THANKS FOR THIS POST, LEE.... Too many people panic and kill cats who test positive for FelV. Some even kill FIV cats and there is no reason for this, as I believe FIV is only transmitted by deep bite wounds.
Lorrie On 09-01, Lee Evans wrote: > First of all, the vets blow way out of proportion the contagious factor > in FeLv. Yes, a cat can be latent, as were my Tiger Boy and Twerp. Both > latent, both tested negative all their long lives, then towards the > end, they got a URI plus kidney failure and both passed within days of > each other at ages 13 and 14. They lived with 8 other cats. I tested > periodically but none of their mates ever turned positive and all the > cats in that group regularly slept together, groomed each other, ate > from the same dishes and shared litter boxes. You can't make any hard, > fast rules with FeLv. Your cat has been living with the other cats so > it's up to you whether she should continues to do that. However, please > don't have her killed just because she tested positive. As for a cat > going outside and bringing in FeLv, I really don't think so. They have > to have some type of long term exposure or critical exposure - like > meeting a cat who is already ill from the disease and grooming him. > It's not airborne. _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
