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Old May 9th 04, 06:07 PM
Mary
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I was just wondering what people thought about having FLV+ and FLV - cats
together. I was told you shouldn't have them together. Even if the negative is
vaccinated, they can still get FLV from the other cat over time. I had an FLV+
who became a negative who now lives with a negative. They never interact with
each other. They're both healthy.
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Old May 9th 04, 08:34 PM
Christine Burel
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"Mary" wrote in message
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I was just wondering what people thought about having FLV+ and FLV - cats
together. I was told you shouldn't have them together. Even if the

negative is
vaccinated, they can still get FLV from the other cat over time. I had an

FLV+
who became a negative who now lives with a negative. They never interact

with
each other. They're both healthy.


I think if certain circumstances were okay it might be a less of a risk than
what you've been told, i.e., the cats involved are very mellow and unlikely
to fight because I've heard it's transmitted from deep puncture wounds. I
am, however, not an expert and could be wrong about this. Probably the
people who do a lot of cat rescuing would know. I do know my vet wouldn't
have condoned doing it. I think if I couldn't have found a home for Pirate
we would've tried to work out something for him to be with us. I've also
been told that FIV+ cats are generally very sweet (probably why they got
beat up in cat fights).

Christine


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Old May 9th 04, 08:34 PM
Christine Burel
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"Mary" wrote in message
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I was just wondering what people thought about having FLV+ and FLV - cats
together. I was told you shouldn't have them together. Even if the

negative is
vaccinated, they can still get FLV from the other cat over time. I had an

FLV+
who became a negative who now lives with a negative. They never interact

with
each other. They're both healthy.


I think if certain circumstances were okay it might be a less of a risk than
what you've been told, i.e., the cats involved are very mellow and unlikely
to fight because I've heard it's transmitted from deep puncture wounds. I
am, however, not an expert and could be wrong about this. Probably the
people who do a lot of cat rescuing would know. I do know my vet wouldn't
have condoned doing it. I think if I couldn't have found a home for Pirate
we would've tried to work out something for him to be with us. I've also
been told that FIV+ cats are generally very sweet (probably why they got
beat up in cat fights).

Christine


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Old May 10th 04, 01:07 AM
~*Connie*~
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My jack became FLV + from just associating with cats. I know, it happened
while I was fostering. I was told the kittens were negative, but were in
fact positive. I had the rest of my brood vaccinated, knowing that the
vaccine wasn't 100%. I didn't care, I couldn't part with any of them. I
had him retested in 6 weeks and he was still positive.

I started supplementing my brood with vitamin C. a year later he is not
only flv- but also fip - (long story) I can't recommend highly enough
giving vitamin c !

"Mary" wrote in message
...
I was just wondering what people thought about having FLV+ and FLV - cats
together. I was told you shouldn't have them together. Even if the

negative is
vaccinated, they can still get FLV from the other cat over time. I had an

FLV+
who became a negative who now lives with a negative. They never interact

with
each other. They're both healthy.



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Old May 10th 04, 01:07 AM
~*Connie*~
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My jack became FLV + from just associating with cats. I know, it happened
while I was fostering. I was told the kittens were negative, but were in
fact positive. I had the rest of my brood vaccinated, knowing that the
vaccine wasn't 100%. I didn't care, I couldn't part with any of them. I
had him retested in 6 weeks and he was still positive.

I started supplementing my brood with vitamin C. a year later he is not
only flv- but also fip - (long story) I can't recommend highly enough
giving vitamin c !

"Mary" wrote in message
...
I was just wondering what people thought about having FLV+ and FLV - cats
together. I was told you shouldn't have them together. Even if the

negative is
vaccinated, they can still get FLV from the other cat over time. I had an

FLV+
who became a negative who now lives with a negative. They never interact

with
each other. They're both healthy.



 




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