I personally have never heard of this happening. In fact my vet vaccinated my
positive twice saying it might help and couldn't hurt. (This was over 10 years
ago..........) But many cats are vaccinated without being tested, and unless
the cat were already sick and showing symptoms I doubt the vaccine would hurt.
I would vaccinate everyone. I don't think it would cause a negative cat to
become positive. Just my 2 cents from my experience.
t
Chris Behnke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You have to be careful with vaccinating because there are cases where
that has caused a cat to become positive. That was another thing the vet
talked to me about. She feels that as long as they are indoors, it is not
required to vaccinate as the vaccaine is not 100% guaranteed.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly L
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Help needed
At 03:50 PM 2/26/2007, you wrote
As I mentioned I had one positive and 13 negative...ALL stayed negative,,,,very
very very hard to catch even my positive cats best friend, mutual grooming
cuddling etc,,,, never go it and that was 7 years ago.
Kelly
:
Personally, I would not spend the money to test. If you test you have to
retest later, etc.... I would instead vaccinate everyone as I could afford it.
Start with the youngest. They are most susceptible. That's just my opinion
of what I'd do in your situation.
t
Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The cats were all spayed and neutered and had all shots except the feline
leukemia. They have been to the vet yearly or whenever needed. We aquired so
many at once we could not afford the testing and shots. A lady I worked with
found 3 kittens in a dumpster, 2 weeks later 4 more - we bottle raised all of
them and they all lived. At that same time a stray came in winter and had 4
babies. They all lived also. A month after this we took a trip 500 miles away
and found 2 kittens starving in a field in the middle of nowhere. We brought
them back. These were tested (not sure why vet decided this) and they were ok
at that time. All the cats got along and seldon fought. If they did it was not
the biting, scratching, etc... Soon after that a cat roamed up at a barbeque we
had. She was young and in heat. We did not want her to get pregnant and she
stayed so we brought her in. She was a very shy cat. She liked attention but
seldom went near the others. Her eyes, nose, and mouth
were clear (no discharge). A few weeks ago she started throwing up. We took
her to the vet. She had nver been seriously ill (none have). They are all
around 4 yrs, old now. Anyhow the vet said something was probably stuck in her
intestines so they operated. All they found was enlarged lymph nodes. They did
a biopsy and said they were not cancerous. She started doing better but then it
was hard to get her to eat. We took her back in and they said her lungs had
fluid in them. They drained it off. After all of this they came back and said
she tested postive for leukemia. They recommended putting her to sleep.
Now we have a nightmare. We have all the others, plus just paid out $700.00
for a cat that they ended up putting down. Don't know if the operation threw
her into it all or what.
We are going to have the others tested but it will be over $1000.00. We feel
awful. If you don't have the money though it isn't always as some people think
to keep up with everything.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelley Saveika
Sent: Feb 26, 2007 11:25 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Help needed
I don't think anyone can give you odds on that. I would say it would be
unlikely that they will all be positive and quite possible that none will be
positive. If there is anything I have learned from this list it is that FELV
is pretty hard to catch. Were any of the cats vaccinated against FELV?
On 2/26/07, Debbie < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What are the odds of having 15 cats and one tests postive - will the others
all be postive? These are cats that are strictly indoors now in a 1200 square
foot house. The infected cat was not outwardly sick and di not socialize with
the other cats, however they used same litter boxes and ate from same dishes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. All cats are close to same age,
different litters, aquired at the same time.
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