MC, do you mind if I pass this along to my neighborhood association website? There's a lot of fear out there. When I brought the kittens home, I chose to stop crying, get educated, and move on. I would like others to benefit from your post.
--- On Mon, 11/3/08, MaryChristine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: MaryChristine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 2:42 PM > see, i would say keep them together, because they've > probably already been > as exposed as they're gonna be, and if mom is negative, > it means their > exposure is probably from great-aunt tabby, the > neighborhood nursemaid. we > don't really know for sure how FeLV works in kittens > who don't get it from > their moms, nor if a mom who is negative after birth was > positive in early > pregnancy but passed it out of her system while pregnant, > or if she DID do > that, if maybe she passed some of her > strong-enough-to-do-that immunities on > to the babies! mom's being negative, tho, is a very > good sign for the > strength of the genetic side of things..... and with four > negatives already, > you may just have come in on the tail end of the exposure > curve on that > one.... > > (yes, i DO tend to be more optimistic, because when only > 30% of cats who > test positive remain infected, and vaccinated cats who are > really negative > don't ever seem to get the virus even when in close > proximity with other > cats, well, i am nowhere near as frightened of the > CONTAGION element of this > virus than i used to be. the results of it, when activated? > that's a > different story altogether. > > MC > > -- > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > MaryChristine > Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue > (www.purebredcats.org) > Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
