Re: [Felvtalk] a newbie

2013-04-23 Thread Beth
Chris - I would search the archives on "mixing". A lot of us mix our positive & non-positive, vaccinated cats. I have done it for over 10 years with no transmission of the virus to my healthy cats. I even have had FIV cats mix with the FeLV cats with no problems. And, yes, I do retest my nega

Re: [Felvtalk] a newbie

2013-04-23 Thread Lorrie
Hi Chris, Welcome to the group. I had rats for several years, and I thought they were terrific pets, even tho many people were horrified at the idea of petting a rat :-) I have 15 rescued cats at home and 12 cats in a separate building who were all exposed to FelV. They are all over 2 years old

Re: [Felvtalk] a newbie

2013-04-22 Thread Sharyl
There is information on the main page you should read.    I am one that mixed positives and vaccinated adult negatives.  The key here is adult.    Kittens are very susceptible to FeLV.  I would not recommend mixing until the kittens are at least 1 year old and current on their FeLV vaccine.   JMO