I have a client that took in 2 felv+ cats, @ different times.
They always stayed healthy, (we are talking about 2 yrs or so) per se, but one
day the tuxie was dead in their room.
She took good care of them, high quality food, outdoor enclosure access, yada,
yada....
"Simon", the Siamese became very depressed, and on a hunch she had him retested.
He came up neg/ neg.
Simon went back to live w/ the woman who had originally given him to her, he
had been a stray.
The woman couldn't keep him if he was pos. due to having a one bedroom
apartment and two other cats.
Simon has adjusted well, no idea how he tested pos. and now is neg/neg, but he
has a very good life.
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
"As Cleopatra lay in state,
Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
Purring welcomes of soft applause,
Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
Trajan Tennent
----- Original Message -----
From: laurieskatz
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: Immunity to FeLV?
Hi. I have a friend who always has a small group of feleuk positive cats. One
big orange guy lived in this group for five years. The others living with him
during this time had all died and she couldn't figure out why he had no
symptoms and was still alive so she tested him and he was negative. She wasn't
sure anymore why he had ended up with the positive group (whether he'd tested
positive at one time or he hadn't been tested) but they obviously shared
everything and he was still healthy and negative. He is still alive five or so
years AFTER the five years with the positive group!
Laurie
