They can contract the disease other ways, too.
Mostly through saliva or litterbox.
Preening, water & food bowls are how it usually spreads.
FIV is spread predominantly spread through fighting, w/ deep bite wounds.
If you have a cat that is FIV+, it can live w/ other non fiv cats as long as it
is not a fighter........
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
"As Cleopatra lay in state,
Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
Purring welcomes of soft applause,
Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
Trajan Tennent
----- Original Message -----
From: Malone
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:16 PM
Subject: How Basil contracted the virus
It is believed that Basil contracted the virus when he and Baby Boy Sox got
into a pretty horrid cat fight. Apparently the tom cat in them both broke out.
When I got home my baby boy had a gash on his head-nice teeth prints as well.
Have never seen Basil raise a whisker in violent behavior but apparently he had
to make sure the baby knew who the alpha male was. It was 3 weeks after the
fight that my kitten died and that Basil had the first positive test. He had
two negative tests in his first year of life and then I vaccinated him and
Teaser as well on the advice from my vet. Now I really believe that he might
not still be positive-at least that is kind of what I am getting from reading
information here. I really was looking for something like Kerry
described-reassurance that a positive test can become negative. I have heard
the talk of it happening but I was looking for someone who had personal
knowledge of it actually happening. Thank You!
