Hi Gloria,
I spent time talk with vets about that after I had lost several of the boys at my office and had one Felv+ cat still there and was thinking about taking FIV+ cats there. Everyone I spoke to said that when vaccinated (have to have 3 vaccinations 2 weeks apart) the FIV+ cats are protected from the Felv+ cats in the same way any other adult vcat would be. Kittens are still a bit more vulnerable than adult cats.
Karen
Hey - I agree - but I do have a question about mixing FELV+ cats with FIV+ cats - are the compromised immune systems putting the FIV cats at risk?
Gloria
I really don't understand the big deal everyone is making about mixing FIV+ cats with negative ones. It's not that easy to transmit the FIV cat to cat. It takes a bite.
We currently have an FIV+ cat who has lived inside with our negative cats for several years. This is our 2nd FIV+ cat. We've never had any issues with the others being infected. In fact, my 17 year old has been around both of our FIV+ males & he's negative & healthy (except for the usual geriatric cat stuff)!
I keep seeing all these cats for adoption that are FIV+ & people not wanting to mix them. I think this is crazy. These cats deserve better.
I've been wanting to get that off my chest for a while. So there...I've said it!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Karen Olio Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FIV+ sites?
Hi Everyone,
A little while ago there was some discussion about mixing FIV+ cats in with FIV- ones and several people posted some great resources/web sites. Unfortuanately, I can't find those posts anywhere:( I have just had a request for info from someone who can't find a home for an FIV+ cat (very gentle) and is afraid to mix it with her own. If anyone could repost thise sites so that I can pass them along, I'd greatly appreciate it. Karen --
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