Get Spicy settled in and be sure your other cats are vaccinated and then you can introduce them to each other. I have 2 fev positive cats and 7 negative cats and no problems. They have been together for over 2 years now. I would like t meet your vet and give him/her a piece of my mind. My vet said get the negatives vacinated and then wait another 2 weeks to be sure and then mix them. It has been over 2 years since Annie tested positive and she is as healthy as the others.
---- April Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Spicy tested positive with the ELISA test on June 11th. She is being > re-tested next Wednesday and I'm having the blood sent out this time. With > the ELISA test she was a strong positive the vet said. She seems perfectly > healthy except one of her eyes does run some days. She doesn't appear sick, > she's put on weight, eats really well. From: Lynda Wilson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats April, let me ask you this first...has an IFA test been done? This test should always follow a positive ELISA test. The ELISA tests have a reputation for false positives. I will say that she does have a chance of clearing the virus. How long ago was Spicy originally tested? Thanks! Lynda ----- Original Message ----- >From: April Johnson >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 1:38 PM >Subject: [Felvtalk] Having two Feline Leukemia cats > > >In June we adopted two cats a young black female(Spicy) and a orange female >(Sunny) from animal control. Our local shelter was overrun with cats and >begging people to come adopt. When we took them to the vets a week after >being adopted the receptionist asked if we wanted them tested. I did not know >when I adopted them that animal control does not test the cats unless you >request it. Well Spicy tested positive for Feline Leukemia. My vet wanted me >to put her to sleep because she couldn't live with my other cats. I couldn't >do it she was only 10 months old. So I transformed a spare bedroom into her >home. She has a cat tree, sofa, windows and toys galore. I think she is >lonely being by herself. A rescue in my area just posted about a mother cat >and her juvenile litter of kittens having all just tested positive for feline >leukemia. I was thinking of looking for a friend for Spicy. I had talked to >a shelter in our area that takes in > FELV and FIV positive cats. They recommended not adding because it could > make Spicy sick or the other cat sick. Spicy is do next week to get retested > for FELV, the vet said there is remote chance she could turn negative. If > she is still positive do you think it would hurt her to get her a friend?? > >April _______________________________________________ >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
