Before you get
convinced that she is really positive for FIV – I would ask the vet to send
a sample to test for Western Blot – I have 6 positive cats, but 2 cats ended
up being false positive – did the vet run inside snap shot test or did it
send it outside?
Just so that we are
clear, as I understand it, for FIV to bet transmitted, it requires for a FIV
positive cat to bite a negative one – and not the other way around.
There is a very active support group for FIV cats, you should join the list,
lots of people on the list, they mix their positives with negatives, and
none of negatives have become positive for anyone and I am one of them,
too. I am hoping that you will find a way to keep the kitty
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Here's the address
– you will need to join through yahoo – please do, you get a lot of good
information from this list on FIV – not worry too much.. Most of FIV
positive cats do live a normal life span if they are indoor kitties – again
I have 6 FIV kitties, and they are very healthy.. and some of them are
older, too.
Make sure that you
join the FIVcats2 not FIVcats (most of the FIVcat group moved to FIVcats2
due to the harassment posting from a couple of the list members
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello
to all, i am new to this site, and looking for any info anyone
has. My uncle reciently died and he had an indoor / outdoor cat. There
was confusion as to who was first taking it in, well noone did. I
drove the 45 min drive 3 times the first day to try to catch the cat.
They locked it outside for 2 weeks! The neighbor helped me catch Fingers
(the cat). I took it home and locked it in a spare bedroom away from
my other cats. I finally convinced a family to take her in, with the
exception I checked her out at the vet. Well, yesterday I found
out she tested positive with FIV. I love this cat. Fingers has
such a frendly personality. I know its a plus that she has extra fingers,
but noone seems to want her now. I have contacted Tabbys Place which
takes cat in with FIV.They won't take anymore cats due to space. I would
keep her myself, but my one cat fights. If I am correct that is the only way
they transmit the virus. I live in New Jersey, but am willing
to do just about anything for this
cat. Erin
