I agree with FeLV cats, but I never had an issue vaccinating my healthy FIV cat. I had to vaccinate him for FeLV as he lived with FeLV cats. I only gave him The FVRCP vaccine when I did a lot of rescue & was worried about exposure since I was dealing with a lot of kittens from bad situations. Beth
Marta Gasper <marta.gas...@yahoo.com> wrote: >Neutering won't do a thing to most FeLV+ but vaccinating will to all. It is >most stressful being intact and no release. A + kitty should have at most the >rabies vaccine and only that one. A FIV+ can have rabies and one another but >not FIV/FeLV. >And it always depend on at what point(stage) the cat is. I would just give >rabies to a symptomatic b/c it is the law and no others, same with FIV. >One would think that vets would be aware of it..even staff should be or they >shouldn't be working atr a clinic. If pets were people that were killed b/c a >nurse gave them the wrong vaccine it is involuntary manslaughter, at least >she'd lose her job if not her license, vet clinic staff on the other >hand..argh >Marta > >http://homelessnomore.webs.com/ > >--- On Tue, 1/3/12, Marcia <marciabmar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >From: Marcia <marciabmar...@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] neutering a positive cat >To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> >Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 4:48 PM > > > > >My cat Fletch also spiraled downhill after being neutered. But honestly, they >vaccinated him with core vaccines AND Felv, and I think that is what started >him on his downward spiral. I didn't ask for that either. But I agree that it >would have been much more stressful for him to stay intact. > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Jan 2, 2012, at 11:42 AM, "Lynda Wilson" <longhornf...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > > >Sorry to say, but I had my kitten neutered at 6 mos. of age (at the time we >did not know he was positive because he actually tested neg for it when he was >much younger). He died at 9 mos of severe anemia & other complications due to >being FeLV positive. I don't know if getting him neutered triggered this but >now I'm wondering since you've mentioned this. Has anyone else heard of this? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: dppl dppl >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:25 AM >Subject: [Felvtalk] neutering a positive cat > > > >I still have Mitt, the kitten I found in October who tested positive. He seems >to be >healthy at this time and around 7-8 months old. I am thinking I should have >him >neutered but the local humane society refused to do surgery on a positive cat, >claiming surgery could trigger an immune system problem. Has anyone neutered >their positive cat after finding out it was positive and what was your >experience? >Thanks for any input. PS: Someone asked my in a prior posting why the vet give >vaccinations before getting blood work results that showed positive. She sent >the >blookwork to an outside lad since she said it would be less costly and that >same visit >when blood was drawn, she went ahead and did vaccinations. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >-----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
