Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
I have heard not to test for fiv less than 6 months. You can test for felv any time, And at anytime they could have just been exposed and may test negative in 3-6 months after exposure. That's at any age, although positive kittens who had a known positive mother are less likely to throw the virus. Kittens less than a year in general are less likely to throw the virus. tonya Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, I should have given a cite for this. My vet says testing cats of less than 3 months is not recommended. I can't find anything on the Internet to cooberate. Anyone hear of this before? On 10/1/07, Kelley Saveika wrote: If they are 8-9 weeks old, SNAP tests are very inaccurate. I would not even bother testing a kitten that age. They need to be retested in 6 months to see if they are actually positive or not. On 10/1/07, JENI RECA wrote: Hi, Just when I found placement for the adult feluk positive, now three kittens need placement. The woman was going to take them to the vet to pts them, but I told her I would take them and find a home for them. They are about 8-9 weeks old and tested positive yesterday. Need help yet again. They are tabbys and very cute. I am picking them up from the lady today, I don't know if they are boys are or girls yet. I know they are a little scared, she found them in her backyard. There are actually five, but I can't take all five. She might try to find a home for the other two. Anyone out there want one, two or three kittens to add to their home. Willing to travel, food included, will spay/neutered them. Thank you Jeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
Ditto on testing for feleuk. Generally if you wait 2-3 months and retest there is a good chance the result will be negative for feleuk. Have seen it happen several times. gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't heard of the SNAP test being any more inclined toward false positives on young kittens when testing for feluk. I have heard that if you are testing young kittens for FIV there is a good chance of a false positive from antibodies in their mother's milk if she was positive. This usually clears away by 4 to 6 months so, testing kittens for FIV before that doesn't give a true indication. Gary - Original Message - From: Kelley Saveika To: Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:22 PM Subject: Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens I'm sorry, I should have given a cite for this. My vet says testing cats of less than 3 months is not recommended. I can't find anything on the Internet to cooberate. Anyone hear of this before?
seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
Hi, Just when I found placement for the adult feluk positive, now three kittens need placement. The woman was going to take them to the vet to pts them, but I told her I would take them and find a home for them. They are about 8-9 weeks old and tested positive yesterday. Need help yet again. They are tabbys and very cute. I am picking them up from the lady today, I don't know if they are boys are or girls yet. I know they are a little scared, she found them in her backyard. There are actually five, but I can't take all five. She might try to find a home for the other two. Anyone out there want one, two or three kittens to add to their home. Willing to travel, food included, will spay/neutered them. Thank you Jeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline
Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
If they are 8-9 weeks old, SNAP tests are very inaccurate. I would not even bother testing a kitten that age. They need to be retested in 6 months to see if they are actually positive or not. On 10/1/07, JENI RECA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just when I found placement for the adult feluk positive, now three kittens need placement. The woman was going to take them to the vet to pts them, but I told her I would take them and find a home for them. They are about 8-9 weeks old and tested positive yesterday. Need help yet again. They are tabbys and very cute. I am picking them up from the lady today, I don't know if they are boys are or girls yet. I know they are a little scared, she found them in her backyard. There are actually five, but I can't take all five. She might try to find a home for the other two. Anyone out there want one, two or three kittens to add to their home. Willing to travel, food included, will spay/neutered them. Thank you Jeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
I'm sorry, I should have given a cite for this. My vet says testing cats of less than 3 months is not recommended. I can't find anything on the Internet to cooberate. Anyone hear of this before? On 10/1/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If they are 8-9 weeks old, SNAP tests are very inaccurate. I would not even bother testing a kitten that age. They need to be retested in 6 months to see if they are actually positive or not. On 10/1/07, JENI RECA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just when I found placement for the adult feluk positive, now three kittens need placement. The woman was going to take them to the vet to pts them, but I told her I would take them and find a home for them. They are about 8-9 weeks old and tested positive yesterday. Need help yet again. They are tabbys and very cute. I am picking them up from the lady today, I don't know if they are boys are or girls yet. I know they are a little scared, she found them in her backyard. There are actually five, but I can't take all five. She might try to find a home for the other two. Anyone out there want one, two or three kittens to add to their home. Willing to travel, food included, will spay/neutered them. Thank you Jeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
All of the vets I have had over the years have stated this same thing re testing of kittens less than 3 months old. - Original Message - From: Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 4:22 PM Subject: Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens I'm sorry, I should have given a cite for this. My vet says testing cats of less than 3 months is not recommended. I can't find anything on the Internet to cooberate. Anyone hear of this before? On 10/1/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If they are 8-9 weeks old, SNAP tests are very inaccurate. I would not even bother testing a kitten that age. They need to be retested in 6 months to see if they are actually positive or not. On 10/1/07, JENI RECA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just when I found placement for the adult feluk positive, now three kittens need placement. The woman was going to take them to the vet to pts them, but I told her I would take them and find a home for them. They are about 8-9 weeks old and tested positive yesterday. Need help yet again. They are tabbys and very cute. I am picking them up from the lady today, I don't know if they are boys are or girls yet. I know they are a little scared, she found them in her backyard. There are actually five, but I can't take all five. She might try to find a home for the other two. Anyone out there want one, two or three kittens to add to their home. Willing to travel, food included, will spay/neutered them. Thank you Jeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
I haven't heard of the SNAP test being any more inclined toward false positives on young kittens when testing for feluk. I have heard that if you are testing young kittens for FIV there is a good chance of a false positive from antibodies in their mother's milk if she was positive. This usually clears away by 4 to 6 months so, testing kittens for FIV before that doesn't give a true indication. Gary - Original Message - From: Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:22 PM Subject: Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens I'm sorry, I should have given a cite for this. My vet says testing cats of less than 3 months is not recommended. I can't find anything on the Internet to cooberate. Anyone hear of this before?
