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I want to move my feral Mamacat into my home this fall (she is tame now, which was a major effort since she was an adult feral) but the vet says she has eye discharge almost for sure from a respiratory virus she had as a kitten (herpes or calcivirus). I googled it and see that the 2 most common viruses can be shed throughout the cat's life. She currently is snuffling because she had a major tooth abscess and had a fever from that, so the chronic condition has temporarily (I assume) gotten worse. My old cats with kidney failure and one has IBD also are 15 and have been vaccinated for these viruses. Is there a lot of risk to them if I move her in? Mamacat has been vaccinated too, but she already had this disease before I got her and vaccinating now does nothing to stop her shedding virus everywhere the rest of her life. Also, I have not tested Mama for FIP or FIV or FLV. Mamacat's kittens (2 of them, one at a time, cuz I trapped her with a kitten but she was already pregnant) did not have symptoms of anything and my brother has them and they never have come down with anything in the past 2 1/2 years. My old kitties were vaccinated for FLV years ago. Should I do that FIP/FIV testing before I move her in or is it unlikely she has those since she's been healthy as a horse except for the eye discharge and broken tooth? The kitties do not seem toooooo hostile when they look at each other in the yard (actually, not bad at all) but you know, Mama hasn't been in the old kitties' territory yet. Thanks for any input.
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