[Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening

2013-10-31 Thread Lee Evans
She came to me two and a half years ago when she was around 9 months old. She 
had been abandoned at an apartment complex, rescued but then tested FeLv+. She 
was brought to me to see if she would turn negative. She did! I kept her anyway 
because she had a few bad habits, like biting my fingers when I was sleeping 
and trying to tear apart my iPod headphones. She was very mischievous. I named 
her Bunny because she was brought to me on Easter Sunday.  She has lived with 
me and two other cats in my bedroom/home office since that Easter in 2011. 
About two weeks ago I noticed a change in her behavior. She no longer pestered 
Delilah, the resident female cat in the room and she seemed to lose interest in 
sleeping on the bed with me and Samson and Delilah (the two other cats in the 
room). However she was eating normally and nothing else seemed out of place. I 
assumed that it was the change in the weather from very hot to nice, cool 
evenings and then to rain. On
 Saturday of last week she seemed lethargic. She was not eating her usual 
amount of food and not drinking her usual amount of water. I checked her gums 
to see if it might be stomatitis or some bad tooth upsetting her but her gums 
were very pale and so was her tongue. I immediately thought it was flea anemia. 
I took her to the vet on Tuesday because Monday is usually very busy with dogs 
there. She was more lethargic and depressed by then and her appetite had all 
but disappeared. She was still drinking water. She had no fleas so I asked the 
vet to re-test her for FeLv. Sure enough, she was positive. She had all the 
classic symptoms of active FeLv. I was heart broken but still, I asked him to 
give her some meds to make her more comfortable and perhaps get back her 
appetite. He gave her cortisone. Today, she was no better. She just lay on her 
towel and couldn't make it to the litter box although it was just a few steps 
away. I took her in again and he gave
 her some fluids, not too much because he said it would make her even more 
anemic. He gave her a little more cortisone to try to kick start her appetite. 
I had been syringe feeding her by then. He also gave her a small dose of 
Convenia and some B-complex but nothing helped. She passed several hours after 
the vet visit. I probably should have had him help her pass but I just didn't 
want to give up hope. 


There is a question here, in all this upsetting dialog. My other two cats who 
slept with me and Bunny and groomed each other, ate with each other, drank and 
used the same litter box are around 7 years old. The vet told me that once they 
are into adulthood, they are not as likely to get FeLv as they would if they 
were under 2 years old. Is this true? I will have them tested in about 3 weeks 
anyway to see what happened, if anything. Also, has anyone had the experience 
of a young cat throwing off the virus and turning negative, then turning 
positive again after a year, or was that second test after I had held her in 
isolation for 4 months a false negative?

Right now I'm fostering a kitten who has tested negative for FIV/FeLv. She is 
several rooms away from where Bunny has lived. They never came in contact with 
each other but I have walked from my bedroom into the kitten's room to feed, 
clean, etc.. Did I put her at risk?

This is desperately upsetting. I have decided not to take in any more fosters 
with FeLv. I have never had this happen before. Most of my turned cats are 
still with me and are well into several years of adulthood. I usually don't 
have good results with getting turned cats adopted because most people don't 
want the possibility that the cat is harboring the disease. Maybe Bunny had it 
in her bone marrow and tested negative on the regular SNAP test. I should have 
tested with the IFA also but don't have much money to spare. 
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Re: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening

2013-10-31 Thread Bonnie Hogue
Lee

Condolences on the loss of your little Bunny.  Sounds like she had a good
life with you, Samson and Delilah.  You did all you could.   I wish you luck
in helping the others, and hope your heart break heals soon, through the
memory of your furry friend.

Peace

Bonnie

 

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Evans
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:50 PM
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Subject: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening

 

