My cats are all indoor and Tucson, one of my FELV+ turned into a real porko… I sort of weaned them all off as much of the dry food as I can and try to give them wet most of the time. I feed them Wellness cause it doesn’t have all those fillers that just put on the pounds. Used to give them IAMS… Now I give them a little dry at night and if its real hot, they sometimes don’t want the wet and I give in!
I was giving my FELV+ some vitamin and immune system boosters and Vitamin C but they’re sort of fussy so I’m not real consistent.
Bottom line, decent food, lots of loving, stress free life—that’s your best shot! Sounds like you’re doing fine!
Chris -----Original Message-----
What types of food do you all recommend? Should
I be feeding her dry, canned or both? She eats whatever is put in front
of her, but especially likes the canned food. Is IAMS a good brand or should I
get something better?
I had 4 cats—one tested pos for FELV when she was 4 and she’d been around the other cats her whole life (2 of the younger ones had come in as kittens). They all tested neg and I just get them a yearly FELV vaccine. They had not received vaccination prior to my Tucson testing pos.
Now I have 2 FELV + adult cats and 3 adult neg that just live all together. My vet, who cares for a number of FELV cats in his practice, is not particularly concerned about mixing. It is not an easy disease for an adult cat to get—its not airborne and the virus dies in seconds when exposed to the air! My cats all ate out of the same dishes, groomed each other, shared toys, shared litter boxes.
Also, its still possible for kitten to throw off the virus over the coming weeks/months. You may want to wait some time before doing the IFA, the lab test.
SO,don’t panic… more folks will give you a whole more details… we’ve all been in your situation and it will work out. Just maybe, start calling other vets to see who in your area is more familiar with FELV…
Chris -----Original Message-----
Thanks to the two people who have responded so far!
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I do have a question..both of my other
cats had their booster shots as kittens...but, is this FELV vaccine something
they should be getting every year? I was told that since they are indoor
cats, the only shots necessary were the first sets. Is that correct? I am
going crazy with worry. Hi there,
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