Maureen,
I am soooo happy for you. I will hope as well that her immune system
extinguishes the virus, quickly! Keep us posted. I do the second test on my
adult cat that was exposed (as you know) in 10 more days....yes, I'm
counting!!
Good luck to you and all of your kitties. It's such a blessing to have
animals in life :0)
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen Olvey" <molvey...@hotmail.com>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Need Sanctuary for Kittens
Got the results of the IFA on the mother. She is negative. I told them we
have to re-test again in a month or two because we have to have two tests
that agree. Since the second ELISA is showing positive but the IFA is
negative I told them we need to give her a little longer before making a
conclusive determination. I hoping her immune system will extinguish the
virus.
Someone on here once said they had a positive mama cat with a negative
kitten and a positive kitten. The positive kitten died young of course but
the negative kitten and the positive mama cat were still around and healthy.
I would think that would be the exception rather than the rule. But, two of
this mama cat's four kittens have tested negative on their first ELISA so
I'm hoping the next ELISA will show the same thing and they'll be part of
the small minority that didn't get it from the mother cat.
Yeah, I know about FIV and thank the Lord it is a little less scary than
FeLV. I have an FIV positive male in my house so I learned all about it
too.
“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: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:24:28 -0400
From: at...@optonline.net
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Need Sanctuary for Kittens
Unfortunately, if the mother is FeLV positive, the kittens are too! I have
yet to hear or read otherwise.
With FIV, that is not the case, fortunately.
-----Original Message-----
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Second Chance
Meows
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:20 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org; molvey...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Need Sanctuary for Kittens
Please contact me in reference to these 2
Michael Johnson
Founder/Owner
Second Chance Meows
A FeLV Sanctuary
________________________________
From: Maureen Olvey <molvey...@hotmail.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:33 AM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Need Sanctuary for Kittens
My rescue group has two 8 week old FeLV positive kittens that need a place
to go. I'm in the Atlanta area but I don't think there are any FeLV
sanctuaries nearby or even in the whole state. The lady who has been
fostering them is willing to drive almost anywhere. She has family in PA
and goes up there several times a year so driving a distance isn't a
problem for her. Plus we have other people who can drive them to various
other states. The kittens will be fully vetted and spayed or neutered.
My rescue is a very small group. We don't have a shelter facility, we
just have foster homes. We don't have a long term place for the kittens.
Can anyone help or offer suggestions?
We've only had one ELISA test done on the kittens but the mother cat had
two positive ELISA tests and we're waiting on the IFA results for her.
Because of that I'm thinking the kittens who tested positive are really
positive. Think we should do an IFA test on them? I feel certain that
they are truly positive but who knows. Also two of their littermates have
tested negative on their first ELISA. How long should we wait before
re-testing? Do you guys think those kittens could really be negative or
is it more likely that it just isn't showing up yet for some reason? I
know I've heard some of you say that you had a positive and a negative
kitten that were littermates that came from a positive mother cat. But
does that happen very often?
Please let me know if anyone can put me in touch with a sanctuary for the
kittens. We might need one for the mother but for now I'll just worry
about the kittens. Oh, we do have someone who is taking the two negative
kittens and will hold them until they can be re-tested.
“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
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