Hi Crystal, You've already given him the ELISA done in the lab (not the SNAP, which is done at the vet's)? It's hard to tell from what you wrote. A negative lab ELISA would prove Felv negative.
Note that a negative IFA would not prove anything, as it's skewed towards false negatives. Alternately, a positive IFA would prove positivity. Anyone on the Felv list have any ideas about finding this guy a foster or home? Kathy On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:31 AM, lizardmarsh <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > Los Angeles: SOS. Anakin is a Kitten from East Valley who tested + for > FeLV---Needs NEXT FOSTER OR FOREVER > ASAP!!!<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/lizardmarsh/%7E3/t2euyvwg1Ck/los-angeles-sos-anakin-is-kitten-from.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:36 AM PDT > *Crystal gave permission to crosspost her urgent plea for little guy* > * * > *Please contact Crystal at [email protected] (gmail.com) to apply to > foster or adopt Anakin. The current foster home needs to give him to the > next foster or adopter WEDNESDAY (9/28/11)! Please network. Thank you!* > > > <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0ywMrJ5mto/ToC1sj1jPzI/AAAAAAAAjXM/mDbX9irHv3E/s1600/Anakin+the+kitten.jpg> > *Anakin needs a foster or adopter right away* *On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at > 8:45 AM, Crystal C. Beecher <[email protected]> wrote:* > Hello, thanks for inquiring about the little black kitten, Anakin. > The original email I circulated seems to have been edited and all of his > information is not included. This is his story: > > Anakin was adopted from the East Valley Animal shelter, whom fixed and > microchipped him. He was then immediately brought to my vet who SNAP tested > him and dewormed him. She determined he was barely 10 weeks old, where at > the shelter they said 14 weeks. The next day his ELISA test was positive > and he had a URI, which was causing him to sneeze. > > I have 2 other cats so I kept them isolated and this further stressed > Anakin, to the point where we had to relocate him to a foster without other > cats. We IFA tested him 1 week later and he was FELV positive. Since we are > unsure of his age, we agreed to have him retested at minimum 6 weeks later. > I arranged a foster for him, who no tells me she will no longer house him > after Thursday. > > We have many people who 'want' him if his next SNAP and IFA test come back > negative. If they are positive, we have no home for him lined up yet and > this is the predicament. If he can be the only cat in a home, he should be > fine, even if he is FELV positive. He is pretty healthy other than a > virus/cold that causes him to sneeze. Vet thinks he should grow out of it (2 > rounds of clavamox did not help, so its not bacterial), as he is growing > tremendously already and has TONS of energy, per the foster. His coat looks > great and his temperament is exquisite. He even gets along with small dogs. > > So if you can help find him a forever home, regardless of his FELV status, > that would be ideal. Otherwise, if you can or you can help find hi a foster > in the meantime, this is equally beneficial. > > Thank you for caring and feel free to contact me with any questions. > > -- > Crystal Carlsberg Beecher > B.A., Womens Studies, UCLA > M.A., Education with emphasis in Gender Studies, LMU > (818) 633-2416 > ~ People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They > chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill > the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever > needed to search was within. > -Ramona Anderson > > > > > > -- ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal!
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