[Felvtalk] FELV contagious
Maya D'Alessio
mdelow at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 07:52:57 CDT 2014
Thanks everyone,
Susan, good points on contacting local rescues. My partner doesn't seem to
want to take another positive cat in (too much heartbreak maybe?), which I
do understand.
Your little one might test negative in six months, so don't lose hope!
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Susan Grimes <sweet2bcotasue at att.net>
wrote:
> Hi Maya,
> My Sophia was just diagnosed with FeLV last week. I have 7 other cats who
> have been living with Sophia since I saved her hours from being eu'd. She
> was 8 weeks old when I got her and now she is 16+ weeks old. My cats age
> from one to nine years old. My one year old Jacob has loved, played, and
> groomed Sophia from her mouth to the other end. Everyone is fixed and has
> had their vaccinations. My cats are 100% indoors and everyone gets along
> good. I plan to have Jacob tested since he has so much close contact and
> hopefully he will be FeLV- then everyone will get a booster just for good
> measure. I am praying everyone's vaccines and immune systems are working
> good, but no one will be isolated I will watch the older ones and treat
> symptomatically then test as needed.
>
> I too have been in rescue for 3 yrs and you can check with local groups
> and if you let them know you are looking for a + cat they will keep watch.
> They usually have daily contact with local shelters in large cities and
> will know if a + cat comes in. You can also look on Petfinders.com and can
> find local rescue groups too.
>
> Best of luck,
> Susan & Sophia
>
>
> On Monday, August 11, 2014 4:24 PM, Maya D'Alessio <mdelow at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> So, my one cat Merlot is clearly lonely. He is used to being second in
> command to our cat Yang who passed away.
>
> I work with a cat rescue, and the cats there all live communally until
> they are adopted (with a quarantine area for cats on meds/who are really
> sick). She thinks that there isn't much of a problem with bringing another
> cat in to the house, as long as the other cat is not immune compromised,
> etc. This contrasts with what my vet says - no other cat contact.
>
> I'm not sure who to believe here. Obviously FELV is contagious, and it is
> passed from cat to cat. The chance of that increases with increased
> contact, but the lady made it seem that for the 20 years she's been running
> the place she has only had a handful of FELV+ cats, none of them died from
> it, and she had a 19 year old cat who had lived with all of them test
> negative for FELV recently. I can't imagine being responsible for exposing
> another cat to the virus and getting them sick, but I also feel bad for
> Merlot who is lonely. I was thining maybe I would consider (in six months
> or so), trying to take in a cat who was not going to find another home.
> ie. an older cat, or a cat from a society that they were about to put down.
>
> What do you guys think / what has your vet said to you about this?
>
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> Maya D'Alessio
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> University of Waterloo
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Maya D'Alessio
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Biology GSA Vice Chair
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University of Waterloo
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