She came to me two and a half years ago when she was around 9 months old.
She had been abandoned at an apartment complex, rescued but then tested
FeLv+. She was brought to me to see if she would turn negative. She did! I
kept her anyway because she had a few bad habits, like biting my fingers
when I was sleeping and trying to tear apart my iPod headphones. She was
very mischievous. I named her Bunny because she was brought to me on Easter
Sunday.  She has lived with me and two other cats in my bedroom/home office
since that Easter in 2011. About two weeks ago I noticed a change in her
behavior. She no longer pestered Delilah, the resident female cat in the
room and she seemed to lose interest in sleeping on the bed with me and
Samson and Delilah (the two other cats in the room). However she was eating
normally and nothing else seemed out of place. I assumed that it was the
change in the weather from very hot to nice, cool evenings and then to rain.
On Saturday of last week she seemed lethargic. She was not eating her usual
amount of food and not drinking her usual amount of water. I checked her
gums to see if it might be stomatitis or some bad tooth upsetting her but
her gums were very pale and so was her tongue. I immediately thought it was
flea anemia. I took her to the vet on Tuesday because Monday is usually very
busy with dogs there. She was more lethargic and depressed by then and her
appetite had all but disappeared. She was still drinking water. She had no
fleas so I asked the vet to re-test her for FeLv. Sure enough, she was
positive. She had all the classic symptoms of active FeLv. I was heart
broken but still, I asked him to give her some meds to make her more
comfortable and perhaps get back her appetite. He gave her cortisone. Today,
she was no better. She just lay on her towel and couldn't make it to the
litter box although it was just a few steps away. I took her in again and he
gave her some fluids, not too much because he said it would make her even
more anemic. He gave her a little more cortisone to try to kick start her
appetite. I had been syringe feeding her by then. He also gave her a small
dose of Convenia and some B-complex but nothing helped. She passed several
hours after the vet visit. I probably should have had him help her pass but
I just didn't want to give up hope. 

 

There is a question here, in all this upsetting dialog. My other two cats
who slept with me and Bunny and groomed each other, ate with each other,
drank and used the same litter box are around 7 years old. The vet told me
that once they are into adulthood, they are not as likely to get FeLv as
they would if they were under 2 years old. Is this true? I will have them
tested in about 3 weeks anyway to see what happened, if anything. Also, has
anyone had the experience of a young cat throwing off the virus and turning
negative, then turning positive again after a year, or was that second test
after I had held her in isolation for 4 months a false negative?

 

Right now I'm fostering a kitten who has tested negative for FIV/FeLv. She
is several rooms away from where Bunny has lived. They never came in contact
with each other but I have walked from my bedroom into the kitten's room to
feed, clean, etc.. Did I put her at risk?

 

This is desperately upsetting. I have decided not to take in any more
fosters with FeLv. I have never had this happen before. Most of my turned
cats are still with me and are well into several years of adulthood. I
usually don't have good results with getting turned cats adopted because
most people don't want the possibility that the cat is harboring the
disease. Maybe Bunny had it in her bone marrow and tested negative on the
regular SNAP test. I should have tested with the IFA also but don't have
much money to spare. 

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Re: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening

2013-10-31 Thread Avaykn
Dear Lee,
My deepest condolences on your loss! Bless you for caring for little Bunny!
Mally

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 On Oct 31, 2013, at 20:02, Bonnie Hogue ho...@sonic.net wrote:
 
 Lee
 Condolences on the loss of your little Bunny.  Sounds like she had a good 
 life with you, Samson and Delilah.  You did all you could.   I wish you luck 
 in helping the others, and hope your heart break heals soon, through the 
 memory of your furry friend.
 Peace
 Bonnie
  
 From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lee 
 Evans
 Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:50 PM
 To: Felvtalk
 Subject: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening
  
 She came to me two and a half years ago when she was around 9 months old. She 
 had been abandoned at an apartment complex, rescued but then tested FeLv+. 
 She was brought to me to see if she would turn negative. She did! I kept her 
 anyway because she had a few bad habits, like biting my fingers when I was 
 sleeping and trying to tear apart my iPod headphones. She was very 
 mischievous. I named her Bunny because she was brought to me on Easter 
 Sunday.  She has lived with me and two other cats in my bedroom/home office 
 since that Easter in 2011. About two weeks ago I noticed a change in her 
 behavior. She no longer pestered Delilah, the resident female cat in the room 
 and she seemed to lose interest in sleeping on the bed with me and Samson and 
 Delilah (the two other cats in the room). However she was eating normally and 
 nothing else seemed out of place. I assumed that it was the change in the 
 weather from very hot to nice, cool evenings and then to rain. On Saturday of 
 last week she seemed lethargic. She was not eating her usual amount of food 
 and not drinking her usual amount of water. I checked her gums to see if it 
 might be stomatitis or some bad tooth upsetting her but her gums were very 
 pale and so was her tongue. I immediately thought it was flea anemia. I took 
 her to the vet on Tuesday because Monday is usually very busy with dogs 
 there. She was more lethargic and depressed by then and her appetite had all 
 but disappeared. She was still drinking water. She had no fleas so I asked 
 the vet to re-test her for FeLv. Sure enough, she was positive. She had all 
 the classic symptoms of active FeLv. I was heart broken but still, I asked 
 him to give her some meds to make her more comfortable and perhaps get back 
 her appetite. He gave her cortisone. Today, she was no better. She just lay 
 on her towel and couldn't make it to the litter box although it was just a 
 few steps away. I took her in again and he gave her some fluids, not too much 
 because he said it would make her even more anemic. He gave her a little more 
 cortisone to try to kick start her appetite. I had been syringe feeding her 
 by then. He also gave her a small dose of Convenia and some B-complex but 
 nothing helped. She passed several hours after the vet visit. I probably 
 should have had him help her pass but I just didn't want to give up hope.
  
