I kept my Felv kittens. Keeping them segregated from the other cats in the home.
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Katherine Kershaw <[email protected]>wrote: > Has anyone had luck with rehoming kittens who test positive for FeLV? I > have been fostering healthy kittens successfully for a number of years with > a local rescue group here in North Carolina. In May I got a litter of 4 > when they were 2 weeks old. Mom tested negative so we didn't test the > babies until last month. They all turned up positive on ELISA and IFA > tests. Mom has since been adopted. The rescue group I foster with does not > officially adopt out FIV/FeLV kittens so I am independently trying to > rehome the kittens (the org funded all testing, shots, microchips, > spay/neutering, etc so nothing has been out of pocket for me so far except > litter). > > Otherwise they are all healthy, happy and very friendly. They have been > fixed, microchipped and vaccinated and are 4 months old now. > > I have posted them on a couple of rescue sites and plan to put up flyers > around town. I know the chances of them finding homes are slim since it's > hard enough to find homes for healthy kittens but I have to try. > > To complicate things (or simplify depending on how you look at it), my 10 > year old cat became ill and tested positive for FeLV last month as well. I > have no way to know if he was a latent carrier all along and gave it to the > kittens, or if they got it from their dad and gave it to him, or if it's > just a coincidence that they all had it. His health has been up and down > since and I have started him on LTCI injections and am keeping him and the > kittens separate from each other. > > If anyone has any rehoming tips, ideas or success stories I'd love to hear > them. Thanks! > > Katherine > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > -- *Bailley's Pet Care and Sitting Services* *Treating your pets just like my own* www.bailleyspetcare.com
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