Hi Lorrie and Beth, I hope you are right. From our own experience, when FeLV came in (we still don't know who was the carrier), my cat tested positive after we euthanized an almost two year old cat for FeLV symptoms. When they had originally met, the kitten was four months old and Ember was two years old.
Also in the house were several older males who didn't test positive and have never shown symptoms. One of them is still with us, and the others are gone for reasons unrelated to FeLV. This doesn't keep me from worrying, though. It seems like a bite wound would be a much more efficient vehicle for the virus than grooming or all of the relatively unlikely paths (litter boxes and shared dishes). I don't know that Callie was bitten for sure, but the fight was very intense. I tend to ruminate on problems, and nothing I think or do is going to change the outcome at this point. I'm wondering about giving Callie something to boost her immune system, but for all I know, the nature of things might make that a bad idea. Anyway, thank you for your thoughts. Lance On Jun 5, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com> wrote: > Lance, Callie will probably be just fine. It takes a lot of exposure to > FelV for a cat to get it and grown cats mixed with FelV cats usually don't > become positive even without being vaccinated. It is kittens who are in > danger, as their immune systems are not well developed. > > Lorrie > > On 06-04, Lance wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I wanted to ask for prayers and warm thoughts for my FeLV+ girl, Ember as >> well as my mother's (hopefully) negative cat, Callie. Somehow, Callie got >> into Ember's room, not once, but twice. The first time only lasted for a >> few minutes, but I discovered a terrible cat fight in progress when I got >> back upstairs. To disrupt the chase, I grabbed Callie to remove her from >> the room. I got a bloody finger with three puncture marks in the process. >> >> Later, I realized I should really get abx for the bite, so my dad took me >> to the doctor. We were gone about an hour. When I got back, I was saddened >> to find that I had stupidly managed to not completely close one of the >> doors to our rooms, and Callie had again gotten in. I don't know that the >> cats fought the second time. I think Callie might have explored the >> normally off limits rooms. I found Ember hiding but unshaken behind some >> clothes, and Callie didn't act like she was on edge, but I have no idea >> what happened. >> >> Needless to say, I'm very concerned about Callie's possible exposure to >> the virus. We've had a few run-ns over the last seven years, but nothing >> like the fight/chase I broke up today. My hope is that Callie being seven >> years old puts her at low risk for infection. She hasn't had any recent >> vax for FeLV, but she had the FeLV (including booster) when she was a >> kitten. She also seems very healthy. >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
