I am looking for any advice or experiences on cleaning and disinfecting after cats with panleukopenia (parvovirus) being in the room. I’m in the U.K. and have been given Anigene as a main disinfectant and I also have access to Virkon S which I understand also kills the virus.
I foster cats for a charity until they can be rehomed and my last foster has been an upsetting experience. 6 weeks ago a stray pregnant female arrived, she was extremely nervous. Her kittens (6) were born 3 weeks ago under our futon. Around 7-10 days ago the mama, Zena (who I never touched as she was too nervous), developed diarrhoea. The charity provided me with a gastrointestinal diet for her to no avail. They they gave me Panacur in case of worms or giardia, then yesterday started her on antibiotics as well. Whilst they would usually have wanted to see her in person, they also had to work around her fears and stress lev
Last night before bed I gave them a final check and realised one of the kittens wasn’t moving.
Sadly this sweet baby had died quite suddenly. Zena and her 5 remaining kittens went to vet today, although getting Zena in carrier was fairly harrowing, and sadly a faeces sample I had collected from her confirmed panleukopenia. She had an extremely high temperature and I understand that the mortality rate for young kittens is very high with this virus. I am so sad to think that “our” babies are likely to die from a virus we must’ve brought in on our shoes or which perhaps was still in the room (we only moved here in June).
We are going to remove and dispose of the carpet and anything which can’t easily be cleaned, I guess the futon has to go too, as well as the cat tower/tree, scratching posts and beds. Then I will use Anigene to clean everything from the floors to the walls to the stainless steel bowls. I was also thinking to steam clean the other floors in the house and to spray them with Virkon S. Will disinfect shoes.
Is there anything else you think I should do? I guess the litter tray (plastic) has to go as probably hard to disinfect sufficiently and would be a main source of infection. I understand things like bedding, if not soiled, can be washed with a bleach solution.
Zena and her kittens are now in an isolation unit with the best of care from the charity team and I hope some of them will survive. If they do then there is a chance they can come back to us until rehoming but of course the room would have to be safe for them.
Thank you.
I foster cats for a charity until they can be rehomed and my last foster has been an upsetting experience. 6 weeks ago a stray pregnant female arrived, she was extremely nervous. Her kittens (6) were born 3 weeks ago under our futon. Around 7-10 days ago the mama, Zena (who I never touched as she was too nervous), developed diarrhoea. The charity provided me with a gastrointestinal diet for her to no avail. They they gave me Panacur in case of worms or giardia, then yesterday started her on antibiotics as well. Whilst they would usually have wanted to see her in person, they also had to work around her fears and stress lev
Last night before bed I gave them a final check and realised one of the kittens wasn’t moving.
Sadly this sweet baby had died quite suddenly. Zena and her 5 remaining kittens went to vet today, although getting Zena in carrier was fairly harrowing, and sadly a faeces sample I had collected from her confirmed panleukopenia. She had an extremely high temperature and I understand that the mortality rate for young kittens is very high with this virus. I am so sad to think that “our” babies are likely to die from a virus we must’ve brought in on our shoes or which perhaps was still in the room (we only moved here in June).We are going to remove and dispose of the carpet and anything which can’t easily be cleaned, I guess the futon has to go too, as well as the cat tower/tree, scratching posts and beds. Then I will use Anigene to clean everything from the floors to the walls to the stainless steel bowls. I was also thinking to steam clean the other floors in the house and to spray them with Virkon S. Will disinfect shoes.
Is there anything else you think I should do? I guess the litter tray (plastic) has to go as probably hard to disinfect sufficiently and would be a main source of infection. I understand things like bedding, if not soiled, can be washed with a bleach solution.
Zena and her kittens are now in an isolation unit with the best of care from the charity team and I hope some of them will survive. If they do then there is a chance they can come back to us until rehoming but of course the room would have to be safe for them.
Thank you.
