I've mixed Felv+ cats with adult vaccinated negative cats for years and have never had a transmission that I am aware of. I've had other cats retested only as part of the diagnostic process when they have become ill and have never had a positive test. I personally don't think Felv is as easily transmitted as its reputation suggests.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Lance <lini...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >I think this is a personal choice that owners who have both FeLV- and FeLV+ >must make on their own. Vaccinating negative cats does a good job of >protecting them from the virus, but it’s not 100% guaranteed (no vaccine is). >I’ve read it’s more like 85-90%, but I don’t have a reference in front of me. >Google for a credible source like the American Association of Feline >Practitioners. Also, cats that are one year old or older have a certain >*unknown* level of natural protection, as their immune systems are fully >online. Young kittens have weak protection or none at all until their immune >systems have matured. > >Aside from the vaccine and natural protection, unvaccinated adult cats that >are not bitten require extensive, continued exposure (mainly via mutual >grooming and shared dishes) over a long period of time (sometimes many months) >to contract the disease, which is why we sometimes find negatives who have >been living with undiagnosed positives for years. I’ve seen this with my own >eyes under my own roof. > >Short version: if the negative cat is a vaccinated adult, and its relationship >with the positive cat is friendly, the negative cat will not likely become >infected. It’s not impossible; just not that likely. > >If the proper steps are taken and all cats involved are over a year old, this >ends up being a matter of the guardian’s comfort level. Some people are >unnerved by the prospect, while numerous others have vaccinated negs and never >seen them get infected despite extensive interaction with positives. > >Lance > >On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:48 PM, Grant, Mary A. <mgr...@mofo.com> wrote: > >> Everything I've read about felv is that it's highly contagious not only from >> fighting, but from saliva as well. We kept our cats separated from our felv+ >> kitten for six weeks as they were getting the vaccinations. >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. >> Original Message >> From: dlg...@windstream.net >> Sent: Sunday, July 6, 2014 7:12 PM >> To: Lee Evans; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Reply To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Tested Positive Cat >> >> >> WHY do you have to keep him in a their own room? when I got Annie and a >> few years later, Nitnoy , everyone ate, slept in the whole house. No one >> else has ever tested + for felv. They fuss, hissing, slapping, but that is >> the extent of fighting. That way, no one is isloated and unhappy. >> >> ---- Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> My friend just rescued a young male cat who has tested positive for FeLv. I >>> usually foster these cats until they either turn or I keep them and allow >>> them to live their lives in a room of their own. The problem now is that I >>> don't have a room for fostering FeLv+ cats. My two spare rooms are taken >>> with other emergency fosters who will be with me for the rest of their >>> lives. One room has three of my own cats who lost a lot of weight due to >>> stress. They don't much like being with 20 other cats in the general cat >>> room so I had to isolate the Skinny Three and feed them extra. They are >>> making a come back except for Moses. I intend to take him to the >>> veterinarian this coming week. He was one of the FeLv+ cats who turned >>> negative after a 3 month stay in isolation. He has been with me for 7 years >>> now and is probably suffering from old age and other issues not related to >>> his former FeLv status. The second foster room is taken with one-eyed cats >>> who can't be >>> released into my general community because they might get into fights and >>> have their remaining eye injured. Fortunately they bonded with each other >>> and enjoy the company and food. >>> >>> What I really need is a foster home for the rescued FeLv+ cat so he will >>> have a chance to turn negative. Does anyone know anyone in the vicinity of >>> San Antonio, Texas to Austin, Texas who could foster the latest rescue. My >>> friend has him at the vet clinic right now but she can't afford to keep him >>> there much longer. If you have a friend, relative, anyone you know within a >>> 75 mile radius of San Antonio, Texas who might be willing to foster or >>> adopt, please email me at moonsiste...@yahoo.com. 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