Hi Merlin,
You have already received lots of good advise. I would not be concerned about
the minimal casual contact Patches had at your friends house. Most agree the
virus only lives for minutes/hours outside the body.
Many of us mix positives and negatives. My negatives are vaccinated for
Hey Merlin --
I saw your question over on feral_cats, but didn't realize you were this
frantic...
You've come to the right place for information and support. I came here for
advice about my own FeLV+ stray, also named Patches, and never left (my
Patches was already too sick when we found him,
You'll get a lot of good suggestion from folks on this board with tons of
experience. I have some limited experience w. my Tucson who tested pos at
age 4 1/2 and with my Big Boy who I fed as a stray for a couple of years
before bringing him in and discovering he was positive. Tucson is fine but
I agree with the others, stop worrying. Guess many of us have been
thru this, I certainly have. I remember putting tape at the bottom of
a door to keep the pos cat from sniffing the neg, lol. But- It's just
not that contagious. I got to the point where I mixed my pos with my
neg, and no
Six years ago I rescued a mommy, 2 teen cats and 3 kittens from outside. The
mom was about two (declawed but not spayed...grr) and the teens were less
than a year old. The foster mom kept the two teenagers. Several years later
she called to tell me one of the two she kept had tested positive for
if you are really worried, have them all tested to put your mind at ease. when
i got my first felv positive (Annie), i tried for a ew days to keep her
seperate, but everyone was miserable. my vet said that as long as the others
were negative and got their vacinnations for felv evrey year, all
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