10 weeks old could be an "iffy" age to test, that's why results could be iffy, and if exposed, the kittens may shed the "faint" positive when their immune systems develop. It would be important to feed them good supplements, good diet. My vet would NOT have used all those vaccines at the same time when their health was questionable - it's too much bombarding them with all those vaccines. If cats had the ELISA now, and they were negative, or tested "faintly", to make sure, they should have another ELISA in 90 days, and if that is negative and you are satisfied, that should be IT. If the ELISA were to be positive, the IFA should be done almost immediately to confirm because ELISAs are often false positives. Seems that there's something else going on, like an URI, giardia (diarrhea).
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of czadna sacarawicz Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 11:40 AM To: feline leukemia list Subject: [Felvtalk] Hope, adult female testing faintly + on SNAP Sat, 7.23 AND Schmitzi, 10-week-old kitten what is done is done and don't ask me why or how. it is. don't ask me why AC didn't identify a sick-appearing cat am fostering these two from gassing-daily county pound since 7.16. suspected Hope had feline leukemia when I picked her up - - THIN and HOT. She and Schmitzi were housed side by side i.e. nose to nose for a week. spending my $. both have diarrhea. vet found them both negative for fecal parasites. gave Schmitzi strongid, gave me albon to give her and vaccinated her for feline leukemia, panleukopenia, herpes and calcivirus. next step is to do an IFA on Hope? interval? HOPE is not suffering. inactive. poor appetite. very, very sweet. if I tell AC chief she tested + I believe he will demand and gas her. lethal injection is supposed to be used for sick animals. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? both FIV negative. something going on in Hope's chest. periodic. not exactly like a sneeze or cough. vet did give azithromycin capsules any comments, other than the obvious - - this woman has no/poor judgment - - will be appreciated. thank you. c _______________________________________________ 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
