I know it's not scientifically proven, but I believe light positive means
recent exposure. Hopefully the cat will fight the virus and turn up negative
within a couple of months.
t
Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Gloria B. Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have to agree with Gloria. Keep the cats separated and don't move anyone
until you have had some more time to retest. Hopefully your negatives will all
end up negative.
tonya
Gloria B. Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wow, she's a light positive. I don't know how old she is, but I
have no
I would spay. I think your vet would tell you if there were any problem and
would persuade you not to spay. Spaying dramatically increases your cat's risk
of cancer. The stress of going into heat is also bad for a positive cat. I
have had both my positive cats spayed.
tonya
Lynne
Many members keep their positive cats on interferon.
tonya
Kathy Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us to bring
her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss having her sapyed.
I believe they said they would do
I think Tonya meant to say that spaying decreases the risk of cancer. I'm
about to have my 2 FeLV+ females spayed per the vets recommendation. One has
already gone into heat. Her appetite was affected and she seemed pretty
stressed out. There is a risk to any surgery. You just have to
Someone sent me this link: http://www.imulan.com/ and on one page of the web
site it says,
Lymphocyte T-Cell Immunomodulator (LTCI) is an conditionally approved
treatment aid* for cats infected with Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) and/ or
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and the associated
Hi Tonya,
I don't think this is always the case, I had Bailey tested several
times in his 11 years of life, at least 4 times and the tests were given
years apart and he always tested a light positive.
I know it's not scientifically proven, but I believe light positive
means recent
any color at all that appears in the little circle during the appropriate
time (10 minutes in most cases) means positive. depth of color has nothing
to do with amount or strength of infection.
positive is positive, pregnant is pregnant.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Belinda Sauro [EMAIL
Hopefully I'm not repeating something here, but we've
had 2 young females (both approx 8 mos) in 2 different
feral colonies recently with pyometra. One was
obviously ill and close to death. The other was just
dumb luck - trapped her expecting a routine spay and
was very surprised to find out.
Andrew I just read a post where someone was doing a study on imulan on FeLV+
cats and now for the life of me I can't find the post. Don't know if it was
here or another group. That's the problem with being on so many cat boards. I
know they wrote that they started out with weekly shots and
If you search the archives for* T cyte*, you will see some information on
this drug. T Cyte was sold to Immulan who is now marketing it. Ther is
anecdotal evidence that it is very helpful in Felk kitties. It is not real
cheap but is any drug thses days.
Sally
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:41 AM,
I mix as well. Only with vaccinated cats, of course.
tonya
Pat Kachur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mixing has worked for me as long as the negative cat is up to date on felv
vaccine. My vet says the vac is 90+ % effective and, if the other cat or
cats are healthy, he sees very little reason
Thanks Sally
I've contacted the two vets that I use and neither of them had heard
about it. They said they would look into it.
MeMe is in such a good place right now, that I have been afraid to
post about it. (superstitious)
She is completely symptom free, with the exception of a slight
I personally would keep the two positives along with my other cats (having them
vaccinated of course). I brought in two positives with an older crf cat (who
eventually died from kidney failure), but he never tested positive from being
with the positives. I've had up to 12 negatives mixed with
Caroline,
I hope you find homes for them.
tonya
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I wrote in yesterday, I was more in panic mode and not necessarily
thinking too clearly. I appreciate the advice from all of those who
responded and felt I should fill in the picture a little more. I have
Andrew,
I'm really new here with newly diagnosed FeLV+ foster cats but this treatment
is real. It is expensive. My understanding is that it's by injection only and
for the first month, weekly injections must be given and then monthly
injections. It is only available in the US. I live in Canada
If it were me I would trap and neuter the rest of the colony and not test them
for felv.
tonya
Gloria Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's wonderful that you're doing this. Would be nice if you could find a
low-cost spay neuter clinic, or a free service, to help fund the neutering. RE
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