My concern is for the unrelated cat who only just had her first (of the 2
feleuk vaccinations) after the kitten tested positive.
We don't know how long they have been in the same room. Maybe only days. That's
why I would separate the unrelated cat, even if only until the kitten is
retested and tests negative ~ because the unrelated cat isn't fully vaccinated
and because of the possibility of limited prior exposure (if this is the case)
reducing her chances of infection.
----- Original Message -----
From: MaryChristine
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: New FELV Positive- questions
i was specifically looking at the fact that this was ONE kitten of two, where
the mom and the other kitten were negative--while we don't know about the other
cat, we have a pretty good idea how long mom and kids have been together....
remember that it requires a first shot, then a booster two to three weeks
later (depending on the vaccine) for full immunity to take effect; so while mom
and sibkit and companion kitty have been vaccinated once, they haven't had the
full therapeutic dosage yet.
as for the other adult cat: if she's just recently come into contact with
this family, the chances that the exposure amounts to, "prolonged, persistent"
contact is slim; if she's healthy, her chances of maintaining a viremic status
despite exposure are low; and without a second test on the kitten, who knows if
there's any danger at all. we don't know that anyone has been exposed to
anything at this point.
MC
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:39 AM, laurieskatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes but the non-related cat was NOT vaccinated before exposure. It's one
thing if everyone was already vaccinated AND the person is going to keep all of
them but another if she is planning to adopt out the negatives. I would not
want to adopt a cat who'd I knew had been exposed. I think it's different if
they are all your own, the negatives have been vaccinated before exposure, the
cats have lived together a long time already (not just days or weeks) and you
are keeping them all.
Laurie
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: New FELV Positive- questions
I totally agree with Gloria.
Everyone has been exposed too late on separating them.
There is no such thing as a light positive.
It is either positive or negative.
I can honestly say that I had positives and negatives live together for
years.
I vaccinated the negatives every year.
Not one of the negatives died from FELV they died of other Feline
illnesses.
In a message dated 3/28/2008 9:08:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes:
but tho i didn't specifically answer this before, i of course agree
with gloria and everyone: by now, everyone's been exposed and separating them
is pointless....
MC
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