Hi Deana, Very glad to hear you are finding a new vet. I rescued a litter born of a feral mom who tested negative (we had her spayed and released). One sick baby tested positive right away, the other 4 tested negative. The sick one developed FIP and had to be pts (but at least had some quality time on this earth when she was feeling much better), and eventually one of the negatives tested positive for FeLV, but he is still healthy and going strong at over a year old, and enjoys every day of his life to the fullest. His favorite thing to do is to stomp all over me at 4:00 in the morning and head-butt my face, and I am mostly just so grateful that he is there to bug me! :o) I would have missed out on all his charm had I euthanized, and I can't even imagine if my vet had told me to euth the three that are negative too based on one cat's test. Thank you for questioning your vet and researching this for yourself!
Enjoy those babies, Beth On 5/8/07, Deana K. Wagoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here is the next bit of info on my situation - My husband went by the vet office to pay the bill for the "service" provided on the stray mama that died from the dog inflicted injuries. The vet was not at all happy that we were not bringing the kittens to her to be put to sleep - since she is confident they are all positve and will die. (she has never seen them) The vet now says the first test on the dying mother was "slightly postive" so she ran it again and it was "More positive." Is there such thing as slightly positive or is it just yes or no? I will never know if the mama cat was beyond treatment for sure, but I do know that the test was done about 4 hours after I left her there and no treatment or exam was done before that. The most important item on the list was this test. We are looking for another vet. Deana
