I must be a very unlucky person because I had 3 and probably 4 cats FeLV. Only two were related from litters a year apart. The other two cats were not related to my cats and had recently been adopted. What are the odds of adopting two cats one from a shelter one from an individual and my own two cats who were half brother being Felv positive. My cats were indoor outdoor friendly cats who ate from the same bowls . I also have another cat who is related from yet another litter, she is negative. The older cats faired the best. I am talking 7 years or older. I also think at least 2 maybe three cats had at least one vaccination against Felv that would have been 6 yrs ago.
I say probably 4 because the 1st cat to die had symptoms and died at the vet's office after two days of IV antibiotics. He was anemic and jaundiced. He crashed during the night. He did not know who I was it was heart breaking. Pumpkin was not tested, but I feel he was FeLV positive. He was adopted last March. Junior who was being treated for anemia went back to his vet two days later bc of my concern about Pumpkin's death being related. Junior who tested negative about 6 months prior was now positive and had a temp of 106.5. The other two cats who tested positive were adopted that same year after my precious Fluffy was PTS for bone cancer. I still have another cat from the same mother. She was negative. I do not plan to retest unless the other cats show symptoms. The negs were all vaccinated. This all occurred last year. I think at least two cats caught the virus from the others. If not I was unlucky to have adopted two sick cats and have two sick cats. Just the facts at my household. I don't know if this still fits your theory. Junior has his needle aspiration of the lymph nodes tomorrow. Here's hoping it's just and infection. He is experiencing discomfort. Junior has been to the vet and is on Baytril. She will call me back later with results. A cursory exam showed inflammatory tissue and fatty tissue. She may go ahead and send the needle aspiration off to the lab. I am having problems with my computer and was not able to send the email last night. Keep good thought for Junior. Sally On 3/13/07, Kelly L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if anyone out there has any reliable statistics on how many cats tested negative for FELV,,and then after living with positive kitties converted i would sure like to know, i just have this gut feeling that it is so very very few. i think frequently one cat may be positive and the others never tested unless they become ill and wow,,,they are positive,,and yet they may have been positive all their lives but just asymptomatic, Those are the valuable statistics..those are the statistics that cause healthy FELV cats to be PTS ( killed).... most of us here seem to have the experience of no transmission in adult cats, The only way to be sure is if a cat was once negative,,,,,,,,THEN became infected,,,and positive, Kelly