RE: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
My Tucson got a negative Elissa at 6-8 weeks 4+ years later (after being an indoor only cat), showed up positive... I've always felt there are probably a whole lot more like her out there... Christiane Biagi 914-632-4672 Cell: 914-720-6888 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Katrina Animal Reunion Team (KART) www.findkpets.org Join Us Help Reunite Katrina-displaced Families with their Animals -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Kachur Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 4:59 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens All of the vets I have had over the years have stated this same thing re testing of kittens less than 3 months old. - Original Message - From: Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 4:22 PM Subject: Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens I'm sorry, I should have given a cite for this. My vet says testing cats of less than 3 months is not recommended. I can't find anything on the Internet to cooberate. Anyone hear of this before? On 10/1/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If they are 8-9 weeks old, SNAP tests are very inaccurate. I would not even bother testing a kitten that age. They need to be retested in 6 months to see if they are actually positive or not. On 10/1/07, JENI RECA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just when I found placement for the adult feluk positive, now three kittens need placement. The woman was going to take them to the vet to pts them, but I told her I would take them and find a home for them. They are about 8-9 weeks old and tested positive yesterday. Need help yet again. They are tabbys and very cute. I am picking them up from the lady today, I don't know if they are boys are or girls yet. I know they are a little scared, she found them in her backyard. There are actually five, but I can't take all five. She might try to find a home for the other two. Anyone out there want one, two or three kittens to add to their home. Willing to travel, food included, will spay/neutered them. Thank you Jeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=w lmailtagline -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
Re: seeking placement for three feluk positive kittens
It is a fact that many kittens that test pos at 8 weeks will test neg. at 16 weeks... Some people say 6 months to be sure but from my personal experience the test at 16 weeks is about 80% accurate A word about Jeni... She is very active in short term fostering and holding kitties until she can get them in a no kill shelter... She is probably responsible for saving more kitties from PTS in one month than most of us are in a lifetime... She probably already has both pos and neg. kitties isolated from each other in her home and what these kitties need is a home that has neither pos or neg. as they can go either way in the next few weeks This might be a great opportunity for some people who have said that they have worked with FeLV but currently don't have any to help out for just a short while to see which way they go... I believe these kitties are in the NYC, Long Island area. Tad Kelley Saveika wrote: I'm sorry, I should have given a cite for this. My vet says testing cats of less than 3 months is not recommended. I can't find anything on the Internet to cooberate. Anyone hear of this before? On 10/1/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If they are 8-9 weeks old, SNAP tests are very inaccurate. I would not even bother testing a kitten that age. They need to be retested in 6 months to see if they are actually positive or not. On 10/1/07, JENI RECA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just when I found placement for the adult feluk positive, now three kittens need placement. The woman was going to take them to the vet to pts them, but I told her I would take them and find a home for them. They are about 8-9 weeks old and tested positive yesterday. Need help yet again. They are tabbys and very cute. I am picking them up from the lady today, I don't know if they are boys are or girls yet. I know they are a little scared, she found them in her backyard. There are actually five, but I can't take all five. She might try to find a home for the other two. Anyone out there want one, two or three kittens to add to their home. Willing to travel, food included, will spay/neutered them. Thank you Jeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
