I've done research on this and I'm undecided on what to do. My aunt's cat (Dee) has to come live with me permanently. I'm not sure if she needs to have an FeLV test first or not.
She's around 13 years old. She lived with other cats who went outside and I'm not sure if they were ever tested or vaccinated. One cat who supposedly tested negative at adoption 11 years ago, recently got very sick very suddenly and had to be PTS. It's thought she had cancer and I was told she had fluid in her chest.
I think one of the other cats did have FeLV vaccinations for a while when she was an outside cat. She was healthy-ish when she was PTS last year. She went blind and my aunt and uncle decided to euthanize her.
I know nothing about the third cat (Foxy) other than it was over 10 y/o and spent about 12 hrs a day outside. My understanding is that cat was fairly healthy but went blind rather suddenly and the owner decided to euthanize. I know nothing about it's vaccination history. I believe it was PTS between 2016-2018.
We all live in a rural-ish area. At the time the two cats were outside, there were no other cats around that anyone knew of.
I don't think Dee and Foxy shared any litter boxes, food bowls or water bowls. If they did, it was not on a daily basis, just sporadically. Dee did share bowls and litter boxes with the other two. There was no mutual grooming between Dee and the other cats.
We've lived in the same area for 30+ years and we've never seen a cat with FeLV and we do get lots of strays. My understanding is that only about 3% of cats in shelters are positive for FeLV. So that makes me think the risk of Dee having it is pretty much non-existent.
My cats are between 6 and 14 and are indoor only. They will eventually be sharing bowls, plates and litter boxes.
I'd like to have opinions on this. My gut is telling me Dee is negative, based on what I've said above. I've had strays/ferals with questionable histories that were negative.
She's around 13 years old. She lived with other cats who went outside and I'm not sure if they were ever tested or vaccinated. One cat who supposedly tested negative at adoption 11 years ago, recently got very sick very suddenly and had to be PTS. It's thought she had cancer and I was told she had fluid in her chest.
I think one of the other cats did have FeLV vaccinations for a while when she was an outside cat. She was healthy-ish when she was PTS last year. She went blind and my aunt and uncle decided to euthanize her.
I know nothing about the third cat (Foxy) other than it was over 10 y/o and spent about 12 hrs a day outside. My understanding is that cat was fairly healthy but went blind rather suddenly and the owner decided to euthanize. I know nothing about it's vaccination history. I believe it was PTS between 2016-2018.
We all live in a rural-ish area. At the time the two cats were outside, there were no other cats around that anyone knew of.
I don't think Dee and Foxy shared any litter boxes, food bowls or water bowls. If they did, it was not on a daily basis, just sporadically. Dee did share bowls and litter boxes with the other two. There was no mutual grooming between Dee and the other cats.
We've lived in the same area for 30+ years and we've never seen a cat with FeLV and we do get lots of strays. My understanding is that only about 3% of cats in shelters are positive for FeLV. So that makes me think the risk of Dee having it is pretty much non-existent.
My cats are between 6 and 14 and are indoor only. They will eventually be sharing bowls, plates and litter boxes.
I'd like to have opinions on this. My gut is telling me Dee is negative, based on what I've said above. I've had strays/ferals with questionable histories that were negative.