<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes, I am over cautious also. A real worrier, so your answers have helped me.<div>My daughter’s boss took in this stray cat, brought him to the vet for treatment, shots etc..</div><div>The boss is going away for a week, and asked if I could keep the cat during that time.</div><div>I have a cat garderie, but I never mix the cats, they have their own room. </div><div>I said, « yes, of course »</div><div> It is « later »that my daughter phoned to tell me he is positive for feline leukemia.</div><div>My daughter said that the vet said, just don’t put him with any other cats, and he needs his own food bowls. So I agreed, but started to worry!!</div><div> But your answers have definitely helped. I’ll probably be over cautious</div><div>But I think that would be better! <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Nov 22, 2017, at 7:36 PM, Shelley Theye <<a href="mailto:veery@bellsouth.net">veery@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hi again Theresa,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am not understanding the circumstances. Was the cat left at a vet clinic?</div><div class="">Is your daughter’s friend adopting him? If so, send the toys along with him to his home.</div><div class="">If he seems OK health-wise, other than testing positive, he could live for years and be happy and a wonderful companion.</div><div class="">Also, sometimes there are false positives on tests, so usually a second test if done or a different type of test, like an IFA test.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I guess to clarify, for the virus to be transmitted through the cats sharing food or mutually grooming,</div><div class="">it would be after a long period of time where the cats are in direct contact with each other.</div><div class="">And even then, the chances are on the lower side. As Amani said, her cats have lived together for </div><div class="">years with no transmission.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think keeping him separate since he will be with you for just the week, and doing the basic hand washing, etc like i mentioned,</div><div class="">should suffice. I tend to be a worrier regarding germs, viruses, so am probably more cautious in general.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="font-family: "Bradley Hand";" class=""><font size="4" class="">Shelley </font></b></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 22, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Theresa O'Rourke <<a href="mailto:theresa.orourke@videotron.ca" class="">theresa.orourke@videotron.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">I am still going to give the poor kitty a lot of love while he is here, it is so sad,<br class="">He was a stray someone has adopted brought to the vet! What a hard life these poor cats have.<br class="">My three cats are spoiled<br class="">👍👍😊😊😊<br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPad<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Felvtalk mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" class="">Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org">http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Felvtalk mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org">Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org">http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>