[Felvtalk] Introducing healthy cats into former FELV+ cat household

2009-06-13 Thread doggonefit
Hello everyone, After many years of rescuing positives, we have been a catless home for a few months and have made a difficult decision to adopt a healthy cat. Can anyone help with decisions on what should stay and what shouldn't? For example, scratching posts, cat carriers. I know there are

Re: [Felvtalk] Introducing healthy cats into former FELV+ cat household

2009-06-13 Thread Laurieskatz
I adopted 3 FeLV- cats 3 1/2 months after Squeaky, FeLV+ died. I don't recall now if I changed water and food bowls. The virus does not live long outside the body. I didn't have carriers or scratching posts with my FeLV+ cats. I was not a very smart guardian when I had them. I always

Re: [Felvtalk] Introducing healthy cats into former FELV+ cat household

2009-06-13 Thread Gloria B. Lane
The virus doesn't live long outside the body, so I never worry about whether the virus will be in at carriers, scratching posts, etc. Best of luck to you , Gloria On Jun 13, 2009, at 9:06 PM, doggone...@doggonefit.com wrote: Hello everyone, After many years of rescuing positives, we have