then there's always a risk of exposure...from any disease...from any cat that wanders thru your yard. I assume your kitty has full vaccines? FeLV is NOT easily transmitted, but the decision to mix or not is a personal one. I have 6 that were mixed before I knew one was FeLV+. They had lived together, drank from the same bowls, ate from the same dishes, slept in the same beds, groomed each other, etc. for about 4 years before we found one to be positive. Because of the situation we know that she has been positive all along. However, the other cats are still negative. If you feel you can't keep her, then find a good home for her. Post where you live and perhaps someone knows of a rescue or shelter in your area that takes FeLV+ kitties. Jo In a message dated 04/23/2004 11:51:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, a stray cat that I have become fond of has just tested positive for > FeLV. My vet wishes to have her put down. I also have a healthy non-FeLV cat > that has had very minimal exposure to the cat, but I am terribly worried. > Devastated is more accurate. The + cat is about a year old and not > symptomatic. I hate to put a very sweet and nonsymptomatic cat down, but it > would be very difficult for me to care for this cat responsibly and protect > my much loved and not + cat at the same time. Plus I am overwhelmed with > guilt for having put my normal cat at some, albeit limited, risk. (They have > had a few casual encounters in the back yard, but they don't live, eat, and > sleep together. It is possible that my healthy cat may have had some water > from the stray cat's dish in spite of my efforts at keeping everything > separated.) Advice anyone? >
