Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-10-01 Thread Michelle Brockman
Thank you for all the suggestions everyone! My vet came up with this interesting option: Test mom, if she comes up negative then take blood from all 4 kittens, mix it together and do one snap test. If a positive shows then that means one of the kittens have it - and test them individually,

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens -

2008-10-01 Thread astatfeld
Hello. I agree with everyone about testing them all. I was fostering a Mama cat and her four nursing kittens. I had them all tested about two weeks after they came to me, when the kittens were approximately 5 weeks old. Mama tested negative, two kittens tested negative, and two kittens tested

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens - Need Help

2008-10-01 Thread SecondChanceMeow
Morning. I would have to agree with those that would test all of them. After running a Felv sanctuary for the last 7 years, and dealing with nothing but feLv cats i have found that the test are very inaccurate when it comes to kittens one can be positive and 2 weeks later be a weak pos, then