 There is a question here, in all this upsetting dialog. My other two cats who 
 slept with me and Bunny and groomed each other, ate with each other, drank 
 and used the same litter box are around 7 years old. The vet told me that 
 once they are into adulthood, they are not as likely to get FeLv as they 
 would if they were under 2 years old. Is this true? I will have them tested 
 in about 3 weeks anyway to see what happened, if anything. Also, has anyone 
 had the experience of a young cat throwing off the virus and turning 
 negative, then turning positive again after a year, or was that second test 
 after I had held her in isolation for 4 months a false negative?
  
 Right now I'm fostering a kitten who has tested negative for FIV/FeLv. She is 
 several rooms away from where Bunny has lived. They never came in contact 
 with each other but I have walked from my bedroom into the kitten's room to 
 feed, clean, etc.. Did I put her at risk?
  
 This is desperately upsetting. I have decided not to take in any more fosters 
 with FeLv. I have never had this happen before. Most of my turned cats are 
 still with me and are well into several years of adulthood. I usually don't 
 have good results with getting turned cats adopted because most people don't 
 want the possibility that the cat is harboring the disease. Maybe Bunny had 
 it in her bone marrow and tested negative on the regular SNAP test. I should 
 have tested with the IFA also but don't have much money to spare.
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Re: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening

2013-10-31 Thread Beth
So so sorry, Lee. I always wonder when people. say they have cats throw off the 
virus. My guess is the 2nd test was not done right.
The adults are definitely less likely to get it  I don't think you put the 
kitten at risk unless you put your fingers in Bunny's mouth  then into the 
kitten's mouth.
Hugs to you.

Beth

Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote:

She came to me two and a half years ago when she was around 9 months old. She 
had been abandoned at an apartment complex, rescued but then tested FeLv+. She 
was brought to me to see if she would turn negative. She did! I kept her 
anyway because she had a few bad habits, like biting my fingers when I was 
sleeping and trying to tear apart my iPod headphones. She was very 
mischievous. I named her Bunny because she was brought to me on Easter Sunday. 
 She has lived with me and two other cats in my bedroom/home office since that 
Easter in 2011. About two weeks ago I noticed a change in her behavior. She no 
longer pestered Delilah, the resident female cat in the room and she seemed to 
lose interest in sleeping on the bed with me and Samson and Delilah (the two 
other cats in the room). However she was eating normally and nothing else 
seemed out of place. I assumed that it was the change in the weather from very 
hot to nice, cool evenings and then to rain. On
 Saturday of last week she seemed lethargic. She was not eating her usual 
 amount of food and not drinking her usual amount of water. I checked her gums 
 to see if it might be stomatitis or some bad tooth upsetting her but her gums 
 were very pale and so was her tongue. I immediately thought it was flea 
 anemia. I took her to the vet on Tuesday because Monday is usually very busy 
 with dogs there. She was more lethargic and depressed by then and her 
 appetite had all but disappeared. She was still drinking water. She had no 
 fleas so I asked the vet to re-test her for FeLv. Sure enough, she was 
 positive. She had all the classic symptoms of active FeLv. I was heart broken 
 but still, I asked him to give her some meds to make her more comfortable and 
 perhaps get back her appetite. He gave her cortisone. Today, she was no 
 better. She just lay on her towel and couldn't make it to the litter box 
 although it was just a few steps away. I took her in again and he gave
 her some fluids, not too much because he said it would make her even more 
 anemic. He gave her a little more cortisone to try to kick start her 
 appetite. I had been syringe feeding her by then. He also gave her a small 
 dose of Convenia and some B-complex but nothing helped. She passed several 
 hours after the vet visit. I probably should have had him help her pass but I 
 just didn't want to give up hope. 


