I'm one that always says not to worry about mixing so my opinion doesn't count
for much. If the cat is 2 years old and has been vaccinated once I would not
worry about it. Just separate them again (if that's how you want to keep
them), and retest in 90 days. I'm sure the cat will still be
Thank you Jane, Sally, Gloria and Gary. I appreciate the info. I'm
less worried about things than I was Friday. One thing at a time, I
guess. My pos is going in for bloodwork at her usual, three monthly
appointment this week.
Lance
On Apr 4, 2008, at 11:12 PM, Gloria Lane wrote:
I've
I know I should know better than to have a panic attack about this,
but I'm really close to having a panic attack about this. I awoke
quite early this morning to discover that two of our negs had managed
to get into my bedroom with my pos. Some of the cat sounds (primarily
scratching on
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Subject: accidental pos/negs interaction
I know I should know better than to have a panic
attack about this, but
I'm really close to having a panic attack about this.
I awoke quite early
this morning to discover
No one knows for sure how long the FELV vaccine is good. But when I had my
outbreak two years ago all the cats who had been vaccinated once were
negative. It had been many years since I had vaccinated them and there was
no boosters given. Cats that had never been vaccinated were in the group
Lance don't panic, really.
The chance of transmission is extremely rare for that brief
interaction. Remember that most cats have a natural
immunity and if the negative kitty were to be susceptible it would
take prolonged contact.
Her chances of being struck by lightening are greater than
I've come to think that adult healthy FELV- cats are just not really
very susceptible to infection thru casual contact with FELV+ cats.
Shoot, I wouldn't worry a minute about it.
Gloria
On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Lance wrote:
I know I should know better than to have a panic attack
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