Remember I wrote the other day about our two FeLV+ boy cats that I had retested by IFA method last week, and were both negative? I just found out that Mr. Tux, whom I got from a rescuer in NJ, had the ELISA 2 yrs ago and IFA 2 months later by another rescuer - BOTH were positive! My Eliot Spitty had only the ELISA 3 1/2 yrs ago, it was positive. How lucky that both were negative now.
-----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Pam Norman Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:51 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Update on Sabrina/Eleanor Resending. *********** We picked her up on Sunday at the sanctuary& she is now in her new home! Meanwhile this past week, the results of the IFA test came back - NEGATIVE! YAY! Her Elisa snap test about a bit ago was positive. As I understand it, the next test in about 30-60 days should be an Elisa lab test& then another IFA. Is this correct? While we were at the sanctuary, the family also fell in love with another Siamese, Coco, in the FeLeuk room. That kitty has tested positive on the snap test but has never had an IFA. The sanctuary owner wanted them to have her too but I said NO. We don't know her status well enough. Sending her home with Eleanor would be entirely too risky for Eleanor at this point. I told her to get Coco IFA tested at least. So I have two questions: 1. At this point Eleanor has tested positive on the Elisa snap test& negative shortly thereafter on the IFA test. Just what does this mean for her& what should be next? 2. Am I right in refusing to let Coco come with Eleanor? Is there any possibility that she could at some point, IF she tested negative on the IFA? Please do tell me what to do at this point. My first concern is for Eleanor. Incidentally Coco has NOT been in the FeLeuk room up there very much since the other cats don't like her, so she has been pretty much isolated from them Pam _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list _______________________________________________ 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