There is a question here, in all this upsetting dialog. My other two cats who 
slept with me and Bunny and groomed each other, ate with each other, drank and 
used the same litter box are around 7 years old. The vet told me that once 
they are into adulthood, they are not as likely to get FeLv as they would if 
they were under 2 years old. Is this true? I will have them tested in about 3 
weeks anyway to see what happened, if anything. Also, has anyone had the 
experience of a young cat throwing off the virus and turning negative, then 
turning positive again after a year, or was that second test after I had held 
her in isolation for 4 months a false negative?

Right now I'm fostering a kitten who has tested negative for FIV/FeLv. She is 
several rooms away from where Bunny has lived. They never came in contact with 
each other but I have walked from my bedroom into the kitten's room to feed, 
clean, etc.. Did I put her at risk?

This is desperately upsetting. I have decided not to take in any more fosters 
with FeLv. I have never had this happen before. Most of my turned cats are 
still with me and are well into several years of adulthood. I usually don't 
have good results with getting turned cats adopted because most people don't 
want the possibility that the cat is harboring the disease. Maybe Bunny had it 
in her bone marrow and tested negative on the regular SNAP test. I should have 
tested with the IFA also but don't have much money to spare. 

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Re: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening

2013-10-31 Thread Lance
I’m very sorry to hear about Bunny. You did all you could for her. 

Adult cats are more resilient against infection than kittens, but we don’t 
really know just how much (a little or a lot). Since it doesn’t sound like the 
cats were constantly biting and fighting, I think it’s less likely that they’ll 
test positive. We had FeLV in our house for almost two years, and only one of 
the four cats became persistently infected.

I really don’t know what could have happened with the positive to negative to 
positive results. No one could, unless Bunny had been in a lab under constant 
scrutiny. There are latent/regressive infections that the AAFP officially 
thinks (in its paper on feline retroviruses) are unlikely to lead to illness or 
later progressive/persistent infection. Perhaps while they are unlikely to lead 
to progressive/persistent infection, this isn’t completely impossible.

It seems *extremely* unlikely that the virus could have gotten to the kitten in 
sufficient quantities to cause her to be infected, so I don’t think I would 
worry about that. I mean, I know I would personally worry, just because I do, 
but I don’t think you have a reason to, other than the obvious concern you have 
for her.

Take care, and best wishes for negative results for Samson and Delilah.

On Oct 31, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote:

 She came to me two and a half years ago when she was around 9 months old. She 
 had been abandoned at an apartment complex, rescued but then tested FeLv+. 
 She was brought to me to see if she would turn negative. She did! I kept her 
 anyway because she had a few bad habits, like biting my fingers when I was 
 sleeping and trying to tear apart my iPod headphones. She was very 
 mischievous. I named her Bunny because she was brought to me on Easter 
 Sunday.  She has lived with me and two other cats in my bedroom/home office 
 since that Easter in 2011. About two weeks ago I noticed a change in her 
 behavior. She no longer pestered Delilah, the resident female cat in the room 
 and she seemed to lose interest in sleeping on the bed with me and Samson and 
 Delilah (the two other cats in the room). However she was eating normally and 
 nothing else seemed out of place. I assumed that it was the change in the 
 weather from very hot to nice, cool evenings and then to rain. On Saturday of 
 last week she seemed lethargic. She was not eating her usual amount of food 
 and not drinking her usual amount of water. I checked her gums to see if it 
 might be stomatitis or some bad tooth upsetting her but her gums were very 
 pale and so was her tongue. I immediately thought it was flea anemia. I took 
 her to the vet on Tuesday because Monday is usually very busy with dogs 
 there. She was more lethargic and depressed by then and her appetite had all 
 but disappeared. She was still drinking water. She had no fleas so I asked 
 the vet to re-test her for FeLv. Sure enough, she was positive. She had all 
 the classic symptoms of active FeLv. I was heart broken but still, I asked 
 him to give her some meds to make her more comfortable and perhaps get back 
 her appetite. He gave her cortisone. Today, she was no better. She just lay 
 on her towel and couldn't make it to the litter box although it was just a 
 few steps away. I took her in again and he gave her some fluids, not too much 
 because he said it would make her even more anemic. He gave her a little more 
 cortisone to try to kick start her appetite. I had been syringe feeding her 
 by then. He also gave her a small dose of Convenia and some B-complex but 
 nothing helped. She passed several hours after the vet visit. I probably 
 should have had him help her pass but I just didn't want to give up hope. 
 
