Re: [Felvtalk] Introduction

2013-05-22 Thread dlgegg
If your other cats are vaccinated for FELV, why not let him in with them? Annie is now 8 and doing fine. Her only problem is she was an only cat in her previous home and does not like to share with other cats. (Nitnoy died after 1-1/2 years but she had been feral and lost her tail to a

Re: [Felvtalk] Introduction

2013-05-22 Thread dlgegg
I have a question re vaccinations I have 2 15 year olds, one never goes out, she is terrified of outside and the other goes down on the ground to potty and then back to the deck for a snooze in the sun. Another 8 year old goes out very little and another tht stays on the deck. Do they need

Re: [Felvtalk] Introduction

2013-05-22 Thread Beth
I only maintained FVRCP vaccines when I fosterd kittens non- FeLV cats for the rescue I work with. They typically came from animal control facilites, so there was much more risk. Unless your cats are exposed to other cats, I really don't  see a reason for the FVRCP vaccine. And I definitely

Re: [Felvtalk] Introduction

2013-05-22 Thread Beth
I agree. Once your other cats are fully vaccinated, there is no reason to separate. I have mixed my healthy (even FIV+) cats with my FeLV cats for years with no problems. You might want to search the archives on mixing for more info on this, but many of us mix our positives negative, fully

[Felvtalk] Vaccines

2013-05-22 Thread Margo
. Good morning, Do the ones who go outside have possible contact with other cats? If they were vaccinated against panleukopenia after 20 weeks of age, and had at least one booster after a year, I would probably forego future vaccines, except for the one manated by law in most places (rabies).

Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccines

2013-05-22 Thread Beth
No vaccine is 100% I've been mixing mine for over 10 years have had no negative, vaccinated cats catch the virus. Even my 2 vaccinated FIV cats never caught it. And I have had the negatives retested several times. I've had as many as 5 positives 5 negatives at one time. No transmission. I'd

[Felvtalk] FeLV vaccines, Conventional killed) FeLV vs rFelv (recombinant)

2013-05-22 Thread Margo
This is a repost, maybe it will help? From: Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.net Sent: Apr 24, 2013 2:51 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org, felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: toomanykitti...@earthlink.net toomanykitti...@earthlink.net Subject: FeLV vaccines, Conventional killed) FeLV vs rFelv

Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccines

2013-05-22 Thread dlgegg
The only ones who might have contact would be the2 year olds, but a cat would have to wander in from town and that is 2 miles away. They are more likely to have contact with mice, moles, rabbits, groundhog, snakes, maybe a skunk, but have not seen or smelled one of those for several years now.