I feel like I must be very cautious until I know for sure where we stand after the restesting. I do appreciate your story and do not feel as nervous about the situation as I did. This has certainly been a learning experience for me. I have loved cats all my life and try to spoil them as much as I can. It makes me feel good to see Amber get all the food she wants and I hear her purr. It is sad she has lost her freedom but I hope to be able to give her a good life. BTW, Do you think I should have her spayed or wait until after the restesting? My husband questions whether we should ever her spayed since she can't get out. Jannes
________________________________ From: Gloria Lane <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, March 14, 2011 7:04:01 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Any advice appreciated. I'd say don't worry about it. I just don't think it's that contagious. I mix mine. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Maureen Olvey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I foster cats and kittens for my local humane society. Last week a 2 year > old >kitty died. She tested positive for FeLV. I got her as a kitten and at that >time she tested negative. I have got quite a few cats that have been living >with me as long as she has been with me. They all share the same food bowls >and >litterboxes. None are vaccinated against FeLV since every cat or kitten that >comes into my house has been tested first. It terrified me when I found out >she >had been positive, especially since I have a 5 month old kitten that has been >living with me since he was 8 weeks old. Today I had him and an older kitten >that is about 8 months old tested at the vet's office. The older kitten has >been with me since he was about 12 weeks old. They both came out negative. A >couple weeks ago I had an adult that had been with me almost as long as the >FeLV >cat was with me and she tested negative as well. So, I tell you this Jannes >to >confirm what the others have said because it shows that not all cats contract >FeLV and there is no need to panic right now. The vet felt that since those >kittens and the cat that I had tested had been exposed to FeLV for so long >that >if they were going to get it they would have already gotten it. Especially >the >cat that had lived at my house with the FeLV + cat for a year and a half. > > A friend of mine has also had 3 or 4 FeLV positive cats living alongside her >healthy cats for years. She gets her healthy cats vaccinated against FeLV and >they have never contracted the disease from the FeLV cats. I would vaccinate >your healthy cats now and let the FeLV + cat run around the basement and if >she >tests negative in a few months or test negative with the ELISA and IFA test I >would let her in the rest of the house with the other cats. But, that's what >I >would do, not necessarily what you should do. Actually, I would trust the >vaccine and after your healthy cats get their vaccination (it takes a series >of >two shots the first time) then I'd let all three hang together. But it's your >cats and you have to make that decision. > > > > “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are >profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon >unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me >sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain > > > >> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:26:53 -0700 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Any advice appreciated. >> >> I realize now that I did not address the concern you posted about. I felt >> the >>need to educate you about the testing protocol for FELV because I would hate >>to >>see you cage a cat for 3 months that may not even be infected with the >>virus. >>You cannot consider a cat persistently viremic until they test positive on >>the >>IFA test. >> >> >> If it turns out the cat you rescued is really FELV positive, she is not >> going >>to transmit the virus to your other cats through some chance encounter. It >>would take prolonged contact with your other cats to infect them with the >>virus. Even if they had prolonged contact, it does not mean your other cats >>would get the virus. Some cats are able to build an immune response and >>fight >>off the virus. I rescued a cat over the summer that tested positive on the >>combo snap test and the ELISA test but tested negative on the IFA. Thirty >>days >>later, he tested negative on the snap test, the ELISA test and continued to >>test >>negative on the IFA test. As a precaution, we tested again 30 days later, >>and >>he continued to test negative on all three tests. His body built an immune >>defense and fought off the virus >> >> --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Jannes Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> From: Jannes Taylor <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Felvtalk] Any advice appreciated. >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 1:50 PM >> >> >> Hello, >> I rescued a stray two weeks ago. Took her to the vet a week ago and they >> said >> she was FELV positive. She was starving when I found her, but she has gained >> weight and is looking good. Her eyes just glisten and she seems healthy. The >>vet >> >> said she was about a year old. She only weighed six pounds last week. I did >> not >> >> have the heart to euthanize her when she is not suffering. However, I have >> three healthy cats upstairs and I live in constant fear that they will >> escape >>to >> >> the basement where this cat we now call Amber is staying. I keep her in a >> nice > >> cage during most of the time and let her out to get her exercise in the >>basement >> >> about four hours per day. My husband is building her a 8' long x 4' wide x >> 6' >> tall cage so she will have more room I do hate keeping her caged up, but >> don't > >> have a choice. She is very sweet and it is just a sad situation. I tried to >>find >> >> a home for her but no one seems to want a cat with her issues. We are trying >> to >> >> be very cautious regarding the other cats, but it is does make me fearful. >> I plan to have her rested in three months. I am so new to this situation, so >>any >> >> comments or ideas are much appreciated. >> Jannes >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
