Sounds to me like yet another example of healthy cats being able to fight off the virus or put it into latentcy.
“I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain > Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:07:42 -0700 > From: scata...@gmail.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Question re positives & negatives > > Hello Pam, > Yes, they did share everything for 10 years up until a month ago when we > found out that the other one is positive. That is actually the biggest > mystery - the 2 other cats never got infected. The doctor did say that we > should test them again every 6 months. > > Sharon > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Pam Norman <pam_nor...@charter.net> wrote: > > > Sharon, > > > > What about grooming? I would assume that those cats, having lived > > together for 10 years, would mutually groom. That's sharing bodily fluids & > > I would think would be potentially harmful to the negative ones. > > > > Pam > > > > > > On 4/15/2011 1:28 PM, Sharon Catalan wrote: > > > >> Hello Pam, > >> > >> My 3 cats have been living together for 10 years now until my boy-cat was > >> just recently diagnosed with FeLV. He may have contracted it 2 years ago > >> when he ran outside and got into a fight with another cat. We had the 2 > >> other girl-cats tested and they're both negative. We had the 2 other > >> girl-cats vaccinated and currently, they are separated. Doctor said that > >> they can be together 30days after the 2 other cats receive their 2nd shot > >> of > >> FeLV vaccination. Also, according to our doctor, it should be okay for > >> them > >> to be together again as long as they don't bite/scratch each other or > >> share > >> bodily fluids. Just keep their feeding stuff completely separate. My > >> cats > >> never fight with each other although occasionally, the other cat will eat > >> someone's leftover and I think that is the reason that the 2 others cats > >> never contracted it considering that the other one had FeLV for quite some > >> time now. > >> > >> Sharon > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Pam Norman<pam_nor...@charter.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >> I am trying to determine what to do with Poppy both now& when the IFA > >>> test > >>> results come in. I've been reading& reading& from what I can gather, > >>> the > >>> old dictums about NEVER havinig positive& negative cats even in the same > >>> house has been abandoned. From what I have read, the general sense is > >>> that > >>> it's fine for positives& negatives to be in the same home, but should be > >>> separate so there is no chance of exchanging fluids such as with a bite, > >>> but > >>> more importantly with mutual grooming. But I know also that some of you > >>> have both positives& negatives really living together, not separate. > >>> Right? > >>> > >>> What about if I put Poppy in her condo in the spare bedroom& let me cats > >>> visit, so at least she SEES other cats. What is she hisses& spits? > >>> Would > >>> that have a chance of infecting any of mine who were nosing around her > >>> condo? My feeling is that it would. > >>> > >>> Also how effective is the vaccine these days? I know that some years ago > >>> the figure was about 30% so I never had any of my cats vaccinated. Has > >>> it > >>> been improved? > >>> > >>> Right now we are still waiting for the IFA test for Poppy. And I guess > >>> she > >>> needs retesting on that in at least a month. I do NOT want to keep her > >>> alone > >>> until then. We have a sanctuary for her if she tests IFA positive cause > >>> then we know that she is really positive. But the person who runs it > >>> tells > >>> me that regardless of how she tests on the IFA, she HAS leukemia. > >>> Period. > >>> And would go in with the positive cats. But my understanding is that if > >>> she is IFA negative, she has a chance of fighting it off& putting her in > >>> with the positives is giving up. I think she should only go in with the > >>> positives if she tests IFA positive. > >>> > >>> Can anyone help me sort this out? > >>> > >>> Pam > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > -- > Sharon F Catalan > Cell: (408) 398-5647 > Home: (408) 229-2298 > Carpe Diem! > _______________________________________________ > 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
