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Hello follow cat lovers,
I was hoping to get some advice from you all about a very unique situation, specifically from those of you who have shelter cats.
I moved into an apartment with a new roommate who had a 1 and 1/2 year old male cat. One of the requirements of the apartment was that I adopt a companion cat for my roommates' cat since he was a very social cat.
I went to a highly reputable cat shelter and adopted a 4 month old kitten who was vaccinated/ fixed/ and tested negative for all diseases just 2 weeks before I took her home.
When I brought her home everything was going great and the two cats got along swimmingly, until they began sharing the litter box.
Once they began sharing the box, my roommates cat began hiding and acting stand-offish, I saw him vomit and immediately told my roommate to take her cat into the vet. Her cat was diagnosed with Panlukopenia and died two days later.
It's been 3 weeks since her cat passed away. At first I was terrified that my kitten would also die from Panlukopenia, but she has survived and so far has shown no symptoms. I had her tested by a vet and they found nothing but a small fever and swollen glands, that was 2 weeks ago. My vet also informed me that cats can get false negatives and false positives for panlukopenia so I decided it wasn't worth the cost of the test since my cat has survived on her own, probably because she was vaccinated. (As it turns out my roommate did not keep her cat up to date on his shots, which probably didn't help.)
I have a few questions I would love some advice on
1. What happens to cats who survive Panlukopenia? (there are not many articles on this since survival is rare) Are they contagious forever? Will my kitten have a short life?
2. My boyfriend has 2 adult vaccinated cats, we are considering moving in together soon, can my cat get his cats sick? Will I have to find her a new home if I do move in with him and his cats?
3. My current roommate is talking about adopting another cat, but I know we can't have a cat in our apartment for a while since it is contaminated, how long is an apartment contaminated with this disease for?
4. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT MY ROOMMATES CAT WAS JUST WEAK AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO SICKNESS SINCE HE WAS NOT VACCINATED AND MY CAT IS TOTALLY FINE?
I have been emailing the shelter all of these questions, but they are ignoring me as they don't want anything to do with this since there is liability on their part.
DISCLAIMER: I had no clue my roommate's cat was not vaccinated, it wasn't until her cat passed away and I started digging further that she admitted to me that her cat had only had a rabies vaccine. She told me she was very knowledgeable of cats and recommended the shelter, as a first time cat owner I was counting on her to guide me through cat ownership and this has all been a nightmare. Any info would be great!
I was hoping to get some advice from you all about a very unique situation, specifically from those of you who have shelter cats.
I moved into an apartment with a new roommate who had a 1 and 1/2 year old male cat. One of the requirements of the apartment was that I adopt a companion cat for my roommates' cat since he was a very social cat.
I went to a highly reputable cat shelter and adopted a 4 month old kitten who was vaccinated/ fixed/ and tested negative for all diseases just 2 weeks before I took her home.
When I brought her home everything was going great and the two cats got along swimmingly, until they began sharing the litter box.
Once they began sharing the box, my roommates cat began hiding and acting stand-offish, I saw him vomit and immediately told my roommate to take her cat into the vet. Her cat was diagnosed with Panlukopenia and died two days later.
It's been 3 weeks since her cat passed away. At first I was terrified that my kitten would also die from Panlukopenia, but she has survived and so far has shown no symptoms. I had her tested by a vet and they found nothing but a small fever and swollen glands, that was 2 weeks ago. My vet also informed me that cats can get false negatives and false positives for panlukopenia so I decided it wasn't worth the cost of the test since my cat has survived on her own, probably because she was vaccinated. (As it turns out my roommate did not keep her cat up to date on his shots, which probably didn't help.)
I have a few questions I would love some advice on
1. What happens to cats who survive Panlukopenia? (there are not many articles on this since survival is rare) Are they contagious forever? Will my kitten have a short life?
2. My boyfriend has 2 adult vaccinated cats, we are considering moving in together soon, can my cat get his cats sick? Will I have to find her a new home if I do move in with him and his cats?
3. My current roommate is talking about adopting another cat, but I know we can't have a cat in our apartment for a while since it is contaminated, how long is an apartment contaminated with this disease for?
4. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT MY ROOMMATES CAT WAS JUST WEAK AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO SICKNESS SINCE HE WAS NOT VACCINATED AND MY CAT IS TOTALLY FINE?
I have been emailing the shelter all of these questions, but they are ignoring me as they don't want anything to do with this since there is liability on their part.
DISCLAIMER: I had no clue my roommate's cat was not vaccinated, it wasn't until her cat passed away and I started digging further that she admitted to me that her cat had only had a rabies vaccine. She told me she was very knowledgeable of cats and recommended the shelter, as a first time cat owner I was counting on her to guide me through cat ownership and this has all been a nightmare. Any info would be great!