I AGREE, GOOD FOOD, SHELTER, LACK OF STRESS AND ALL THE LOVE YOU CAN GIVE.  

---- Karen Harshbarger <[email protected]> wrote: 
> Kathrine,  I am by no means an authority on feline leukemia, because the 
> group I have now is the first group I have had testing positive.  I am here 
> to continue to learn also. But my suggestion would be to be extremely 
> aggressive in treatment---any sniffle sneeze runny eyes or anything, get them 
> to the vet for treatment, feed them the best food you can afford and feed 
> them more often, keep them inside in controlled temperatures, and give them 
> all the time and love you can find time for (you have to really get to know 
> these little kittens so you notice anything wrong immediately).  I did that 
> and we got a little lucky.  One of the kittens was too far along with 
> sicknesses and I had zero knowledge so unfortunately we lost him.  But the 
> other 4 (3 of his brothers and 1 senior cat) tested negative on their second 
> test and have been growing, eating better, and seem to be more healthy now.  
> We are crossing our fingers/paws/toes,/etc and
>  praying that the third test in about a week will be negative also and mean 
> they were able to fight this horrible illness off (and the first test showed 
> only a false positive or exposure, not infection with).  I will pray you get 
> lucky too, since they have not been sick and mom tested positive that is a 
> plus for them (but being so young makes for a weaker system to fight, 
> so....).  Please keep me posted.  Hopefully it will work for them too and 
> then they have a better chance of finding a home.  Karen


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