Maybe she meant FIV? Christiane Biagi Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G
Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com> wrote: >There is no reliable test for FIP. Your cat tested positive for corona >virus. Most cats will test positive for corona virus and never get ill. FIP >is caused by a form of corona virus to which some cats are genetically >predisposed to contract if exposed to it. FIP is not rare but it's definitely >not very prevalent. I have had cats who tested above 400 for corona virus and >never got FIP and a cat who definitely had FIP but tested very low for corona >virus. He had apparently been exposed to the form that he was predisposed to >contract. He was also a street cat, in poor health in general. Lee > > > >________________________________ >From: GRAS <g...@optonline.net> >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:40 PM >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New and Some Questions > > >YES! > >From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org >[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kathryn Hargreaves >Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:52 PM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New and Some Questions > >Anyone: do you have to repeat the Felv vac every year? > > >On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Vicky Eyal <vi...@droreyal.co.za> wrote: >Hi Everyone > >I am new to this list and to the world of Feline Leukemia. We have 3 precious >cats, and we found out at the end of last year that two are FeLV positive, and >of those two, one is FIP positive as well :( > >Details: >Kitty1 (11 years old, male) is the reason we got any of them tested at all. He >was just a little "off" - more subdued, less energy, a little on the skinny >side. He tested positive for FeLV and FIP. Our vet put him on a round of >cortisone and antibiotics, and he seemed to bounce back. He still isn't >completely 100% though (although hard to pinpint actual behaviours, more just >a general sense I have), and is still skinnier than I would like. > >Kitty2 (11 years old, male) also tested positive for FeLV (but not FIP). He >currently has no noticeable symptoms at all, although he does vomit a lot. >This has been going on for 5-6 years though, and he is long-haired, so I don't >think it is related. > >Kitty3 (1 year old, male) tested negative for both viruses (and FIV). We had >him vaccinated against FeLV when he tested negative, and he had the booster 4 >weeks later. We will continue to give him the vaccination every year. > >If you got through all of this, thanks so much. Now my questions: > >Q1. I want to start Kitty1 on some form of treatment, just to build him >up/keep him strong. I have the sense that all is not 100%, even although he is >not noticeably unwell, is eating fine etc. I was thinking of asking our vet to >start Interferon. Any thoughts here? Suggestions? Would something else be >better? Would it be bad to start a treatment like this before he is noticeably >sick? What is the recommended dosage here? >Q2. Is there anything I should be doing for Kitty2. He seems fine, hasn't lost >weight etc. He does throw up a lot, but has for the last 5-6 years. >Q3. We have decided to keep Kitty3 instead of rehoming him, after a lot of >thought. He has had 3 homes in the last year (a shelter rescue who was then >neglected by the person who adopted him... grrrr...), and he is so settled >with us, that I worry about trying to find him yet another home. I think he >must have been exposed by now in any case (the older boys would groom him on >the face when he was little), so my prayer is that he has immunity. Am I being >naive here? Should we find him another home? >Q4. Any tips, advice, suggestions on what I can do to prolong our boys' lives >with a reasonable quality? > >Thanks so much in advance. And sorry for the long message. > >Vicky > >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > >-- >---------------------------- >Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! > >Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by >implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/ > >Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
