Hi! I need some opinions about my cat. I'm going on vacation later this year. Usually, my father takes my cat in is home, we always did that with my other cat who passed aways 2 years ago.
The thing is, he has a cat too. What we always did was not making the cats see each other. For example, sometime in the day my cat would be downstairs while his cat is upstairs and vice versa. I never really thought about felv/fiv/coronavirus with my other cat. She was 15 years old when she died and you know, when I was 13 years old, internet wasn't really a thing and since she never went to the vet really (she was in really good health before her cancer), I wasn't even aware that those viruses existed.
Now, with my cat Billie, I'm a little bit anxious (because I'm always anxious haha), so I tested her for felv/fiv/coronavirus when I got her, and everything came out negative. I know false negative exist, but I don't want to talk about that today (and her parents were also negative, she comes from a very little ''cattery'' of 1 male 1 female).
I just want your opinions, because my father has to put his cat in a ''pet-sitter'' (I'm sorry, I speak french but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about) when he has to go away. I know there is a strong risk of viruses in these places. So I wanted to know your opinions about that. Do you think it is safe for my cat to be in the same house as my father's cat? All the cats that go to that cat-sitter need to have the vaccines for the viruses but I know they are not very effective... She would never be in contact with the cat, her litter, her food bowls etc, but she would go in the same places that the other cat go.
If I need to, I'm willing to test his cat for the viruses before Billie goes there. But if there is too much of a risk, I'll need to consider other options, but I don't see any that would be possible for now... That's why I wanted your opinions!
Thank you!
The thing is, he has a cat too. What we always did was not making the cats see each other. For example, sometime in the day my cat would be downstairs while his cat is upstairs and vice versa. I never really thought about felv/fiv/coronavirus with my other cat. She was 15 years old when she died and you know, when I was 13 years old, internet wasn't really a thing and since she never went to the vet really (she was in really good health before her cancer), I wasn't even aware that those viruses existed.
Now, with my cat Billie, I'm a little bit anxious (because I'm always anxious haha), so I tested her for felv/fiv/coronavirus when I got her, and everything came out negative. I know false negative exist, but I don't want to talk about that today (and her parents were also negative, she comes from a very little ''cattery'' of 1 male 1 female).
I just want your opinions, because my father has to put his cat in a ''pet-sitter'' (I'm sorry, I speak french but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about) when he has to go away. I know there is a strong risk of viruses in these places. So I wanted to know your opinions about that. Do you think it is safe for my cat to be in the same house as my father's cat? All the cats that go to that cat-sitter need to have the vaccines for the viruses but I know they are not very effective... She would never be in contact with the cat, her litter, her food bowls etc, but she would go in the same places that the other cat go.
If I need to, I'm willing to test his cat for the viruses before Billie goes there. But if there is too much of a risk, I'll need to consider other options, but I don't see any that would be possible for now... That's why I wanted your opinions!
Thank you!