 There is a question here, in all this upsetting dialog. My other two cats who 
 slept with me and Bunny and groomed each other, ate with each other, drank 
 and used the same litter box are around 7 years old. The vet told me that 
 once they are into adulthood, they are not as likely to get FeLv as they 
 would if they were under 2 years old. Is this true? I will have them tested 
 in about 3 weeks anyway to see what happened, if anything. Also, has anyone 
 had the experience of a young cat throwing off the virus and turning 
 negative, then turning positive again after a year, or was that second test 
 after I had held her in isolation for 4 months a false negative?
 
 Right now I'm fostering a kitten who has tested negative for FIV/FeLv. She is 
 several rooms away from where Bunny has lived. They never came in contact 
 with each other but I have walked from my bedroom into the kitten's room to 
 feed, clean, etc.. Did I put her at risk?
 
 This is desperately upsetting. I have decided not to take in any more fosters 
 with FeLv. I have never had this happen before. Most of my turned cats are 
 still with me and are well into several years of adulthood. I usually don't 
 have good results with getting 

Re: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening

2013-10-31 Thread Jennifer Ballew
Sorry to hear about your kitty.  I went through a similar thing a few weeks
ago when my own kitty passed away.  It's very hard!  My sympathies.  :-(

Jen
On Oct 31, 2013 4:50 PM, Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote:

 She came to me two and a half years ago when she was around 9 months old.
 She had been abandoned at an apartment complex, rescued but then tested
 FeLv+. She was brought to me to see if she would turn negative. She did! I
 kept her anyway because she had a few bad habits, like biting my fingers
 when I was sleeping and trying to tear apart my iPod headphones. She was
 very mischievous. I named her Bunny because she was brought to me on Easter
 Sunday.  She has lived with me and two other cats in my bedroom/home office
 since that Easter in 2011. About two weeks ago I noticed a change in her
 behavior. She no longer pestered Delilah, the resident female cat in the
 room and she seemed to lose interest in sleeping on the bed with me and
 Samson and Delilah (the two other cats in the room). However she was eating
 normally and nothing else seemed out of place. I assumed that it was the
 change in the weather from very hot to nice, cool evenings and then to
 rain. On Saturday of last week she seemed lethargic. She was not eating her
 usual amount of food and not drinking her usual amount of water. I checked
 her gums to see if it might be stomatitis or some bad tooth upsetting her
 but her gums were very pale and so was her tongue. I immediately thought it
 was flea anemia. I took her to the vet on Tuesday because Monday is usually
 very busy with dogs there. She was more lethargic and depressed by then and
 her appetite had all but disappeared. She was still drinking water. She had
 no fleas so I asked the vet to re-test her for FeLv. Sure enough, she was
 positive. She had all the classic symptoms of active FeLv. I was heart
 broken but still, I asked him to give her some meds to make her more
 comfortable and perhaps get back her appetite. He gave her cortisone.
 Today, she was no better. She just lay on her towel and couldn't make it to
 the litter box although it was just a few steps away. I took her in again
 and he gave her some fluids, not too much because he said it would make her
 even more anemic. He gave her a little more cortisone to try to kick start
 her appetite. I had been syringe feeding her by then. He also gave her a
 small dose of Convenia and some B-complex but nothing helped. She passed
 several hours after the vet visit. I probably should have had him help her
 pass but I just didn't want to give up hope.

 There is a question here, in all this upsetting dialog. My other two cats
 who slept with me and Bunny and groomed each other, ate with each other,
 drank and used the same litter box are around 7 years old. The vet told me
 that once they are into adulthood, they are not as likely to get FeLv as
 they would if they were under 2 years old. Is this true? I will have them
 tested in about 3 weeks anyway to see what happened, if anything. Also, has
 anyone had the experience of a young cat throwing off the virus and turning
 negative, then turning positive again after a year, or was that second test
 after I had held her in isolation for 4 months a false negative?

