Re: To MC: Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-10 Thread Beth Noren
Sorry, meant to send that to the list and sent it direct to you instead. Hope your having a wonderful morning and that your friendly old orange boy is sitting up on the table, enjoying a patch of this wonderful sunshine... :o) Beth On 4/10/07, Beth Noren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've wonder

Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-10 Thread Kelley Saveika
Did the kittens get retested? This scares me because a lot of rescues test one kitten per litter only. My standard of care is to test all kittens. Then isolate (ha! in my house?) and retest later if pos. On 4/10/07, Gussies mom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We had a feral mom at the shelter rece

Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-10 Thread Gussies mom
We had a feral mom at the shelter recently with 4 kittens. 2 kittens positive, 2 kittens negative, mom negative. I guess there were 2 different dads. Mom was retested before being released. Beth Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Couldn't the mom catch it from the mating? I am und

Re: To MC: Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-10 Thread Beth Noren
I've wondered about the possibility too :o) My kittens momma tested Elisa negative when she was spayed, but one kitten tested positive (elisa and IFA) at seven weeks, and a second one turned positive at about 14 weeks. I think that the momma was probably the source and would have tested positiv

Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-10 Thread Kelley Saveika
Couldn't the mom catch it from the mating? I am under the understanding it can also be passed like FIV, through deep bite wounds, etc. But then the mom would be pos. It is all very confusing to me. On 4/9/07, TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: it was me just WONDERING if dads might have

Re: To MC: Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-09 Thread TenHouseCats
nope On 4/9/07, wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: for me, possibility=wondering. my apologies if i offended you mc. that certainly wasn't my intention. :) wendy --- TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it was me just WONDERING if dads might have any > impact on the status of the > ba

To MC: Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-09 Thread wendy
for me, possibility=wondering. my apologies if i offended you mc. that certainly wasn't my intention. :) wendy --- TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it was me just WONDERING if dads might have any > impact on the status of the > babies, as sometimes that might be the only > explanatio

Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-09 Thread TenHouseCats
it was me just WONDERING if dads might have any impact on the status of the babies, as sometimes that might be the only explanation another area where research is needed but hasn't been possible in the past because the test "population" was routinely killed. MC On 4/9/07, wendy <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-09 Thread wendy
Not sure (no experience), but someone posted here not too long ago the possibility of the father being responsible for the positive FeLV status of kittens, which might explain why some are pos. out of a litter but some not. How's that for a monkey wrench thrown into the mix?!!! :) Wendy --- Kell

Re: Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-08 Thread TenHouseCats
if the moms are negative, the odds of the kittens being positive go way way down, as the current research implies that babies are infected by passing through the birth canal and all its lovely bodily fluids, and through all the nursing and cleaning and caressing that mamacat gives the tiny ones.

Mom cat neg/neg - chances of babies being pos?

2007-04-08 Thread Kelley Saveika
Hi all, How likely are the babies to be pos, if the mom is neg? I know that the babies can still turn neg if the mom is pos. I will still have them tested, just want to know what your experience is. Right now I have 2 litters with a neg/neg mom, and 3 litters with moms of unknown status. Than