[Felvtalk] Question
Theresa O'Rourke
theresa.orourke at videotron.ca
Thu Nov 30 10:22:27 CST 2017
Thank you
Sent from my iPad
> On Nov 30, 2017, at 7:29 AM, dlgegg at windstream.net wrote:
>
> Re: spay/neuter, First I give them 2 weeks for an owner to show up and then it is off to the vet for an exam and spay/neuter. I do not want to be a contributor to unwanted kittens/puppies plus they will live longer healthier lives.
>
> ---- Margo <toomanykitties2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Transmission of FeLV takes prolonged contact between cats; sharing food, water and litterboxes, and often mutual grooming. It is NOT transmitted other than by physical contact.
>
> Easiest way for me to differentiate between that and FIV transmission;
>
> "FeLV is a disease of friends, FIV is a disease of enemies"
>
> FelV spreads thru close friendly contact
>
> FIV spreads by deep bite wounds (or sexual contact, but all our animals are altered...right?)
>
> Margo
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dlgegg at windstream.net
>> Sent: Nov 29, 2017 12:16 PM
>> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Question
>>
>> 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. 😊
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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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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