Val,
Thank you for your kindness. I am so sorry that you had the same experience.
I've heard that the virus sheds when it is in stage 5. Unfortunately, the
article I read online did not say how you can tell when they are in that
stage. I'm so happy that your cats have tested negative and I pray that they
will be in 6 mos as well. Keep me posted if you don't mind.
My situation was this: I was fostering a kitten from the humane society. He
tested negative for leukemia as a young kitten at 3 mos old and his mother
did as well. The litter that he came from all had coccidia. Supposedly, he
was cured from it, but I thought different. Before I could adpot him I had
to have him neutered by a vet assoc. with the HS. I had him neutered when
he was 5 1/2 mos old so I could take him to my vet shortly after. He had
been in my home at 3 mos old and played with my 2 yr old cat (Muffin) all
the time. Before getting him (the HS kitty) neutered, he was tested again
for FeLV and it was negative. My cats groomed each other, shared the litter
box, food, water, toys, you name it. Then on 3-10-11 (9 mos old then) I
took him to my vet because he was acting lethargic and had not had a BM in
the litter box in 2 days. He was still eating and drinking the day prior.
The first thing my vet did was listened to his heart. She stated he had a
heart murmur. She then looked at his gums and they were completely white and
she said he was anemic and had to run some tests. She did the ELISA test
and he was a faint positive for FeLV. I'm not sure if a faint positive has
any meaning to it. But, I ended up putting him down that day because he was
suffering (he sure did hide his symptoms well!). His oxygen level was
extremely low. According to his blood work, FeLV was in his bone marrow. I
did let the Humane Society know so they could have his siblings tested.
I had Muffin tested the day I put the kitten to sleep. Muffin tested
negative on the ELISA test. I pray that Muffin will be negative for FeLV
for life (he is a Ragdoll and is a very stress free cat which is great!).
He seems to miss his playmate. I'd like to get another cat but we are
waiting until June to test again. Do you think if he tests negative in June
that it will be safe to get another cat? I told my vet that I want the IFA
test done as well as the ELISA test. I will test Muffin for enlarged lymph
glands as well. How do you do this?
If you could share any more thoughts with me, I would sure appreciate it!
Also, how do I post a thread in the forum?
Thanks for responding :0)
Lynn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Val Green" <harpestry...@aol.com>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] posting to thread on Felvtalk
Lynn,
I'm so sorry for your loss. I was in the very same situation recently. I
lost an adult cat to FeLV in January not realizing he was a positive until
he suddenly became seriously ill. From the time of the diagnosis until I
had to put him to sleep was one week. My 4 other (all indoor) cats had to
be tested and luckily they all turned up negative so had them all
vaccinated. They'd only been exposed to the positive one for about 6
months but they shared food and water bowls, litterboxes and bedding. My
vet advised me to have them re-tested in 6 months. So far they all seem
healthy but now that they've been exposed I check them regularly for any
sign of enlarged lymph glands, the first symptom the feLV positive cat
exhibited.
I hope this information helps. I can tell you that this forum has been an
extremely valuable resource of information for me since losing my Chat
Noir to this horrible disease.
Best of luck to you,
Valerie
On Apr 1, 2011, at 11:10 AM, "Lynda Wilson" <longhornf...@verizon.net>
wrote:
Hi Mr. Wilson!
I would like to take part in the discussions about Feline Leukemia. I
recently had a 9 mos. old kitten die from FeLV. I'm very concerned about
my 2 yr old cat contracting the disease. It would help me to talk to
other people that have experienced having exposed a FeLV kitten to a cat
within the same house.
Please let me know how I can start a thread and read some past posts
regarding FeLV.
Thanks for your help. I really need some support.
Sincerely,
Lynn
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