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Feline Leukemia and isolation after vaccine
Hi All,
I have one cat with Feline Leukemia (FeLV). She has been living with the disease for 3 years symptom free. She does take Alpha Interferon to help her, just in case. I received a 4 month old kitten that was left at my local no kill shelter. I kept the cats separated for the first day. The second day I took the kitten to the vet and he is well. Besides taking the normal blood for tests, they gave him the FeLV vaccine. This requires him to have another shot in 3 to 4 weeks. Until then the vet said that I must isolated from the other cat. Does anyone know if this is correct? I hate isolating my cats. Thanks, Brian |
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Feline Leukemia and isolation after vaccine
"Brian S. Paskin" wrote in message ... Hi All, I have one cat with Feline Leukemia (FeLV). She has been living with the disease for 3 years symptom free. She does take Alpha Interferon to help her, just in case. I received a 4 month old kitten that was left at my local no kill shelter. I kept the cats separated for the first day. The second day I took the kitten to the vet and he is well. Besides taking the normal blood for tests, they gave him the FeLV vaccine. This requires him to have another shot in 3 to 4 weeks. Until then the vet said that I must isolated from the other cat. Does anyone know if this is correct? I hate isolating my cats. Thanks, Brian If the vet said to keep them separated then keep them separated. Leukemia is highly contagious and the vaccines aren't 100% effective. You are not only taking some risk (even after the 3 - 4 weeks) that the new kitten could still contract the disease but are subjecting the kitten to the risk of injection site sarcoma that has been linked in particular to this vaccine. I'm not sure why you would bring a negative kitten into this situation but having done so, I wouldn't take the slightest additional risk by rushing the introduction of the cats. w |
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Feline Leukemia and isolation after vaccine
I would also follow the vet's advice and keep them separated. It's
tough love but it would be tougher to have her contract FeLV. |
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