Marnie, In 2008 I rescued a litter of 6 kittens and all but one was tested FelV positive. Four of them died when they were just a few months old. One lived to be a year and a half and then he developed spinal tumors and had to be PTS. The last kitten always tested negative and never had the virus. I still have him, and he is now 3 years old. He was retested and he is still negative. It happens, and I guess some have a stronger immune system than others and can throw off the virus.
Lorrie > On 12-11, Marnie wrote: > My shelter just took in a litter of 5 kittens. They are about 8 > weeks old. The 3 females tested possible for feline leukemia with > the Idexx snap test and the 2 males were negative. We retested from > another batch of tests and the same thing. How is this possible if > they are all from the same mother? Can anyone shed some light on > this please? Marnie > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
