To Jodie: Re: vaccine schedule and mixing negatives and positives
Hi Jodie, Welcome to the FeLV group! You've found the best source for reliable info. and great support in dealing with FeLV. I unknowingly mixed my positive with three negatives for 2.5 years before I found out my positive was positive. He lived another two years before passing. None of my negatives contracted FeLV from Cricket. All were vaccinated and all are still living 1.5 years after his death. There was no fighting or grooming between Cricket and the others, but they did share food and water bowls, and litter boxes. I don't have any FeLV+ kitties now, but will remain with this group indefinitely because of the compassion and encouragement they showed me when I was dealing with his illness. It's an invaluable that I love paying forward. How old is Jack now? He may throw off the virus-he has a 40% chance. He may also have had a false positive test, and not be positive after all. We do see that. My advice, in complete agreement with your holistic vet, is to vaccinate your others, and re-test Jack with an IFA test (as opposed to the in-house Elisa) in 3-6 months. When you vaccinate your others, make sure they do it in a rear leg, as vaccination-site sarcomas are always a risk, and the neck is a much more difficult place to treat a sarcoma than the leg. Understand that the vaccination success rate is listed as about 75% (someone correct me here if I'm wrong), but if Jack doesn't do any biting, in my opinion, it wouldn't matter if your others were vaccinated or not. The chances of contracting it without a bite (or via birth) is very low, from what I've learned and seen here. The info. you've read out on the web, in our opinion, is more of a cover-your-_ss, overly cautious type of info. from veterinary universities and veterinarians and others quoting those sources. They are the same sources that say to pts when a cat tests positive, which none of us agree with. Please keep us posted on Jack, and if you have any questions at all, please ask. We're here to help. With all your furbabies, it looks like you've probably got lots of info. yourself on various kitty topics that you can share should the need arise. :) Have a great day Jodie! :) Wendy Dallas, Tx --- Jodie Marsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I rescued Jack about 3 months ago and he is FeLV+ ) I took him from an abusive home with the intention of finding him a wonderful home). I have 6 other cats, Mr.Furley (5yrs), Lucky (1 1/2 yrs), Ralphie, Janet, and Cleo (each 1 yr), and Furby (10 months). Everyone else has been tested for FeLV and is negative. I am unable to continue keeping Jack separated from the others and I have not been able to find him an appropriate home. I went to the holistic veterinarian who recommended vaccinating all - cats against FeLV and allowing them to mix. She said that FeLV is most often transmitted through bites etc. I have read so much info about FeLV being transmitted through saliva (all of my cats are VERY friendly and all groom eachother) and that 2 shots are given then an annual booster is recommended. I guess my questions are as follows: What are your experiences with mixing negatives and positives? Have any of your vaccinated cats contracted the disease? How long after vaccinating do I need to wait before introducing them? (Vet said 48 hours). Any info would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank you very much - Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has! ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: vaccine schedule and mixing negatives and positives
I had my FELV+ live with my UNvaccinated negatives for 18 months, all groomed each other constantly. I had NO transmission. I think it is spread by saliva to BLOOD contact, or blood to blood contact, predominately. If it were spread by saliva to saliva, my other cats would have caught it. Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources
Re: vaccine schedule and mixing negatives and positives
My understanding is that about 70% of adult cats are immune to FELV so it is quite possible to mix UNvaccinated adult cats with a positive and have no problems. It is also possible, if you have one of the remaining 30%, for it to be transmitted even by saliva. Gary - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:43 PM Subject: Re: vaccine schedule and mixing negatives and positives I had my FELV+ live with my UNvaccinated negatives for 18 months, all groomed each other constantly. I had NO transmission. I think it is spread by saliva to BLOOD contact, or blood to blood contact, predominately. If it were spread by saliva to saliva, my other cats would have caught it. Phaewryn
RE: vaccine schedule and mixing negatives and positives
Lots of folks will respond but as one who mixes, I never even think about it. My oldest positive was not diagnosed until she was 4 or so and by that point all the others (3) had been around her all that time-they all were neg. They had not been vaccinated for FELV but now I vacc yearly. I then took in a second pos-an older stray I had been feeding but did not know he was pos. Tucson is 9 and we think Romeo is around the same age. They eat together, share litter boxes, toys, sleep together; groom each other; and I never really worry about it. Christiane Biagi 914-632-4672 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Katrina Animal Reunion Team (KART) www.findkpets.org Join Us Help Reunite Katrina-displaced Families with their Animals -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jodie Marsten Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: vaccine schedule and mixing negatives and positives Hi! I rescued Jack about 3 months ago and he is FeLV+ ) I took him from an abusive home with the intention of finding him a wonderful home). I have 6 other cats, Mr.Furley (5yrs), Lucky (1 1/2 yrs), Ralphie, Janet, and Cleo (each 1 yr), and Furby (10 months). Everyone else has been tested for FeLV and is negative. I am unable to continue keeping Jack separated from the others and I have not been able to find him an appropriate home. I went to the holistic veterinarian who recommended vaccinating all - cats against FeLV and allowing them to mix. She said that FeLV is most often transmitted through bites etc. I have read so much info about FeLV being transmitted through saliva (all of my cats are VERY friendly and all groom eachother) and that 2 shots are given then an annual booster is recommended. I guess my questions are as follows: What are your experiences with mixing negatives and positives? Have any of your vaccinated cats contracted the disease? How long after vaccinating do I need to wait before introducing them? (Vet said 48 hours). Any info would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank you very much _ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40705/*http:/mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=c a All-new Yahoo! Mail
Re: vaccine schedule and mixing negatives and positives
In a message dated 4/14/2007 8:28:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What are your experiences with mixing negatives and positives? I mix both positive and negative together my personal kitties. Never thought about it really. When one was diagnosed I had younger and senior kitties living with him. They were tested and it came back negative. After he passed still never had anyone come up negative. It was one great big family. It was not an option to separate them. Now, on my rescues I do not mix them with my personal kitties there is no contact. So if something was to happen I don't have it in the back of my mind if a rescue kitty came up positive from a adopter. Have any of your vaccinated cats contracted the disease? No, had them tested prior before giving the negatives their vaccines. How long after vaccinating do I need to wait before introducing them? (Vet said 48 hours). I never waited especially when they had been exposed anyway. These are just my opinions. Let your heart speak of whether this is what you want to do. I don't have any regrets of mixing any of my fur-kids. Terrie Mohr-Forker TAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTS SIAMESE COLLIE RESCUE Donations accepted at: _https://www.paypal.com/_ (https://www.paypal.com/) _http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/_ (http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/) _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescue_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescue) _http://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.html_ (http://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.html) _http://www.felineleukemia.org/_ (http://www.felineleukemia.org/) _http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.html_ (http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.html) _http://www.petloss.com/_ (http://www.petloss.com/) ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
