RE: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-30 Thread catatonya
embers---you mean *not* expose, right. Kerry -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonyaSent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:17 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: Postive and Negative Cats? Allie,   I truly think you are

RE: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-28 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
unday, November 27, 2005 9:17 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: Postive and Negative Cats? Allie,   I truly think you are safe to mix them.  I always have, but I have vaccinated the negatives at least twice before doing so.  However, sometimes with strays I haven't had that luxur

Re: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-28 Thread BONNIE J KALMBACH
d negative. Bonnie - Original Message - From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:10 pm Subject: Re: Postive and Negative Cats? To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > What seems to be the case is that a good many healthy adult > non-vaccinated cats will ei

Re: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-27 Thread catatonya
Allie,   I truly think you are safe to mix them.  I always have, but I have vaccinated the negatives at least twice before doing so.  However, sometimes with strays I haven't had that luxury.  They were given one vaccination and mixed with the household.  So far I haven't had any negatives contra

Re: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-27 Thread Nina
cine is only said to be 85 per cent effective. just my two cents, Bonnie www.elephants.com - Original Message - From: Chris Date: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:39 pm Subject: RE: Postive and Negative Cats? To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >

Re: RE: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-27 Thread catatonya
irus.I certainly wouldn't mix positives and negatives as the vaccine is onlysaid to be 85 per cent effective.just my two cents,Bonniewww.elephants.com- Original Message -From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:39 pmSubject: RE: Postive and Negative

Re: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-26 Thread Allie Deaver
Thanks everyone. Leo tested negative today and was vaccinated. Right now, he and Lola are separate, just because she's resting and he's trying to play with her and that's causing some problems. Being as how she might not have much time left and he's a 4 year old, very strong cat, I think I'll let t

Re: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-26 Thread Nina
Hi Allie, Nice to meet you and welcome.  I haven't read your other emails to the group, but I thought I'd weigh in here with mo. I mixed.  None of my negatives, (all adults, all vaccinated), turned up positive in the two years that my pos babies lived.  I never worried about separate feeding di

Re: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-26 Thread wendy
Hi Allie, I took a poll here not too long ago regarding mixing positives and negatives (I haven't posted the results to as I was waiting for anyone who hadn't had a chance to send in their experiences yet to do so). I will probably post the results next week. But overwhelmingly, there is no real

Re: RE: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-26 Thread BONNIE J KALMBACH
t mix positives and negatives as the vaccine is only said to be 85 per cent effective. just my two cents, Bonnie www.elephants.com - Original Message - From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:39 pm Subject: RE: Postive and Negative Cats? To: felvtalk@felinel

Re: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-25 Thread felv
In my experience, the virus did not spread at all. No segregation, and they shared litterboxes, bowls, and water fountains, and mutual groomed each other. Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.htmlAdopt a cat from UCAT rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html  Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://uc

RE: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-25 Thread Chris
Title: Message Four of my cats lived together for several years before I found out my Tucson was pos.  They had not been felv vaccinated and two had come in as kittens.  None of the other three tested pos and I vaccinate them every year.  I did not even consider separating as they had all li