Hey Kerry-
No, it's my understanding that you don't give the new guy an FELV inoculation - because he's already tested positive, so it would just challenge his immune system more and wouldn't do any good.
Some folks do inoculate the FELV negative cats, and mix them with the positives. That's not the route I took, but some people prefer that option.
I stopped most of my vaccinations for my indoor cats too...
Gloria
At 09:41 AM 8/16/2004, you wrote:
What about giving the new kitty an FeLV inoculation first? I must say I'm relieved every time I hear what you say, Gloria---altho I haven't relaxed my vigilance too much, and my FeLV neg cats are still kept separate from my FeLV pos, at least I don't drive myself crazy with fear any more that the virus will somehow still spread to the neg cats. (I stopped their FeLV inoculation a few years ago, when they became indoor cats, and I don't really want to have to start giving it to them again) So thanks for the info! Kerry
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria B. Lane Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 9:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: should i adopt
I go with the housecall vet - mix the cats. I think the regular vet is giving the "party line", but in reality, the virus is not that easily transmitted to adult cats with healthy immune systems. As I understand, the virus dies outside the body. You might be more watchful if you had baby kittens or older sick cats.
Several of us on this list have mixed their cats, so maybe someone else has other feedback on it based on their experience. But it worked out fine for me.
Good luck!
Gloria
>My friends say a little black cat had been hanging around their >neighbourhood for the last two weeks that doesn't seem to have a home. We >were there for dinner last night and talked to some other neighbours who >were feeding it. He's an unneutered male I'd say 7-8 months old, very >friendly. > >My first impulse would be to get him neutered and make him part of our >family. Just this year though one of our four cats tested positive for FELV >(Elisa + IFA) although he tested negative a year prior. The other three are >negative and have been vaccinated. The FELV+ is very healthy. I don't know >what to do. We love to rescue animals but don't want to make a newcomer >sick. > >Our usual vet says don't mix negative and positive but our housecall vet >says she doesn't think it's easily transmitted. I've read tons but what I'm >wondering is if any of you has mixed negative and positive and if so, have >the negatives become positives. > >Thanks.
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