 Purred: Wed Nov 25, '09 9:19am PST |
 | |  | | I know of a barn cat that lived a full life with feline leukemia. A vet told me that first off, many adult cats do not get the disease. It's when they are little and they get it from their mother or other kittens. I had one of my kittens tested, and it was a strong positive. My adult cat Beau was around them. So I also feel very badly that Beau might now have it. I have housed the kittens upstairs and the adult cats downstairs. I took the orphaned kittens in when they were 8 oz. old, and now they are 4 months. I planned on getting them good homes, but now with the diagnosis, do people adopt FL+ kittens? I don't know.
I guess what I'm saying is, you just don't know your cats lifespan. I am also coming to grips with it. I have to believe that each precious life is important...even if it is cut short. I am going to get all of my cats their shots (except FL of course) and also find out about immune support. I got the number of a vet who specializes in FL+ cases, and I'll call her and share her advice with all of you.
By the way, my furbabies are Billie Idol, Lily of the Valley and Samantha. They are three gray colored girls, and I call them the Mimi's!
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My vet tells me that they've already lived together long enough for Bea to have been exposed, but we can vaccinate her and do our best to keep them both healthy. She told me there's no need to worry yet and that it might be more stressful for both cats to separate them, and she has other clients who have a positive and a negative cat living together with no problems. My parents (experienced cat owners who currently don't have any) have agreed to take Sylvia if her immune system ever becomes too compromised to live with another cat.
