FelV Question

"Chris" wrote in message
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I am currently looking for home for FelV+ stray, Big Boy, (about which I
posted before). I have other cats who cannot be exposed to him so he is
isolated. I get very conflicting info about one thing: I would be able
to
let him loose in my bedroom (instead of the attached bath & large dog
kennel
I bring him out into the bedroom with) but have been told that after he
left
I would have to quarantine that room for 30-60 days no matter how well I
cleaned it... Does anyone have thoughts on this or previous experiences.

Whoever gave you that information is grossly misinformed. The FeLV virus
isn't all that stable in the environment - that's why effective transmission
requires *prolonged*, intimate moist contact. Drying begins to inactivate
the virus almost
immediately and is completely inactivated in about 3-4 hours -- but if the
virus is kept
moist in blood, serum, or tissue it can remain stable for about a week at
room temperature.

Phil

"Chris" wrote in message
ink.net...
I am currently looking for home for FelV+ stray, Big Boy, (about which I
posted before). I have other cats who cannot be exposed to him so he is
isolated. I get very conflicting info about one thing: I would be able
to
let him loose in my bedroom (instead of the attached bath & large dog
kennel
I bring him out into the bedroom with) but have been told that after he
left
I would have to quarantine that room for 30-60 days no matter how well I
cleaned it... Does anyone have thoughts on this or previous experiences.

Whoever gave you that information is grossly misinformed. The FeLV virus
isn't all that stable in the environment - that's why effective transmission
requires *prolonged*, intimate moist contact. Drying begins to inactivate
the virus almost
immediately and is completely inactivated in about 3-4 hours -- but if the
virus is kept
moist in blood, serum, or tissue it can remain stable for about a week at
room temperature.

Phil