OK- I volunteer for a rescue and care for cats in my home. I already have my
own two girls who live in the main home that our FELV positive. I have been
taking care of a mom and 2 kittens and then one other cat. They live in a
spare room I have converted into a cat room full of toys, a cat
Wow, she's a light positive. I don't know how old she is, but I
have no doubt what I would do. I'd leave the kit with her mom and
bubba, and retest at some point. She's already with them, so they're
already exposed. Moving is stressful. Light Positive can mean that
the test results aren't
Question---if the mom tests negative, how would the kitten be positive?
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Gloria B. Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Wow, she's a light positive. I don't know how old she is, but I
have no doubt what I would do. I'd leave the kit with her mom and
bubba, and retest at some point. She's already with them, so they're
already exposed.
that's what's gotten researchers re-evaluating everything we thought they
knew--negative moms, or litters from positive moms that are only partially
positive themselves, or positive kittens that then turn negative (when the
old wisdom was that a kitten born with the virus couldn't possibly throw
Agree about keeping the family together. As my vet would say, they have
already been exposed.
I would separate the other cat for sure, at least until she's had the
booster (30 days?). She is not protected right now. Wondering how long they
have all been together. In any event, I think I'd keep
it used to be thought that if mom was negative, the kittens would be, so
VERY often kittens weren't tested at all, or at most, one from the litter
was.
some of it has to do with finances--for small rescues or shelters, the
expense of testing full litters during kitten season is not always
I totally agree with Gloria.
Everyone has been exposed too late on separating them.
There is no such thing as a light positive.
It is either positive or negative.
I can honestly say that I had positives and negatives live together for
years.
I vaccinated the negatives every year.
Not one
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