If the IFA's are positive there is no need for re-testing. It is replicating in
their bone marrow.
Beth
Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
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From: Jamielynn Storch <jlsphotograp...@gmail.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Foster mom with FELV kittens follow up
Yes I understand this however if the IFA comes back positive on all 3 its my
understanding they have it..no need to wait 2 months and re-test a positive IFA
means its spread to the marrow. So if we get a positive snap and negative IFA
we will wait another month and test again until 2 confirmed positives or
negatives result.
I do know the diagnosis could mean anything...1 year or 6+ ...and sounds like
their are even cases of cats being a carrier that dont every get symptomatic
btu can still spread the disease. My fiances brother had 2 FELV+ cats (not
littermates...adopted a 2nd positive cat as a companion for the 1st) and one
died at 1 year old and the other 3 months later.
I wish I had a set timeline but I knwo thats not possible and I just dont have
the space at my house. This was supposed to be my last foster litter before
having my own human children..in which they are currently living in what will
be renovated into our baby nursery. I never ever fostered with the intention
to adopt. Im devoted to finding these guys a home and really hope its
possible...sadly as much as I love them it just isnt my home thats forever for
them :(.
Lee Evans moonsister22 at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 27 12:43:10 CDT 2012
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Just had a FIV+/FeLv+ cat retested. He had FIV but he tested negative for
FeLv. He's going into my FIV+ section, not because I think that FIV would be
contagious to my regular cats but because he never lost his male fighting
spirit so let him annoy the FIV's. I do have three FIV+ cats mixed in with my
regulars because they never even heard of fighting. Docile, sweet, loving.
But Percy, well....! Anyway, you need to wait for at least 2 months to retest
the kittens. My vet advised me to wait for that period of time. I had another
FeLv cat turn from positive to negative. I still have him. Rescued him 6
years ago and he was already an adult from the streets. No health problems.
If your kittens are acting normal, seeming health, it's probably because they
are and will turn. I have seen true FeLv kittens from the same litter. It has
been my experience that they usually don't make it to a year old.
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors
too!
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Jamielynn Storch
www.jlynnphotographyonline.com
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