This happened to my mom's cat, Lucky. He initially tested "weak positive" when I took him to the vet (he was in terrible shape, sick, flea-ridden, had lost weight). Then, because of what I learned HERE (bless you all) I had Lucky retested on the IFA and he came back negative! He has other health issues, but apparently FeLeuk isn't one of them.
Good news, Natalie. Congratulations to you and your furry buddies! ~Bonnie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Natalie Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 7:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Eliot Spitty and Mr. Tux - grrrreat news! Yes! Now the question is, did they shed the virus, or was the first test result false? I'm just so happy, I don't care - but it would be nice to know how this whole thing works! I wonder how many cats there are out there that aren't really positive and are getting killed for nothing...... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Eliot Spitty and Mr. Tux - grrrreat news! Are they positive on the Elisa, just not the IFA? Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org --- On Thu, 6/9/11, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: From: Natalie <[email protected]> Subject: [Felvtalk] Eliot Spitty and Mr. Tux - grrrreat news! To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 9:54 AM My two FeLV boyz were given the IFA test on Monday afternoon., and we were eagerly awaiting results, although I wasn’t setting myself up for any miracles. Last night, just as I sat down and started giving one of our renal failure cats her daily fluids, the phone rang: It was my vet, but I couldn’t get to the phone. He did not leave a message, and when I called back, hospital was already closed. I just got a call from the receptionist….she told me that the test results were NEGATIVE!!!!! (Retesting of Sox, a NJ FIV cat, came back positive again – the poor cat has painful stomatitis!) For two long years, Eliot was all alone, then I was able to find FeLV positive Mr. Tux in NJ! They’ve been together for 1 ½ years. All our cats have access to outdoor enclosures…..they did not, and I was desperately trying to figure out how I could accomplish that. No need to worry about that anymore – I will get them into the “general population” with access to a nice big outdoor enclosure to use as they please! _______________________________________________ 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
