The reason I'm curious about it is because of my foster cats. Some people, including some vets, are saying that since they've been exposed to it this long and they tested negative recently that they should be fine and to go ahead and adopt them out. My 8 month old kitten came here when he was 8 weeks old so he's been exposed to FeLV for 6 months. I'm not sure how many cats in my house may have it, but the one that died last week did test positive which is how I found out about it. So far, I have only tested 3 of my other cats so far and they were negative so I really don't know yet if any others in my house have it. So as far as the 8 month old kitten goes, I wonder if that's enough time for it to show up on a combo test. I don't want to adopt him to someone with a cat and then their cat catch it from him. If I were the person looking to adopt a cat and I knew for sure the kitty had been exposed to FeLV even if he tested negative yesterday I probably wouldn't adopt him. Anyone have any opinions? Should I put him up for adoption? “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: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:06:29 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > Good for you. Mine r healthy too. If it an broke ,don't fix it. It the cat > tests neg. why wait for it to be positive? regards, CAthy > > --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Natalie <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 10:02 PM > > > Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated > for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because > of space limitations, especially isolation areas. > When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the > cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months > later.... > I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a > rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for > FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being ill....my vet asked for some > blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out > that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this > day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as > serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having > been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The > two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any > symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV > cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is > perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become > symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with > supplements, good food, TLC, etc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a > while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that > can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience > with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living together > for a year and the healthy cat's combo test was negative after a year > together with lots of exposure, is there a chance it is still hiding in the > healthy cat's bone marrow and not showing up yet? It seems to me that a > year would be enough time for the virus to show up in a test. > > > "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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
