Long time ago, before I ever knew about testing or spay/neuter a mom cat and
pop cat came into my yard. Mom was pregnant and pop hung around. They were
actually mated to each other. She had a litter of 6. Out of that litter, only
two survived. The others had what I now know were typical symptoms of FeLv.
They passed at about 5 months. But Sweetie Baby and his sister lasted for
about 5 years. She didn't die but was killed by a dog. Sweetie Baby wasn't
neutered and at age 2 wandered off to seek his true love somewhere else.
Shortly after that, I learned about spay/neuter. Live and learn.
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors
too!
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From: Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: FIV & FeLV kittens
I've been fortunate in this respect. I had an entire litter of FelV
kittens, six of them, and most died about 6 months of age or younger.
One lived to 18 months of age, but one never did test positive. I've had
him retested several times and he's 5 years old now and still negative.
I'm sure this is very rare.
Lorrie
Beth wrote:
> I've always seen FIV kittens turn negative after being taken away from mom
> for a period. I've never seen a kitten positive on an FeLV test turn
> negative later. I have seen litters where 1 might consistently test
> negative on an Elisa & the others are positive, but the negative has
> always eventually turned positive, even after being removed from mom.
>
> I know there are others with different experiences, but this has always
> been my experience..
>
> Beth
>
>
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