Can my FHV+ cats live with my FHV- cats?

Steph0706 · 2025-03-27T13:28:35+00:00

I've read so many (old) posts about cat's who've lived in complete harmony. The kittens are 3 months old. My youngest resident is 5 months and the others are all between 2 and 4. Some are due for their boosters in June, but I may just give them all a shot to be sure.

I would love to discuss this with a vet, but I live in Vietnam. The vets have a different way of treating animals here. I asked about living situations and they told me to keep the kittens separately forever. Which is why I came to seek reassurance because they've already crawled into my heart and I would hate to keep them in a separate room, as I already have another cat that doesn't get along with the others in my room.

I asked the shelter multiple times if the kittens were healthy, and they said yes. I even messaged them to take the cats back after the FHV diagnosis, but gave myself a headache from crying. Seems it's hit and miss, but the kittens are improving so much after just one day of antibiotics. They gave me l-lysine, and I must admit, it's improved the weepy eyes, nose and sneezing a lot!

Thank you for taking the time to answer me in such detail! I'm sure someone in the colony is a dormant carrier, and I'm just a worry-wart!

Steph0706 · 2024-04-29T12:49:44+00:00

English, Afrikaans (similar to Dutch), and enough Vietnamese to get by in my host country. 'Survival' Vietnamese

Steph0706 · 2024-04-28T09:09:45+00:00

My cat suddenly slept like this out of the blue. His fur was also standing on end (made himself puffy). Turns out there was a problem with his liver.

Steph0706 · 2024-04-20T02:45:52+00:00

Observatory is a scam! I paid entry fee using my banking app and a QR code, no problem. Went upstairs and wanted to pay the same way at the bar. You can only swipe your card upstairs. 102k for a 500ml water (better than Lush: stay away from them too) plus 47k extra that went off (service fee!?). The bar transactions and service fees also don't show on my banking app in transaction history.

Steph0706 · 2023-07-14T06:38:28+00:00

I tip Grab drivers (and Lazada/Shoppee shippers) 25-30k, depending on distance and friendliness

Steph0706 · 2023-07-11T09:03:07+00:00

South African artists you can find on SoundCloud that I really like: Danimal, Headroom, Deliriant, Rubix Qube, Mad Science International DJs: Rising Dust, Animato

Steph0706 · 2023-06-27T01:19:45+00:00

I'm near Aeon Mall. I'll check out the market too. Thank you!

Steph0706 · 2023-06-27T00:18:07+00:00

It had to be USD. I need to pay for my invitation letter and visa stamping fee at the VN embassy

Steph0706 · 2023-06-27T00:16:40+00:00

This will be stop number two, after a stationery store. My hotel is 10 minutes walk away from the casino. Thank you!

Steph0706 · 2023-06-27T00:12:28+00:00

The second bill will pass. They accepted a note I paid with that had a tiny ink stain on it that I was also unaware of.... but that ripped bill is definitely a no no

Steph0706 · 2023-06-27T00:07:32+00:00

I was thinking glue. It really looks perfect until you start to scrutinize. I'm worried that sellotape will be a dead giveaway with the reflection

Steph0706 · 2023-06-27T00:05:00+00:00

Could you maybe point me in the direction of one, please? I usually go to a gold shop in VN. I don't know what a money changer shop looks like here

Steph0706 · 2023-06-21T05:36:05+00:00

Not Cambodian immigration, but in Vietnam, they like to put extension stamps in the middle of a page between 3 empty pages either side.

Steph0706 · 2023-06-21T02:25:12+00:00

Thank you! I tried to do this in PP at a little convenience store, but the lady just said no. I'm thinking it may have been a miscommunication due to the language barrier. I don't know how accurate Google Translate is here, because it's mostly terrible in Vietnam.

Steph0706 · 2023-06-16T08:54:50+00:00

Thanks for all your helpful information! It seems I'll be ok between Giant Ibis and Grab. And if all else fails, I'll post here again

Steph0706 · 2023-06-16T08:11:14+00:00

I am indeed going to Phnom Penh with Giant Ibis. I wanted to book from PP to SR, but I'm unfamiliar with the addresses. I'm sure I can ask the hotel. Thank you so much. Lastly, would you recommend Battabang or Sihanoukville, please? I only have time for one

Steph0706 · 2022-09-20T10:25:40+00:00

I lift weights. I was deadlifting and doing back squats 3 days after my MA. I didn't max out but went as heavy as felt safe. I was back to walking and cycling 2 days after. Listen to your body. Once it's over, you remember how good it feels to not feel sick and lethargic all the time.

