Fostering & Herpes ?

[Mel (AilsaDS)]

Very true 

[Millys Mum]

You could always offer to clean pens once a week or help with trapping and vet runs or changing species and walking doggies?

[Mel (AilsaDS)]

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.

[Desley (booktigger)]

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?

[Millys Mum]

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?

[Tiggy's Mum]

Just bumping this up for the more experienced amongst us 

[Mel (AilsaDS)]

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
xx