Iva, I don't know what to say about quarantining Becca. My positives were
dumpster kittens when I rescued them and were kept separate from the rest until
they were tamed. By that time my house kitties had received the FeLV vaccine
and booster.
To reduce stress on Becca you could alternate
You'll find opinions all over the place on the net. Some vets are very
cautious but then they've probably never had FELV cats - just read the
textbooks and seen the sick cats in their practices.
However, quite a few people on this list do mix, with no problems.
I've done that in the past,
Hi Iva,
I just wanted to tell you how much I can relate to your dilemma. Last year,
I brought Tommy home and successfully introduced him to his new brother and
sister, only to find out that he was FeLV+. I was given the same two
options - separate or euthanize. I can only tell you what I did.
My holistic vet prescribed various meds to reduce stress including
Rescue Remedy and Feliway. Perhaps yours has some ideas along those
lines?
On Aug 4, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Lisa Borden wrote:
Hi Iva,
I just wanted to tell you how much I can relate to your dilemma.
Last year, I brought
If you want to be ultra careful, I would wait until 24 hours after the other
kitties have had their booster.
I realize you have already co-mingled so it may not matter
L
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Thanks, that's actually one of the things I am doing for all of them! I see
to it that none of my kitties are stressed. :)
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in terms of reducing stress while separating them, you can put up a
screen door--unless becca is sneezing vociferously there's no chance
of virus transmission (bodily fluids and all), but the kitties can all
see one another, sniff one another, play pawsies under the door if you
leave an inch, and
Most studies deal only with domestic or trapped ferals who already have been
tested for FELV. I've always felt that any real study should include
sampling ALL cats, domestic and ferals and specifically exclude any cats
already testing post. My suspicion is that this virus is a lot more
prevalent
I'm with Brenda. My Patches wasn't a typical scenario. He was a stray who
found us in the middle of the night -- I happened to wake up and hear him
demanding attention outside the window. We enticed him in and isolated him
in the back hall, giving him food and water. We have a screen door in the
Excellent point. Just applying this to a smaller scale -- any feral colony
is extremely lucky if it doesn't have at least one FeLV+ cat in it, yet
feral colonies continue to exist and grow. If FeLV were as contagious and
invariably-fatal as the stats would have us believe, the feral cat
population
the stats WOULDN'T have us believe it's that bad, that's the
point--70% of adult cats will either NOT become infected or will not
stay infected. most feral groups don't even bother testing any more,
because the rest of the colony has already been exposed and killing
asymptomatic cats isn't going
Good news! Our newest kitten, arescue who only has about 20% sight, is FeLV
NEGATIVE! We dearly love our two positive kitties but are so glad Charcoal
doesn't have that to deal with in addition to blindness. Thanks to all for the
kind words!
Jody and Coal
Help blind cats see a future!
Hello Everyone,
Snowball is FeLV+. He is a three year old male with the most beautiful skye
blue eyes I have ever seen. Unfortunately, keeping him is not possible because
not only am I allergic to cats but my mother and brothers all suffer from
asthma. Otherwise, I would not be in the
So I've been posting about my cat Wolfie who has been losing weight since about
mid 2006, from 15.4 lbs down to 10.8 lbs today. His last visit was on July 2nd
and he had a HCT of 29. He also tested positive for Mycoplasma haemominutum
previously called Haemobartonella felis small form. He's
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