I agree with Natalie's response.
Good luck to both of them! I hope they both end up negative.
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Natalie" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hope, adult female testing faintly + on SNAP Sat,
7.23 AND Schmitzi, 10-week-old kitten
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
udgment -
- will be appreciated.
thank you.
c
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