Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Mel (AilsaDS) on January 21, 2010, 02:40:50 AM
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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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Just bumping this up for the more experienced amongst us ;D
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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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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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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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You could always offer to clean pens once a week or help with trapping and vet runs or changing species and walking doggies?
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Very true ;D