Bonnie, The FeLV vaccine is followed up in 3-4 weeks with a booster. Many feel adult cats have some amount of natural immunity to FeLV. Since my FeLV's were truly positive I didn't want to take any chances and had my negatives vaccinated and did the booster before mixing. I did this when I rescued my 1st two FeLV kittens. I haven't had any problems with my negative kitties. Sharyl
--- On Thu, 10/21/10, Bonnie Hogue <ho...@sonic.net> wrote: > From: Bonnie Hogue <ho...@sonic.net> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Lucky is Lucky > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 7:48 PM > Sharyl > No one has been vaccinated. I was hoping to avoid it > (cost, don't like to > vaccinate unecessarily) but maybe it is a good idea. > They range in age from > 7 years to 14 1/2 years. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharyl" <cline...@yahoo.com> > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Lucky is Lucky > > > > Bonnie have you 3 cats had their FeLV vaccine? > If so I'd let them get to > > know each other. > > Sharyl > > > > --- On Thu, 10/21/10, Bonnie Hogue <ho...@sonic.net> > wrote: > > > >> From: Bonnie Hogue <ho...@sonic.net> > >> Subject: [Felvtalk] Lucky is Lucky > >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 12:14 PM > >> Hi all > >> I've tried this e-mail a few times and it > "bounces" back, > >> so will try yet again... > >> > >> Lucky's IFA test results came back: Negative! > >> This is 5 weeks after a test at the vet's office > pronounced > >> him a "weak positive" for FeLV. The vet tech > said, > >> "the color just barely changed" in explaining what > "weak > >> positive" meant. > >> In giving the IFA results, the vet surmised Lucky > may have > >> been recently exposed when he was tested, and the > course of > >> antibiotics and being taken good care of may have > prevented > >> the virus from getting a hold on him. > >> > >> So my questions are: should I trust this test > result of > >> have him retested again? If so, when? Are my 3 > >> healthy house cats safe to be around him? > >> > >> As usual, any inputs are appreciated! > >> ~Bonnie > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
