Positive on IFA means it has reached the bone barrow and there is no clearing the virus. If she is positive on the snap test again (and it has been at least 6 weeks since she last tested positive) then she is FeLV positive, but you need to wait the full 6 weeks to give her body time to clear the vius. There is still a slight chance she could clear the virus from her body even if it has been 6 weeks but most likely she will not. I have spoken with the maker of the snap test because we were always told that there we a lot of false positives and at my clinic there were probably 2-3 of every 10 tests that were positive, but IDEXX says that the tests are 99.999% accurate. Whether you mix or not is completely up to you. We mixed our girls 2 years ago. Since cats over the age of 1-2 years of age begin to develop a natural immunity and our negative cat is properly vaccinated the risk of the non-positive contracting FeLV is small. There is still a risk but it is very small. I hope this helps and thanks for taking care of this kitty!! Tanya
--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Pam Norman <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Pam Norman <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Update on Poppy/IFA test > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 10:38 AM > Test is in from > IDEXX. Poppy is IFA > negative! BUT they did another Elisa (the > first was done in-house) & she is still Elisa positive. > > So tell me now what this means. I have to go off to > Madison right now but when I get back I will re-read all the > links with this confirmed info in hand. My woman who > is willing to take Poppy into her FeLeuk positive sanctuary, > says she will test positive on the next IFA in a month > & all this IFA means is that she does not have melanoma > or something else. My vet is kinda skeptical > too. But you all are the ones who are hands on every > day (well, so is my woman with the sanctuary) but I need > your input. > > My intention now is to get her to the vet for worming. That > wasn't done for some reason. Will probably try to do > that when I transition her out of the condo. Into a crate. > Then she will have my spare room, with one hiding place. I > have a twin bed in there but am going to take the > frame out & put the mattresses on the floor cause > I don't want her hiding under the bed in the dark all the > time. Same with stuff up against the wall. There is a > low to the floor desk & I guess I will let her have that > but will barricade everything else & leave several open > crates with towels around also. > > Meanwhile her appetite is very good. > > I KNOW she wants to be with other cats, but I just can't > put one of my negative kitties in there. Marie, at the > sanctuary, would loan me a nice cat but it would be positive > & that would eliminate any little chance Poppy might > have. > > Your thoughts, please please. > > Pam > _______________________________________________ > 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
