Re: [Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats
Hi Mike, We rescued feral kitten in August and we have two other cats who are older. We keep our two older neg FeLV cats separated from Kitty, our FeLV positive cat. There is a lot of different opinions regarding mixing and not mixing. However based on the age of our other two cats we decided not to mix them. I would reiterate what others have said and recommend reading posts about mixing and talking to your vet as well. Good luck Mike and bless you for saving this cat Sent from my iPad On Mar 5, 2013, at 14:59, michael devitt wrote: > thanks for the info beth i am in the process of getting my cats vaccinated > they are 3,5,6yrs old i have read that the older ones might have built up > immunity from the viruses thanks for responding > > From: Beth > To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" > Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats > > Hi Mike - > > Thanks for taking this guy in. Mixing cats is a pretty frequent question. You > may want to search the archives for "mixing". > 1st I would recommend having your FeLV cat retested in 6 months. Sometimes > there are false positives, & sometimes(though rarely) they can throw the > virus off. You could also get the cat tested on an IFA, which is a blood test > which is sent out to a lab. If determines if the virus is circulating in the > bone marrow. If the IFA is positive, there is no need to retest. Cats with a > positive IFA will not throw the virus off. Your vet should be able to explain > the protocol to you. > > I mix my FeLV & non-FeLV cats freely. They all eat & drink from the same > bowls. I have been doing this for over 10 years, & none of my non-FeLV cats > have ever turned positive. I have even had FIV+ cats living with the FeLV+ > cats, & they have never caught the virus (I do re-test my non FeLV's, so I > know this to be true) > You do need to keep him separate from your other cats until your cats are > fully vaccinated ( 1st vaccine, booster vaccine, & wait at least 10 days > after last vaccine) before mixing. > 2 of my previous vets recommended vaccinating my non-FeLV cats every 6 > months, instead of every year. Currently I just vaccinate yearly. > Right now I have 5 FeLV+ cats, 1 FIV+ cat, & one who is just a normal, > healthy, 13 year old who is not positive for anything. > > Beth > > > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org > > > From: michael devitt > To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" > Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11:17 AM > Subject: [Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats > > hi i am new to felvtalk i was wondering if anybody has experience with felv+ > cats living with other cats i been feeding a stray for about a year i finally > got him to the vet to get neutered and he tested positive i am getting my > other cats tested and vaccinated they tested negative the stray is indoors > now he likes it indoors i dont feed from same bowl they use different litter > boxes they get along do not really socialize with him he is a good cat > really cant be separated from the others thanks for imput mike > > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats
thanks for the info beth i am in the process of getting my cats vaccinated they are 3,5,6yrs old i have read that the older ones might have built up immunity from the viruses thanks for responding From: Beth To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats Hi Mike - Thanks for taking this guy in. Mixing cats is a pretty frequent question. You may want to search the archives for "mixing". 1st I would recommend having your FeLV cat retested in 6 months. Sometimes there are false positives, & sometimes(though rarely) they can throw the virus off. You could also get the cat tested on an IFA, which is a blood test which is sent out to a lab. If determines if the virus is circulating in the bone marrow. If the IFA is positive, there is no need to retest. Cats with a positive IFA will not throw the virus off. Your vet should be able to explain the protocol to you. I mix my FeLV & non-FeLV cats freely. They all eat & drink from the same bowls. I have been doing this for over 10 years, & none of my non-FeLV cats have ever turned positive. I have even had FIV+ cats living with the FeLV+ cats, & they have never caught the virus (I do re-test my non FeLV's, so I know this to be true) You do need to keep him separate from your other cats until your cats are fully vaccinated ( 1st vaccine, booster vaccine, & wait at least 10 days after last vaccine) before mixing. 2 of my previous vets recommended vaccinating my non-FeLV cats every 6 months, instead of every year. Currently I just vaccinate yearly. Right now I have 5 FeLV+ cats, 1 FIV+ cat, & one who is just a normal, healthy, 13 year old who is not positive for anything. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org From: michael devitt To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11:17 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats hi i am new to felvtalk i was wondering if anybody has experience with felv+ cats living with other cats i been feeding a stray for about a year i finally got him to the vet to get neutered and he tested positive i am getting my other cats tested and vaccinated they tested negative the stray is indoors now he likes it indoors i dont feed from same bowl they use different litter boxes they get along do not really socialize with him he is a good cat really cant be separated from the others thanks for imput mike ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats
Hi Mike - Thanks for taking this guy in. Mixing cats is a pretty frequent question. You may want to search the archives for "mixing". 1st I would recommend having your FeLV cat retested in 6 months. Sometimes there are false positives, & sometimes(though rarely) they can throw the virus off. You could also get the cat tested on an IFA, which is a blood test which is sent out to a lab. If determines if the virus is circulating in the bone marrow. If the IFA is positive, there is no need to retest. Cats with a positive IFA will not throw the virus off. Your vet should be able to explain the protocol to you. I mix my FeLV & non-FeLV cats freely. They all eat & drink from the same bowls. I have been doing this for over 10 years, & none of my non-FeLV cats have ever turned positive. I have even had FIV+ cats living with the FeLV+ cats, & they have never caught the virus (I do re-test my non FeLV's, so I know this to be true) You do need to keep him separate from your other cats until your cats are fully vaccinated ( 1st vaccine, booster vaccine, & wait at least 10 days after last vaccine) before mixing. 2 of my previous vets recommended vaccinating my non-FeLV cats every 6 months, instead of every year. Currently I just vaccinate yearly. Right now I have 5 FeLV+ cats, 1 FIV+ cat, & one who is just a normal, healthy, 13 year old who is not positive for anything. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org From: michael devitt To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11:17 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats hi i am new to felvtalk i was wondering if anybody has experience with felv+ cats living with other cats i been feeding a stray for about a year i finally got him to the vet to get neutered and he tested positive i am getting my other cats tested and vaccinated they tested negative the stray is indoors now he likes it indoors i dont feed from same bowl they use different litter boxes they get along do not really socialize with him he is a good cat really cant be separated from the others thanks for imput mike ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] felv+ cat living with 3 negative cats
hi i am new to felvtalk i was wondering if anybody has experience with felv+ cats living with other cats i been feeding a stray for about a year i finally got him to the vet to get neutered and he tested positive i am getting my other cats tested and vaccinated they tested negative the stray is indoors now he likes it indoors i dont feed from same bowl they use different litter boxes they get along do not really socialize with him he is a good cat really cant be separated from the others thanks for imput mike___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
