An fiv test is not accurate until a cat is around 6 months old. I wouldn't worry about it until then. Even then I wouldn't worry about it. As stated fiv is rarely transmitted between neutered/spayed cats.......... if ever! I have NEVER heard of it being transmitted except through males (unneutered) fighting, and or mating.
Most fiv cats never even get sick from it. They might have more gingivitis and need dentals, Mine had ear infections from time to time (but his ears were folded down, so we didn't know which one caused it. He lived to a ripe old age right along with all my own cats and fosters that came and went.
tonya
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Hello!
>From what I've read about FIV, it's very rare for a mother to pass on
the virus directly to her kittens (unlike FeLV). I would definitely
have her retested in a few months and wouldn't be surprised if she
turned up negative. But FIV is not like FeLV in that cats with FIV
usually live long, asymptomatic lives. I also wouldn't worry about
mixing your positive and negative...the virus can only be transmitted by
a deep bite wound (typically seen with un-neutered, feral males who
fight each other). I don't think you'll have any problem with the
little one! ;)
I don't know much about the vaccine only that subsequent FIV testing on
a vaccinated cat can come up positive because of the vaccine. Either
way, I think your older guy will be just fine...FeLV is considered more
contagious than FIV and I've mixed my FeLV guys with my non-FeLV guys
and no one has ever turned up positive.
Bless your heart for caring for the little one! What is her name?
Jen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:44 am
Subject: FIV infected Kitten
To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> I have been researching the net for information on FIV in kittens
> and hope
> to get more info here. My daughter came home two weeks ago with a
> little freal
> kitten appr. 5 weeks old. We already hav a 3 year old cat and had
> not planned
> on another cat, but ofcourse everybody in the family fell in love
> with this
> little thing. Yesterday we were told she tested positive for FIV,
> which realy
> upset everybody, but we have decided to keep her and deal with
> things as
> they come. Now I read that when a little kitten tests positive,
> you need to keep
> testing it until at least 6 month of age because it might be
> mothers
> anti-bodies, passed through mothers milk that might make the test
> come back
> positive. Is there anybody in this forum that indeed had that
> happen, meaning that at
> first the test came back positive but later negative? I know we
> are grasping
> at straws, but hope helps. We are also trying to decide whether to
> keep the
> two cats separate for ever or introduce them anyhow, I will talk
> to the vet
> to have the older one tested too now and if that comes back
> negative, to have
> him vacinated, but wonder whether that would be sufficient
> protection. Any
> advise??
>
