Viral diseases in adopted kitties

[Kirsten]

I'm thinking about this for a while now. It seems to me that the risk of adopting a cat with a viral disease (like Feline Leukemia or FIP) is relatively high. I think this is especially tragical when there are already resident cats in the house.

Did it ever happened to you? And where did the kitty come from? And where do you think are the risks especially high?

I don't ask these questions to make people stop adopting, I just think everyone should be aware of this risk and be careful and never adopt a second kitty without having it checked by a vet before.

Or maybe I'm just too scary and it doesn't happen as often as it seems to me...