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Hello fellow cat people! I am just looking for some reassurance.
My housemate and I found a stray cat outside, we fed him and brought him inside (into a room separate from the other cats). But then my housemate took the bowl that he had eaten from (and still had some food in it) and put the bowl on the counter. Of course the cats ate from it and we don’t know if this stray cat has felv or anything which I’ve read is shed in saliva. So how likely are the cats to catch Felv from this one time of eating from a bowl this stray cat ate from. Assuming he might have Felv? I don’t know we are going to bring him to the vet to get his respiratory infection sorted and get him tested for felv and fiv and such. But in the mean time how worried should I be about my own cats?
(Oh and just so you all know we are checking to make sure the cat doesn’t have an owner and if he has no owner we are going to give him to someone who could give him a good home. He is very friendly and seems almost relieved to be inside.)
My housemate and I found a stray cat outside, we fed him and brought him inside (into a room separate from the other cats). But then my housemate took the bowl that he had eaten from (and still had some food in it) and put the bowl on the counter. Of course the cats ate from it and we don’t know if this stray cat has felv or anything which I’ve read is shed in saliva. So how likely are the cats to catch Felv from this one time of eating from a bowl this stray cat ate from. Assuming he might have Felv? I don’t know we are going to bring him to the vet to get his respiratory infection sorted and get him tested for felv and fiv and such. But in the mean time how worried should I be about my own cats?
(Oh and just so you all know we are checking to make sure the cat doesn’t have an owner and if he has no owner we are going to give him to someone who could give him a good home. He is very friendly and seems almost relieved to be inside.)