Re: [Felvtalk] FELV contagious

2014-08-13 Thread dlgegg
THAT IS THE ONLY VACCINE I GET NOW AND I MAY STOP IT SINCE MY PRIDE DOES NOT GET INTO BITING FIGHTS, JUST SNARLING AND HISSING AND SWATTING. Katherine K. kaths...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Maya, I have 2 cats who have lived together for a long time. I found out one was positive. The other

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV contagious

2014-08-12 Thread Maya D'Alessio
Thanks everyone, Susan, good points on contacting local rescues. My partner doesn't seem to want to take another positive cat in (too much heartbreak maybe?), which I do understand. Your little one might test negative in six months, so don't lose hope! On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Susan

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV contagious

2014-08-12 Thread dlgegg
I have mixed FELV positive cats with negatives for at least 8 years and no problems. My vet said that as long as the negatives were vaccinated, all would be okay. In the last 2 years, no one has received any vaccinations and no problems. Could be that as Lance said, the adults have developed

[Felvtalk] FELV contagious

2014-08-11 Thread Maya D'Alessio
So, my one cat Merlot is clearly lonely. He is used to being second in command to our cat Yang who passed away. I work with a cat rescue, and the cats there all live communally until they are adopted (with a quarantine area for cats on meds/who are really sick). She thinks that there isn't much

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV contagious

2014-08-11 Thread Katherine K.
Hi Maya, I have 2 cats who have lived together for a long time. I found out one was positive. The other tested negative, so I had her vaccinated against FeLV. But, they had already been in very close contact for a long time. If you do decide to bring in a negative cat, definitely make sure he/she

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV contagious

2014-08-11 Thread Lance
There are many anecdotes on the FeLV lists of negatives accidentally mixing with positives and never getting sick or testing positive. I saw this happen with several of our own cats. There are posts from guardians who mixed healthy, vaccinated negatives with positives, and the negatives stayed

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV contagious

2014-08-11 Thread Susan Grimes
Hi Maya, My Sophia was just diagnosed with FeLV last week.  I have 7 other cats who have been living with Sophia since I saved her hours from being eu'd.  She was 8 weeks old when I got her and now she is 16+ weeks old.  My cats age from one to nine years old.  My one year old Jacob has loved,