I agree with everyone --- I try not to let the test result completely determine how their life is going to be if it may not make sense to do.. they are gifted to this world as litter mates for a reason...and that means they should be raised together..
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:56 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: 2 littermates - one pos/one neg Janine, I agree with Belinda and Rachel. I would keep them together, for both their sakes. Poor little lambs have been through so much already. Have you been reading the posts lately? We just had a kitten on the list apparently turn out to be a false pos. I know it's less likely in your case, given that other members of the colony are testing pos too, but your little boy is only 7 weeks and may very well be testing pos because of his mother's antibodies still. Whatever you decide, I know that you have their best interest at heart. Still, I'm praying that they can be kept together and adopted out to someone that cares as much as we do for their quality of life. Thanks for all you do, Nina janine paton wrote: >Hi all, > >Two brothers, 7 weeks today tested one positive, one >negative for leukemia. The mom is feral, and has not >been tested yet, but her sister tested positive. The >mom had been trapped by someone trying to do the right >thing, but the kittens were born beforre she could get >her to the vet. All have been living together crated >in this person's home. > >As an organization, we had a pair of littermates >testing the same as these 2, and we let them stay >together. The positive cat died at around 3 yrs, the >negative cat is still negative (and has recently been >adopted!) so it's not entirely new to me but what's >the best thing to do? Try to adopt them out as a >pair? Separate them now? Or it doesn't matter at >this point, even if the negative kitten is so young? > >The test was Elysa and we are re-running both. > >Thanks! > >Janine > > > > > > >