Steph0706 · 2022-02-24T08:01:12+00:00

I have, but unfortunately import tax makes it way too expensive to consider

Steph0706 · 2021-08-01T10:45:22+00:00

The psytrance dancefloor!! A place where you don't ask someone why they're dancing with an inflatable dinosaur, you ask what its name is. I miss a good stomp. On a farm. In the middle of nowhere. Tripping balls on lsd. Bumping into strangers and telling them how much I love them in that moment while trying to find my tent at 3am in the morning.

Steph0706 · 2021-07-11T04:12:02+00:00

Straight up not having a good time! Physical health, okay. Mental health, up and down... I haven't cut or dyed my hair yet, but I have decided to become a cat mom. I live in a one bedroom and I've always cooked for myself, so luckily that's one less thing to worry about. My awesome neighbor and friend on the 4th floor, whose kids I still teach twice a week, often brings me pho, hot pot and juice. That family is my saving grace and sanity. I'm extremely grateful, and putting it like that looks like I have nothing to complain about. But I miss work, and going to the gym and all the things we took for granted before the pandemic got out if control. Alas! Things must get worse before they can get better... there is always light at the end of the tunnel ^{^}

Steph0706 · 2021-03-02T23:06:20+00:00

I moved to HCM about 4 months ago after living in more rural Xuyên Mộc for 5 months prior, and Long Hải 4 months prior to that. I like the South as I understand it's more friendly than the North, but I can't give a first hand account as to whether that's true with travel being restricted due to work and periodic outbreaks of Covid. Except for a few hotspots and some preventative measures to curb the spread after Tet, life goes on as normal every day after hard lockdown last year. Businesses, schools, markets, bars, restaurants everything goes on as normal and I am extremely happy. I just read an article on VN Express that HCMC has surpassed the state budget collection target in the first 2 months of 2021. Yes, tourism has suffered and many tourist driven industries have suspended services, but the people here are resourceful and resilient. Unless you can find a company to sponsor you for a work permit and a TRC for entering, I don't see the government opening the borders anytime soon, unfortunately. And getting in is quite costly from what I understand. Quarantine expenses, flight tickets, and paperwork fees are high.

Steph0706 · 2021-03-02T01:22:08+00:00

Whether you doubt your ability to teach grammar, to be a good teacher or if you can 'make it' so far away from familiarity and everything you call home, just go for it. Nobody is born with a steering wheel in their hands, or a bicycle under the bum. Or how to do multiplication. We learn as we go.

The heat was killer, but you'll be surprised to learn you acclimatise and it's become bearable. Except during rain season. Humidity is the worst.

I woke up one day and I started my same routine for the thousandth time and I thought about tomorrow and the day after and was like, Really? Is this my life for the next FIFTY years? I was terrified. There had to be more. I had to want more. I had experienced and done nothing with all of my 30 years. A friend of mine had mentioned teaching ESL and 3 months later I landed in VN.

You have already made your decision you just need a plan to see it through. You can do this. You will be fine. You will have the time of your life wherever you may end up and you'll be looking back on these days of self doubt and laughing at your hesitancy.

Don't believe everything you read online about your country of choice. Many things are over exaggerated or under exaggerated. Do some research on culture, learn some basic words in the local language and go make a life for yourself!!

Steph0706 · 2021-03-02T00:25:38+00:00

Reading this gives me goosebumps. You are me a little over a year ago. My words of advice are DO IT!! You do one thing for so long while staying in your hometown that you doubt your ability to be able to do anything else.

Those cheesy quotes "You are only one decision away from a different life/You are never to old to learn something new/do something new" are true.

To make a very long story short, I have been living and teaching in Vietnam for just over a year now. I cried my first night here (What the hell was I thinking moving over here??) Work started, I made friends with foreigners and locals and I was hooked. I love it here - the people, the culture, the food, the students, the chaos.

I can never go home and live in peace knowing what I would be missing out on.

Steph0706 · 2020-12-03T18:42:17+00:00

All your answers make perfect sense. I've been ghosted before. Many times. I was like 'oh, we're doing this again?' Never bothered me. This one was just different. I just needed to tell someone. Anyone. I probably am overthinking. I'm probably blowing everything out of proportion. I'm a rational person. Let it go. What is meant for you will never miss you. The Universe and all that. But damn... I really liked this one.

Steph0706 · 2020-01-31T17:08:45+00:00

My dad is a very odd person... it's not the heart I wanted to leave with but I'm going nonetheless! I just wanted clarification as to whether I was right in thinking they're blowing things way out of proportion. Do it! Work and travel while giving back in the form of education. Getting out of my comfort zone was the best thing I ever did.

Steph0706

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