Dorothy, Thank you for telling about Armond. I guess that answers my question - they can be infected even with the vaccination. That is too much risk for me and my original cats. If one of them got sick I would feel horrible! I don't want to get another FeLV+ cat, it seems like that would just double the trouble, and both of them in this small room. The best I can do is make this as a place as possible for him. I already have one of those donuts with a ball inside, a soft square he can hide in and various other cat toys. I think I will replace the chair by the window with a cat condo. Any suggestions for making room sweet room a fun place for Buzz to be? The floor is carpeted, so things that roll across the floor don't work. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Noble To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:34 PM Subject: + & - cats together
To Sue & Frank ~ I absolutely understand about you wanting Buzz to be with the others. It is so tough to have them separated. We brought in a stray a year ago and did not have her tested (but we did have her vaccinated). Anyway, she was positive and exposed our others. Armond caught the virus but my other cat did not. All of my animals were always vaccinated. Based on my experience, I would not mix them. I have had Armond since he was 4 weeks old, he has had all of his shots and he still tested positive from being with the other positive cat. We just adopted another FeLV positive cat so Armond could have a friend and we had a special house built for them. It works out great. Dorothy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
