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Well, my Moogie, who was born with FELV, lived 18
months, but it varies widely, and also, I did not take drastic measures to
prolong her life. Had I done everything to the extreme, she may have lived to be
2 years old. I'm not really sure what the "average" life span of FELV+ cats is,
but one study has been done on the lifespan expectations for cats infected with
feline leukemia virus that tested persistently viremic (continuously tested
positive). In the study, reported by Dr. Susan Cotter in the November 1991 issue
of the Journal of the AVMA, most cats died within two years but about 20%
of the cats lived three or more years. Of course, if everyone here tells you how
old their FELV+ furangels were when they passed on, then you'll get a
good sampling, and be able to draw your own conclusions, but you'll have to know
how long they had the virus, not just how long they lived, because some of them
may have caught it later in life, and that would skew the numbers.
This could potentially be a very interesting
thread, I wonder if we qualify as a "study group"?
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