Beckham03 wrote:
Do all the outdoor cats have the herpes virus? I thought they were only contagious during a flare up (which they don't appear to be having) and most cats have been exposed anyways. Most cats with good immune systems won't pick it up. (Usually sickly kittens/strays.) We have a house cat who had a pretty bad case and was a good sam case at a vet I worked for. One of his eyes is pretty ulcerated. He he has not had any flareups and the vet who gave him to me was not concerned with my older, healthy house cats getting it...which no one has ever shown any symptoms. Just something you could look into if you wanted to bring one inside. There is nothing wrong with the pen you are building for them either!


Yeah, the majority of adult cats carry the herpes virus... There's also vaccines available for the unexposed. IME it's a non-issue unless they are very young or immuno-compromised. I always try and feed food formulated with lysine or give lysine treats, too.

I'm agreeing with you by the way and reiterating your point.

" We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And, indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again. "

"...But nothin' ever came
From a life that was a simple one."

" You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.  You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile. "


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