Heres the
thingthese viruses have been around forevertheyre not new. If they
were all that contagious and lethal then there would be NO cats left
anywhere. Back before tests, everybody was mixed and nobody got tested
or vaccinated. Then all of a sudden these tests came out and with them
all this rush to pts any cat that tested positive. Kittens are always at
more risk from anything. No doubt they have the hardest time of all if
they have pre-natal exposure and it is heart breaking to see these little one
struggle so hard and not make it. But pts any cat of any age who is pos
is a travesty! I have two adults who are pos. My vet never batted
an eyelash about mixing. Are there risks? Im sure there are but I just
dont think theyre anywhere near what the big pharmaceutical companies would
have you believe. Are the adults more susceptible to cancers and blood
disorders-sure. But does that mean they cant have a good, happy lifeof
course not! I dont have either of mine on interferonyoud sort of have
to know them to know what a MAJOR stress that would be for them. I do
give them some good food, some supplements and a whole lot of loving! As
for my 3 negs, I do get them vaccinated though they lived with what I didnt
know was a positive since their own kittenhood and they all remain neg.
I wish that testing
was only used to determine any appropriate medical treatmentnot to determine
whether cat should immediately live or die; not to determine whether the cat
is a death sentence for any other cats
.
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yeah, well, that IS the
question....
70% of adult, healthy cats can be exposed
to the virus and throw it off--it's generally believed to take 90-120 days for
that to happen if it's gonna. therefore, unless you know EXACTLY where (and
with whom!) the cat has been in the previous 90-120 days, you can't really
believe either a negative OR a positive result.... this means that cats who
have been exposed, but will throw off the virus, will be killed in the
shelters/rescues/vet's offices because they don't have either the information
or the facilities to hold the kitty for retesting; if also means that a stray
from the streets who tests negative may still have been exposed in the recent
past and may test positive later on....
even cats tested positive on the ifa can
retest negative after a time--i'd found a reference once, tho it's no longer
where it was originally!--that in rare cases the time for an IFA to go back to
negative was up to 7 months following exposure.
i have never heard of a documented case
of a vaccinated negative cat turning positive from living, closely, with
positives....
i do know of a number of cats who
originally tested positive (back before people knew to retest) who did indeed
test negative months and even years after they'd gone to live in positive-only
environments--so clearly, they were healthy enough to throw the initial
exposure off, and to remain negative afterward. one specific cat in that
category went through two major bouts of illness that were considered
life-threatening--to the force-feeding stage--and the little brat bounced back
from both those episodes, stayed in the FeLV colony, and two years later, was
found to be negative after all...
On 4/20/06,
carrie chance <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
wrote:
what the heck good is testing and
vaccinating then?
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I hasn't happened
to me but statistically it's supposed to have 2/3 of cases might it
might take a few months to really know it, though.
Okay anyone ever have a positive
turn negitive?
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