Re: [Felvtalk] Positive to negative

2014-07-16 Thread Lance
Current thinking seems to be that the odds of a regressive infection resulting in FeLV-related disease is “unlikely”. This is according to the 2008 AAFP Retrovirus Guidelines. Focal infections where the virus is restricted to certain tissues are rare, and these infections also seem unlikely to r

Re: [Felvtalk] Positive to negative

2014-07-16 Thread Marsha
Even if they don't throw the virus off, they can still live several happy, healthy years. I had Milkdud 4.5 years, and have had Harley 3.5+ years. Now looking for a new FeLV+ companion for Harley. Since Milkdud died, Harley is lonesome for a feline buddy that he can wrestle with and play tag

Re: [Felvtalk] Positive to negative

2014-07-16 Thread Amy
We just had four kittens and an adult go from pos to neg at our rescue. Amy From: Mercy Cats To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:19 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Positive to negative I just found out that a couple of young cats (

Re: [Felvtalk] Positive to negative

2014-07-16 Thread dlgegg
NEVER TAKE CATS TO HUMANE SOCIETY. TRY TO FIND A NO KILL SHELTER. Mercy Cats wrote: > I just found out that a couple of young cats (nine months old or so) that had > been abandoned in a county park, and that I caught and took to a local humane > society last month, were euthanized becaus

Re: [Felvtalk] Positive to negative

2014-07-16 Thread dlgegg
My vet told me that as long as they had good food, shelter, and lots of love if they were 1 year or older, they had a chance to throw it off. Annie did and now at 8, she is a prima donna in good health. Nitnoy did not make it because she had a lot of issues from her feral days, but she was wit

[Felvtalk] Positive to negative

2014-07-16 Thread Mercy Cats
I just found out that a couple of young cats (nine months old or so) that had been abandoned in a county park, and that I caught and took to a local humane society last month, were euthanized because they were felv+. The cats probably wouldn't have survived the virus; they were emaciated and o