[Felvtalk] Question

[Theresa O'Rourke]

Thank you,
For all your wonderful responses.

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> On Nov 29, 2017, at 12:16 PM, dlgegg at windstream.net wrote:
> 
> Since the vet is not worried, why should you?  I thought about that when I took Annie in.
> 
> ---- Ardy Robertson <ardyr at centurytel.net> wrote: 
>> I always wondered about it when I took Tigger to the vet. I kept him in his carrier until we went into the exam room, but the vets never seemed concerned about spreading it to the other patients.
> 
> Ardy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Theresa O'Rourke
> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2017 6:34 PM
> To: felinerescue at frontier.com; felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Question
> 
> Thank you Lorrie,
> 
> So happy I joined this group.
> I’ll keep the cat for a week, spoil him, not mix him with Other cat’s, And clean well after, The room will be left empty for 7 days after.
> However, I won’t do this again,
> Because I have other people’s cats in separate room and Won’t go through this again! ☺️☺️ I’ll even change my clothes when I go in and out, But sure that is NOT NECESSARY.
> IF it was just my cat’s, I have three of my own, I wouldn’t be so neurotic. 😊
> 
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>> On Nov 23, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Lorrie <felinerescue at frontier.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This is my experience too.  I've had FelV cats who lived to be 8 or 9
>> and one of my FelV cats is about 11 and still OK.   These cats lived
>> with many other negative cats.  These were adult cats... I understand
>> FelV is most dangerous to kittens whose immune systems are not fully
>> developed.
>> 
>> Lorrie 
>> 
>>> On 11-22, Amani Oakley wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Amani
>>> 
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