[Felvtalk] Question

Gloria gloriajhook at verizon.net
Wed Nov 22 14:47:55 CST 2017


Immune system plays a huge part-usually mature cats have a vibrant immune system, it’s the very young or older cats that would be more at risk, IMO.
Also, the FeLV cat’s immune system is compromised, I believe, so contact with other cats would be something to consider for the health of the FeLV diagnosed cat.
I have a cat diagnosed in 2010, that I strongly feel beat the virus-(answer to Prayer) he was older when I found him, the vet guessing him to be around 1 year old.
We keep him in our guest room with a modified door so he “participates” in the hall/house activities and the room is ventilated.
I will not take him to the vet unless he becomes ill-keeping the STRESS down so no testing! 
My practice is to wash my hands with alcohol and or soap for 20 seconds
before & after I’m in his room. I keep his dishes sterile, no shared food or water or containers- but that’s about it.
Now- this is my practice and everyone needs to follow his/her own inner voice on this matter- just sharing - not pushing an agenda. lol
Gloria, furmommy to Buddy Luv
-g 🇺🇸
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> On Nov 22, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Amani Oakley <aoakley at oakleylegal.com> wrote:
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> We had a FeLV cat who lived to age 7. No other cat in our house was infected, despite the fact that our vet initially said that the infection would decimate the house. (We had at least 8 other cats.) That was the case event though we never isolated our FeLV little boy (it would have been fairly pointless as he had already been in the house almost a year by then) and even though he played with and groomed several of the other cats in the house. I have since read repeatedly that it really isn’t that infectious, especially with adult cats. It is more of a risk with young kittens.
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> Amani
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> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Theresa O'Rourke
> Sent: November-22-17 10:14 AM
> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Subject: [Felvtalk] Question
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> I have three cats, and take care of other people’s cats.
> My daughter’s friend has a FeLV positive cat, can I keep her in a separate room for a week, do I have to wash all the linens and clean the room, after the cat goes back home?  It’s because I take care of other  friend’s cats also and want to know if they can catch The disease. 
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