Yeah! One more convert to help spread the word about these babies!
Beth
Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
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From: Marcia Baronda <marciabmar...@gmail.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats
yes, that's true. we just have to manage. well i'm finding out from all of you
that they can live a normal life...thank god!
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Beth <create_me_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
You can never rely on a single ELISA, that's for sure. Plus we know labs mess
up human tests, so we have to know that IFAs sent out can get messed up, too. &
even if they are truly positive they can live whatever life they have just as
happily as any other cat!
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>Beth
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>Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
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> From: Christiane Biagi <ti...@mindspring.com>
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:23 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats
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>You know, not for nothing, but this testing is really really flawed! There
>are just too many stories of folks with inconsistent results. Life and death
>decisions are made everyday based on these tests and all of us who have felv+
>cats know the tests to be a bit shaky. My own Tucson tested neg at about 3
>months & post years later even though she’d never been exposed to the outside
>or any pos cats…..
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>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
>[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth
>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:15 PM
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats
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>I would retest the 1st one on the Elisa just to be sure.
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>From:Natalie <at...@optonline.net>
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats
>Ours had only the ELISA, positive….2 ½ yrs later, the IFA – negative.
>New cat had ELISA, then IFA three wks later – both were positive. He had the
>IFA again 1 ½ yrs later – negative!
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>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
>[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth
>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:25 AM
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats
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>Natalie, were they also re-tested with an Elisa? A negative IFA does NOT mean
>they don't have the virus. It just means it isn't replicating in their bone
>marrow.
> Beth
>Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
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>From:Natalie <at...@optonline.net>
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats
>I got a FeLV+ cat 3/2 yrs ago…couldn’t find anyone to take him, he was very
>lonely. After two yrs alone, I found another FeLV+ cat – they became friends
>overnight. A few months ago, I decided to retest them, using the IFA – they
>were both negative. Just imagine, how lucky I was – one of them could have
>been positive, and I would have exposed the healthy one to FeLV! The strange
>thing is that the new cat had also had the IFA, but it was done to soon after
>the positive ELISA.
>Once you know that your cat is definitely positive, get another definitely
>positive cat for company. Chances are great that kittens of a FeLV+ mother
>will be positive more likely than not.
>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
>[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of April Johnson
>Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:38 PM
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Subject: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats
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>In June we adopted two cats a young black female(Spicy) and a orange female
>(Sunny) from animal control. Our local shelter was overrun with cats and
>begging people to come adopt. When we took them to the vets a week after
>being adopted the receptionist asked if we wanted them tested. I did not know
>when I adopted them that animal control does not test the cats unless you
>request it. Well Spicy tested positive for Feline Leukemia. My vet wanted me
>to put her to sleep because she couldn't live with my other cats. I couldn't
>do it she was only 10 months old. So I transformed a spare bedroom into her
>home. She has a cat tree, sofa, windows and toys galore. I think she is
>lonely being by herself. A rescue in my area just posted about a mother cat
>and her juvenile litter of kittens having all just tested positive for feline
>leukemia. I was thinking of looking for a friend for Spicy. I had talked to
>a shelter in our area that takes in
FELV and FIV positive cats. They recommended not adding because it could make
Spicy sick or the other cat sick. Spicy is do next week to get retested for
FELV, the vet said there is remote chance she could turn negative. If she is
still positive do you think it would hurt her to get her a friend??
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>April
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