Hi Janine,
I'm in Arkansas - our rescue has quite a few cats and kittens. We
test initially with the Elisa test when the kitties come into the
program. We buy the tests in bulk, and then have a participating vet
tech do the test. Then if the cat tests positive, we test again with
the Elisa in 3 to 6 months. More than once, we've had kittens test
positive at first, then go negative on the second test.
We have a few people who will take FELV cats. It's not that
contagious, in my experience, and according to the vet i've used
often. I've also found a disarming array of opinions (and ignorance)
among vets about FELV.
Best of luck,
Gloria
On Aug 5, 2005, at 4:51 AM, janine paton wrote:
Hi,
Hope I'm doing this correctly, I'm not very good at
these lists.
I'm with a small rescue group and we've trapped
fourteen 10 - 12 week old kittens (three moms) from
one yard. They are being socialized in 3 or 4
foster
homes. It's a lot of work and time and the kittens
are already at a disadvantage because by the time
they
are socialized, they're not 8 - 12 weeks anymore.
Started trapping the adults to TNR and the original
mom cat, who didn't look so hot, tested - IFA -
Leukemia positive.
I'm OK with FIV and have had plenty of experience
with
it, but I've found different vets have different and
sometimes radical opinions, so I am assuming it's
the
same with leukemia.
I'm looking for some practical advice - when to
test,
ELISA or IFA...I'm trying to get as much current and
correct information as possible, but am getting a
little mixed up. Fourteen feral kittens aare a lot
for us even under the best circumstances.
What should we do next?
As far as Georgie, there's a website called
www.catsinthebag.org - it is excellent for helping
to
find lost cats.
Thanks,
Janine
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