Re: Sharing food

[Barbara Lowe]

i do not let mine share food dishes because the little buggers lick their plates and to me, that's "sharing saliva"(tho they do try claiming they're starving!!) ...however nothing i can do about litter boxes sharing in a mixed household. Jelly roll tested negative at 8 wks old then was positive a year later even tho he'd had vacs and was on vit c and other supplements. he came from a litter of 3 and his biggest sister died at 12 weeks and i never had an autopsy done. his other sister, Princess who is negative(knock on wood), does have feline herpes-and red that runs from her eyes and sneezes if I dont' keep her on lysine 2x day 500 mg. barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Cherie A Gabbert To: felvtalk@vlists.net Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:13 AM Subject: Sharing food Hi, I am curious since all of this has happened with Snowball and now Amber, I have read numerous things, it is said that if cats share foods, the uninfected cat can be infected, but I have also read and heard from this group that the FeLV virus pretty much dies as soon as it hits air. When I asked my vet she said prolonged nose to nose contact and a bite from the infected cat, I am confused, can someone give my some correct information. Thank you Cherie