ANNA, vets here also give up on positive cats. I have one that is now 8 years old, with no signs of illness. I think it depends on the cat, the caregiver, the kind of food thy get that determines the future. I vaccinate my other cats and do not vaccinate Annie who is positive. I do not separate them. When ever a new one shows u, they go to the vet right away for a checkup and shots. I keep them separate for a few days to make sure they do not have any illness and then they have the run of the house.
---- Anna Summers <a...@amproductionslocations.com> wrote: > Thank you Lorrie, “ Snuggles “ is very healthy and doesnt seem to have any > sort off illness , just eats alot but I have seen how the virus is so silent > and then just takes over them. I am nervous about testing too soon and that he might test positive due to the antibodies of the virus from the mother … do they leave their system eventually ? Will keep you posted, you are all such a wonderful group , I follow all the post/emails . Anna > On 25 Jan 2016, at 15:59, Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com> wrote: > > Hi Anna, I rescue and have many cats. Testing them at 3 or 4 months > old is usually a good time to see if they are positive or negative. > I have lost many positive kittens who were born with the virus which > they contracted from their mother. However some can throw off the > virus. If your kitten who is approximately 4 months old had a > positive mother he could still be positive, but he may have an strong > immune system and be fine. With younger kittens I always test twice > once at about 8 weeks and again at around 4 months to be sure of the > status. Please let us know how this kitten is? Hopefully he will > test negative. > > Lorrie > > On 01-25, Anna Summers wrote: > >> Hi , I live in spain in a very rural are & last year I lost 2 cats >> who were felv + , they were not in contacted with my house cats but >> one of them ( 9yrs old ) is latent positive DNA with a low reading >> of the virus , I did a quantative pcr , he was negative in the >> elisa test and I was told that he is not contagious . my other 2 >> cats are vacinated against fel. my question ???.. > >> As I see yourselves are up to date with all the latest things - >> someone left a kitten on my wall just before christmas - he is now >> been in ??? quarantine??? for 5 weeks , he is about 4 months old , I >> need to test him but when is the right time to test kittens as I >> have read many article re: the anitbodies of the mother so a kitten >> can test false positive. I am keen to know , as he is on his own >> and hopefully he will be negative so I then can vaccinate him as I >> am also told that, are they any special test to do this , I dont >> want to do the basic snap test and I am happy to do the elisa and a >> pcr test. Hope you can help me , here in the area a live in which >> is very rural ,lots of ferral cat the vets just give up on felv + , >> so I dont wont to ask my vet until I am up to date with all the >> information. thank you anna >> >> _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org