 Right now I'm fostering a kitten who has tested negative for FIV/FeLv. She
 is several rooms away from where Bunny has lived. They never came in
 contact with each other but I have walked from my bedroom into the kitten's
 room to feed, clean, etc.. Did I put her at risk?

 This is desperately upsetting. I have decided not to take in any more
 fosters with FeLv. I have never had this happen before. Most of my turned
 cats are still with me and are well into several years of adulthood. I
 usually don't have good results with getting turned cats adopted because
 most people don't want the possibility that the cat is harboring the
 disease. Maybe Bunny had it in her bone marrow and tested negative on the
 regular SNAP test. I should have tested with the IFA also but don't have
 much money to spare.

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Re: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening

2013-10-31 Thread JC
Lee, 
I'm so sorry for your loss..
You did everything you could have.
Sorry again,
John

On Thu, 10/31/13, Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Subject: [Felvtalk] Bunny Passed Away This Evening
 To: Felvtalk Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
 Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 4:49 PM
 
 She came to me two and a
 half years ago when she was around 9 months old. She had
 been abandoned at an apartment complex, rescued but then
 tested FeLv+. She was brought to me to see if she would turn
 negative. She did! I kept her anyway because she had a few
 bad habits, like biting my fingers when I was sleeping and
 trying to tear apart my iPod headphones. She was very
 mischievous. I named her Bunny because she was brought to me
 on Easter Sunday.  She has lived with me and two other
 cats in my bedroom/home office since that Easter in 2011.
 About two weeks ago I noticed a change in her behavior. She
 no longer pestered Delilah, the resident female cat in the
 room and she seemed to lose interest in sleeping on the bed
 with me and Samson and Delilah (the two other cats in the
 room).
  However she was eating normally and nothing else seemed out
 of place. I assumed that it was the change in the weather
 from very hot to nice, cool evenings and then to rain. On
 Saturday of last week she seemed lethargic. She was not
 eating her usual amount of food and not drinking her usual
 amount of water. I checked her gums to see if it might be
 stomatitis or some bad tooth upsetting her but her gums were
 very pale and so was her tongue. I immediately thought it
 was flea anemia. I took her to the vet on Tuesday because
 Monday is usually very busy with dogs there. She was more
 lethargic and depressed by then and her appetite had all but
 disappeared. She was still drinking water. She had no fleas
 so I asked the vet to re-test her for FeLv. Sure enough, she
 was positive. She had all the classic symptoms of active
 FeLv. I was heart broken but still, I asked him to give her
 some meds to make her more comfortable and perhaps get back
 her appetite. He gave
  her cortisone. Today, she was no better. She just lay on
 her towel and couldn't make it to the litter box
 although it was just a few steps away. I took her in again
 and he gave her some fluids, not too much because he said it
 would make her even more anemic. He gave her a little more
 cortisone to try to kick start her appetite. I had been
 syringe feeding her by then. He also gave her a small dose
 of Convenia and some B-complex but nothing helped. She
 passed several hours after the vet visit. I probably should
 have had him help her pass but I just didn't want to
 give up hope. 
 
 There
 is a question here, in all this upsetting dialog. My other
 two cats who slept with me and Bunny and groomed each other,
 ate with each other, drank and used the same litter box are
 around 7 years old. The vet told me that once they are into
 adulthood, they are not as likely to get FeLv as they would
 if they were under 2 years old. Is this true? I will have
 them tested in about 3 weeks anyway to see what happened, if
 anything. Also, has anyone had the experience of a young cat
 throwing off the virus and turning negative, then turning
 positive again after a year, or was that second test after I
 had held her in isolation for 4 months a false
 negative?
 Right
 now I'm fostering a kitten who has tested negative for
 FIV/FeLv. She is several rooms away from where Bunny has
 lived. They never came in contact with each other but I have
 walked from my bedroom into the kitten's room to feed,
 clean, etc.. Did I put her at risk?
 This
 is desperately upsetting. I have decided not to take in any
 more fosters with FeLv. I have never had this happen before.
 Most of my turned cats are still with me and are
  well into several years of adulthood. I usually don't
 have good results with getting turned cats adopted because
 most people don't want the possibility that the cat is
 harboring the disease. Maybe Bunny had it in her bone marrow
 and tested negative on the regular SNAP test. I should have
 tested with the IFA also but don't have much money to
 spare. 
 
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