Author Topic: Fostering & Herpes ?  (Read 2053 times)

Offline Mel (AilsaDS)

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Re: Fostering & Herpes ?
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2010, 13:40:27 PM »
Very true  ;D

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Re: Fostering & Herpes ?
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2010, 12:43:58 PM »
You could always offer to clean pens once a week or help with trapping and vet runs or changing species and walking doggies?


Offline Mel (AilsaDS)

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Re: Fostering & Herpes ?
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2010, 19:25:52 PM »
Thanks for replying :)

Unfortuntely I wouldn't have room for an outside pen.
It was a nice idea but it would be unfair of me to put other cats in a position where they could catch cat 'flu from mine, that wouldn't be helping them.
I'm a lil disappointed but glad I asked now before I had chance to seriously consider fostering.

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Re: Fostering & Herpes ?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2010, 10:29:52 AM »
you would definitely have to keep fosters separate, but it would also depend on how you could isolate them - could you foster in an outside pen?
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Re: Fostering & Herpes ?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2010, 18:44:06 PM »
I think fosters should be seperate but even more so if your own cats are carriers of something, i also wouldnt think stress of new arrivals would do them any good as would likely trigger flare ups?


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Re: Fostering & Herpes ?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2010, 23:18:15 PM »
Just bumping this up for the more experienced amongst us  ;D

Offline Mel (AilsaDS)

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Fostering & Herpes ?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 02:40:50 AM »
Hi, I've been considering fostering (not 100% sure yet but I'd like to) however both my kittens have herpes, is this infectious & would there be a risk of a foster cat catching it?
I was also wondering if there needs to be a quarantine period.. or if the foster cat/s need to be kept seperate from mine all the time?

Mel
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« Last Edit: January 21, 2010, 10:39:45 AM by Mel (AilsaDS) »

 


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