i am new here. too many archives for me to read. just trying to read the ones
that the topic caught my interest eventually overwhelmed me. my heart goes out
to all of you who have had losses here.
somewhere on the internet (i've been checkiong a lot of links about leukemia
and taking notes) i read that there are 4 different possible reactions a cat
will have form FELV exposure... immunity, infection,latency or immune carrier
from my understanding, an ifa will detect infection and a pcr test will detect
latency. do any of these or other tests detect immunity or immune carrier?
how do you know if a cat has lymphoma? can you actually feel the enlarged
glands on them? how do you know if a cat's bone marrow has been compromised?
will this show up in bloodwork as a high or low count white blood cells?
shouldn't a vet want to request you to make a future appointment if you bring
in a cat with a urinary tract infection (complete blockage i was told) and the
bloodwork comes back with a positive felv? or is sending the cat home with -oh
my, i just checked the medicine to get the name of it, i thought it was for his
uti but now i think it actually is for the felv. its baytril. .3ml a day. i
guess i will have to find out if i am suppose to have them refill it when i run
out. (you would think they would have told me. or else i just didn't hear it
because i was still in complete disbelief and shock.)
i have a lot more questions but don't have the time to think about what else i
don't know. too many questions and when i google links and read info on one
question, i end up with two more questions plus i get side tracked easily and
end up on other links that are related to felv but not to what i was looking
for and those usually leave me with even more questions.
at least through what i did read in your archives, it doesn't seem all that
uncommon for a cat that is strictly indoors (muilti cat home - 4 cats all
indoors 24/7) to end up with felv even though all of them have previously
tested negative or else their mother did when i got them as a kitten.
although i appreciate your site and mailing, i wish i never had a reason to
know it even existed. but i am sure most all, if not everyone, can say the same
thing.
p.s. if you are wondering why i am asking here instead of my vet... first of
all i called my vet around noon and told them my cat had a urinary tract
infection and wanted to get him seen before i have to leave for work which is
3:30. they told me they do surgeries during that time and to bring him in the
following morning. there areat least two vets if not still three that work
there. you would think one of them could see urgent patients during that time.
so i called another vet clinic. that is where i took the cat. the vet who i
spoke with when i brought the cat in was ok. i requested to see a vet when i
picked the cat up several days later and that vet gave me the impression that
she had other things more important to do than to talk to me and so i forgot
what all i wanted to ask and decided perhaps the one and a half minute of her
time i had already taken was more than she wanted to give so i gave up and
left. if i make another appointment i will make
sure that they give me the vet i saw the first time. however, i may look
around for another vet.
one other question... what good is a felv vaccine if it doesn't protect the cat
against the disease? the way i see it, either it protects or it doesn't and
apparently it doesn't or else there wouldn't be an issue as to felv+ cats being
around vaccined felv- cats at rescues, sanctuaries or in the home.
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