Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-10-01 Thread SecondChanceMeow
, 2008 6:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help Michelle, I am relatively new to the group, but I do agree with Beth that it is important to test all the kittens. We used to do what your vet said y ears ago, then discovered on more than one

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-10-01 Thread Michelle Brockman
Sep 2008 18:49:17 -0500 Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help Michelle, I am relatively new to the group, but I do agree with Beth that it is important to test all the kittens. We used to do what your vet said y ears ago, then discovered on more than one occasion since

[Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-09-30 Thread Michelle Brockman
I have four 7 week old kittens and their mother that came from the pound that I need to test for FELV/FIV and my vet said that I would only need to test the mother and one kitten and not test all kittens. Do you think that will be reliable? It's $30 per snap test, so I think they're wanting

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-09-30 Thread Beth Noren
Hi, I would test all, if financially possible. I rescued a mom and five babies, mom tested negative, runt tested positive at 7 weeks old and was quarantined, 4 siblings were negative at 8 weeks old. One of the neg's got a fever at about 14 weeks old, he was retested Elisa and IFA and was

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-09-30 Thread Pat Kachur
. Others probably have more info to give you. - Original Message - From: Michelle Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:15 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help I have four 7 week old kittens and their mother

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-09-30 Thread Marylyn
@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:15 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help I have four 7 week old kittens and their mother that came from the pound that I need to test for FELV/FIV and my vet said that I would only need to test the mother and one kitten

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-09-30 Thread Sharyl
PROTECTED] wrote: From: Michelle Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 4:15 PM I have four 7 week old kittens and their mother that came from the pound that I need to test for FELV/FIV

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-09-30 Thread Carmen Conklin
: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help I have four 7 week old kittens and their mother that came from the pound that I need to test for FELV/FIV and my vet said that I would only need to test the mother and one kitten and not test all kittens. Do you think that will be reliable? It's $30

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-09-30 Thread Laurieskatz
Agree 100% with Carmen. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carmen Conklin Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help Michelle, I am relatively new