The moral of the story is that all cats coming into a home or foster home where there are other cats, must be combo tested! It's not a huge expense in the big scheme of things, but necessary! That's how I always feel - if a good home cannot be found, the cats stays here....and sometimes, a really good adopter who doesn't necessarily want a kitten comes along and wants an older cat! It's so much harder parting with a cat that has been here for a while than parting with kittens. I have also learned a hard lesson to never separate two cats that are really good friends! Good luck with finding a good home! Natalie
-----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:59 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? I think you're right. I couldn't adopt out to a person without telling them everything. It's not right to do that and I would feel so guilty. Then it's their decision as to whether they want him or not. The kitty did test negative yesterday so there's hope he won't or doesn't have it but time will tell. Yeah, I think I'll just try to find him a home as the only cat. If I can't find him a home, he can stay with me. I've already decided to keep most of my fosters since I found out so what's one more as they say! Thanks for your input. You kind of confirmed what I had been thinking. I just wanted to hear it from someone else. I wish I had known the kitty that had it was positive before she died. She didn't show any symtoms until the day before she died. Her breathing was kind of shallow and rapid so I took her to the vet and they found that she was bleeding in her chest and she died while we were talking about it. They did the necropsy and saw the huge tumor in her chest and the vet said it ruptured a vein or something around her heart. The vet was curious about it because the kitty was not yet two years old so she did a combo test and it came out with a strong positive for FeLV. If I had known I wouldn't have ever taken in any more fosters but I had no clue. She tested negative as a kitten and never looked sick so I had no reason to suspect it. It sucks. I love them all but she was special to me. "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 20:21:50 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > That does present a problem - that's precisely the reason why I cannot mix > the cats..... I cannot take the chance that a cat getting adopted from us > might possibly infect an adopter's cat. If they were all here to stay, I > would definitely do it. I also do not mix FIV with FeLV - don't want to > expose each to yet another disease - not fair to them, as long I have > separate areas for each group. > Follow your instinct....if you believe that the kitten would be happy being > the only one in a household, try to find one without another cat. I would > not take the chance with someone's cat, and it wouldn't be fair NOT to tell > an adopter the situation, right? > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:50 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > 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: westnint...@yahoo.com > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > 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 <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > > > > > > From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net> > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > 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: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > 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 > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
