OK, my memory isn't so good, but I did some digging and found a video I
took in January 2012 of him wheezing (about 1 and a half years before he
was diagnosed FeLV). So I guess it's been a longer issue. But has never
really interfered with quality of life.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Katherine K. <kaths...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Lethargy, not eating, sleeping a lot. I had to assist feed him for a month
> or so, combined with several LTCI shots, to get him back to his normal
> self.
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Marsha <mar...@lynxe.com> wrote:
>
>> What symptoms did he have that led you to have him tested?
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>> On 1/20/2015 9:39 AM, Katherine K. wrote:
>>
>>> He hasn't always had the wheezing. He tested negative for FeLV before I
>>> started fostering kittens several years ago. I fostered one kitten who was
>>> light positive and eventually turned negative. They were separated at
>>> first, and only interacted after the kitten turned negative. When Krammer
>>> tested positive, I had been fostering a litter and their mama. Mama had
>>> tested negative, so everyone was interacting. I got the mama and her litter
>>> when they were 2 weeks old. The kittens were about 3.5 months old when
>>> Krammer became ill. I tested him and he came back positive. The kittens
>>> were all positive too, and have since died. Mama cat got retested (neg),
>>> adopted out and is doing fine.
>>> So either they got it from their dad, and passed it on to Krammer, or he
>>> had a latent infection that just showed up while I had them, and he gave it
>>> to them. It's hard to know. We retested most of the kittens I had fostered
>>> before the positive litter (they had been adopted out, so we contacted the
>>> adopters and offered retesting for free) -- None of them came back positive.
>>>
>>>
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