Marnie, In 2008 I rescued a litter of 6 kittens and all but one was
tested FelV positive. Four of them died when they were just a few
months old. One lived to be a year and a half and then he developed
spinal tumors and had to be PTS. The last kitten always tested
negative and never had the
Marnie,
It is common for this to happen. I trapped 5 plus mom, mom was
snap negative, runt was positive, 4 others were negative. 6 weeks
later one of the negatives got a fever, was retested, and was
positive. We think the first test was done too soon after his last
exposure, there was not
That's what happened to a rescuer friend - I was in Mexico at the time and
couldn't post to the group myself - another member kindly posted for me.
However, my friend heard back from only one person. Mother cat with 6
kittens; mother and 2 kittens negative, 4 kittens borderline positive. The
Out of my 3 males from the same litter, only 1 tested positive. Their Mom has
never tested positive. His brothers have always been negative. No doctor or
specialist we have dealt with, can explain this.
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On Dec 11, 2010, at 5:43 AM, Beth Noren maxgoodb...@gmail.com wrote:
Kittens can have have different fathers but the same mother. Perhaps the
father was positive.
Sharyl
--- On Sat, 12/11/10, Marnie marni...@embarqmail.com wrote:
From: Marnie marni...@embarqmail.com
Subject: [Felvtalk] Insight Please
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
I don't think that's possible. The kittens can get it through the placenta
and milk of their mom, not the sperm of their father. Unles they had close
contact with their father but that's not very likely with stray kittens.
Males often don't want anything to do with their off spring.
I have read A
I'm not sure what the question is but Dr. EA Bosewell 502-499-9663
worked wonders with Dixie Louise Doodle Katt, JP. She has her DVM
degree but choses to practice alternative medicine including
acupuncture, herbs etc. She does phone consultations. My regular
vets sent me to her when I
Hi All,
I live in Chile, and the feline specialist that we were so lucky to find
explained it this way to me when only one of the two kittens we rescued tested
positive. She says that a kitten will find a teat that they prefer on the
mother, based on taste and smell, and that they will nurse
Definitely pos mom gave birth in trap to 5 kittens. 2 survived, one pos, one
neg tested over and over. Adopted, both retested negative down the road. No
explanation either but it must be possible. What I don't understand is a
kitten
testing neg while the virus is latent, then breaking
I sent a link about this group the other day; I also wrote to them, asking
about support for immune systems of FeLV/FIV cats. This is in Australia, so
I doubt that it would be feasible to order from them. I'll find out if
there are similar things available closer to home.
This is what I
Betty (EA Bosewell) put Dixie on some supportive drops that improved
her quality of life. Until a week or so before she left this world
she was healthy and happy. Taling to her might give some ideas. She
put Allie, Mai Mai, Dixie, Kitty, Copper, Thomas and Bob on a variety
of
Thanks everyone. This disease certainly does act capriciously. I thought it
particularly odd that the disease was split by gender. Females had it, males
didn't. Maybe that was a strange coincidence? Unfortunately 2 of the females
are already showing signs of a URI. My vet has started
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