That's FANTASTIC! That means that the kittens will NOT be...they are still developing their immune system and will shed whatever small amount of it shows...just like with FIV moms' kittens!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:47 PM To: [email protected] 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: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Second Chance Meows > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:20 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
