yeah, people'd bring FeLVs (and FIVs) to the sanctuary, even when they were the only cats in the household, because, "the cat's going to die." um, well, and what guarantee do you have that that $1500 showcat you just bought isn't gonna die from something in two weeks???? they ALL die--just as we do.... (subtle, aren't i?)
On 4/22/06, catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is why I wish shelters wouldn't even test. They put down cats who are > probably not positive, and they make people 'think' a cat is negative due to > a test coming up negative while the cat has been exposed to tons of other > cats and just hasn't had time to test positive yet. My opinion is separate > the kittens from the adults (unless it's mothers and kittens) and treat felv > like a 'treatable' disease. Which it IS. > > It's not like shelters test their hearts, or kidneys, or whatever and say > 'in the future your cat looks like it may have kidney problems so let's just > euthanize it now." > > t > > > TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i'm not sure what the question is--but a cat that tests negative when > you don't know for sure that the cat hasn't been in contact with a > positive cannot be assumed to actually BE negative, because of that > same 120-day window.... say you take in a cat that's been exposed in > the previous week--might well test negative, but in a month would test > positive.... so ALL tests, ideally, should be repeated in 120-days: > this hypothetical kitty who got outdoors and mixed with positives > could test negative at day 10 of exposure, positive on day 45, and > have processed the virus out of its body at the 120-day mark..... > > if you want to od on medical terminology, go to scirus.com, and type > in "FeLV...." much of the info is way beyond my everyday knowledge, > and a lot of the cites that come up are dated--but there's some neat > stuff there anyway.... (grabbing medical dictionary and virology text > for next period of nothing-better-to-do time....) > > > -- > MaryChristine > > AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 289856892 > > > -- MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
