In your situation I would retest everyone in 90 days - six months or so and then forget it unless someone new turned up positive. Just my opinion. They've already been mixed, so I think anyone that doesn't turn up positive within 6 months probably isn't going to.
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Cherie A Gabbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cherie A Gabbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
TonyaThat is a pretty good rule of thumb, my concern is since it was hiding in Snowball, and now Amber has it, could it be hiding in another? The way Snowball past was so horrid, I can still see him with all the blood down his chest on his pure white coat, it was terrible I never want to have another cat go through that, he did not seem to be in pain but still he must have felt terrible.Cherie
catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I know, but my point is that it's nearly impossible to ever know for sure. I guess you could know for sure if you knew the parents of all your cats were negative throughout their lives for sure......? Even so, I 'think' they could have tested negative but have the virus sequestered in the body somewhere. Anyway, I think the only way you could know for sure is to know for sure about all your cats' parents. I don't know.I just know that when I found out I had a positive I spent tons of money testing, testing, testing all my other cats every 90 days. I finally realized that I couldn't keep doing it. I don't treat my positive any different from my negatives because she's healthy right now. They all get good food, vitamins, supplements, etc.... I figured there's no reason to keep testing unless someone gets sick, loses weight, or something like that. When that happens I always retest that cat to double check.tonya
Cherie A Gabbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I know, but sometimes I think I would like to know for sure.
catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:That's the problem with the disease. It can hide/be dormant etc.... There's really no way to know if all your cats are 'safe'. That's why I've stopped testing my exposed cats unless they get sick. If they're positive I'm going to keep them anyway, and keep them mixed.t
Cherie A Gabbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Tonya,I just discovered after this tragedy that one other has it, but she had been tested for it in the past, so it must have just reared is't ugly head recently, she is now on Interferon.
catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi Cherie,I'm so sorry about your loss of little Snowball. As you can see this is a very supportive group. I have just started catching up on my emails. Did you say one of your other cats is also positive or that they are all negative?tonya
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:If everyone has been tested recently..and ALL were negative..then no one is sheding the virus...if his parents were 100% negative..I see absolutly no way he came into contact with the virus!!! UNLESS he got outside? did he mabey escape? even just once....If all th cats were tested recently...and they were all negative..then I would call for an autopsy..this vet may have just "jumped to conclusions" based on..I dunno what...but with what you first said..about her deciding Snowball had FeLV based on her platelet and white blood cell count..and now that all your other kitties are 100% negative....there is NO WAY he was positive!!! UNLESS he did come into contact with another cat at somepoint...think..think ...think...In a message dated 1/7/2005 11:17:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Everyone has beed tested recently, my concern is that it happened so fast and so consuming.Lisa
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Indy-- Truley Indian Jones as a cat..FEARLESS
Lance- Mini wire haired dashchund
Bow-Tie- 2yr old (ssshhhh he doesnt know he is 15 :) ) jack russel cross
Bennie Bird-- Vampire cockatiel
Anza-- sexist Senegal parrot..deffinantly a ladies bird :)
