What does your shelter do with cats who test positive? Most shelters combo
test and euthanize any positives. Furthermore, in a shelter situation, it is
highly likely that a cat can test negative, but later test positive anyway, and
vice versa.
I think the responsible thing to do is to have the new guardian test the cat
and make a decision to return it or keep it if it comes up positive. They
should be educated about the fact that the test is highly susceptible until it
is confirmed in 3 months. Either way. The way testing is done now cats are
routinely euthanized who are probably not even positive. And people take home
cats satisfied that their cats are negative when they are in fact positive.
t
Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I used to work in a shelter too, and we did not test to "cull" the
cats.
We tested because it was the responsible thing to do.
Yes, I understand that they can test pos. later after an exposure,but if I
adopted a cat /kitten from the shelter and brought it home, and introduced it
to my geriatric cat or one of of my immune compromised cats, and it turned out
to be pos. due to the shelter not testing it (I am thinking in terms of people
who are not knowledgeable), and it exposed my cats to felv., I would be
one.....pissed ......off......B****.
And I don't want to hear that it's not that contagious, I have a cat that
this happened to from a hoarding house.
It's irresponsible for a shelter not to test the cats /kittens prior to
adoption, so that the shelter / potential adopters know what they are dealing
with.
Why would you not test the cats?
That's more irresponsible than not testing a dog for heartworms.
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
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Purring welcomes of soft applause,
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----- Original Message -----
From: catatonya
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:46 AM
Subject: Re: This is pretty interesting
I am against testing cats. I used to work at the shelter, and it is really a
way to cull the population. Plus, if a cat tests negative at a shelter and is
then still kept in cages, cat rooms, etc... with other cats..... it could still
wind up positive.
tonya
Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This article advocates against combo testing shelter cats. Frankly
I'm not sure what to think. I can see advantages and disadvantages.
http://network.bestfriends.org/Blogs/PostDetail.aspx?g=3042316787ce4a6e8eb13f7e1c31758d&bp=5244
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