A thought: Most vets are going to steer toward caution because they
do not want to be blamed if a cat develops FeLV+. This is human
nature and part of their ethics system. Knowing that, we can ask more
questions and pin them down. The good ones who are up on FeLV will be
forthcoming with answers. I have found this to be particularly true
with those who accept alternative medicine even though they do not
practice it themselves. Once we, not they, make the decisions the
vets I know and go to are very supportive. I can really understand
why they would not want the responsibility.
On Mar 1, 2008, at 4:44 AM, Pat Kachur wrote:
My vet says the vaccine is 90+% effective. My 6 negatives were
vaccinated and all are over 5 years old. My vet and I agreed that
mixing my one positve with the others had very little risk.
----- Original Message -----
From: catatonya
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: FeLV Vaccination
I would vaccinate my negatives, wait the 2-3 weeks necessary and
booster them, wait 2-3 weeks more and let them mix. All this IF the
other cats are over a year old. That has always been my protocol
and I've never had a negative cat 'catch' the leukemia from my
positive.
tonya
Sue & Frank Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Several people here have said that they have their FeLV + kitties
living in with FeLV - cats, and the negative cats are not getting
infected. I am trying to decide if I should vaccinate my others and
let Buzz out of his room. My vet is against it and says the
vaccinations are only 60 - 80% effective. The vet does not seem to
be up on all that is going on with FeLV, though, and I am
considering switching vets. Buzz really doesn't,t mind his room,
but he is a social boy and cries when he doesn't want to be alone.
I visit him as often as I can and spend at least an hour or so in
the evenings in with him, but such minor details as a full time job
and the rest of my human and cat family keep me away from being with
him as much as he and I would like. It seems as if vaccinating the
others and freeing Buzz from his prison room is the best solution,
but not if any of the others end up being infected. Their ages
range from 2 to 8 years. Two of them, Charlie and Tucker have other
health problems and I don't know if that would put them more at
risk. Anyway, has anyone ever heard of a vaccinated cat being
infected?
