Re: [Felvtalk] help /advice - testing age of kittens

2016-01-26 Thread dlgegg
I also had a snuggles who lived to 19 Anna Summers wrote: > Thank you Lorrie, “ Snuggles “ is very healthy and doesnt seem to have any > sort off illness , just eats alot but I have seen how the virus is so silent > and then just takes over them. I am nervous about testing too soon and

Re: [Felvtalk] help /advice - testing age of kittens

2016-01-26 Thread dlgegg
ANNA, vets here also give up on positive cats. I have one that is now 8 years old, with no signs of illness. I think it depends on the cat, the caregiver, the kind of food thy get that determines the future. I vaccinate my other cats and do not vaccinate Annie who is positive. I do not separ

Re: [Felvtalk] help /advice - testing age of kittens

2016-01-25 Thread Anna Summers
Thank you Lorrie, “ Snuggles “ is very healthy and doesnt seem to have any sort off illness , just eats alot but I have seen how the virus is so silent and then just takes over them. I am nervous about testing too soon and that he might test positive due to the antibodies of the virus from th

Re: [Felvtalk] help /advice - testing age of kittens

2016-01-25 Thread Lorrie
Hi Anna, I rescue and have many cats. Testing them at 3 or 4 months old is usually a good time to see if they are positive or negative. I have lost many positive kittens who were born with the virus which they contracted from their mother. However some can throw off the virus. If your kitten who

[Felvtalk] help /advice - testing age of kittens

2016-01-25 Thread Anna Summers
Hi , I live in spain in a very rural are & last year I lost 2 cats who were felv + , they were not in contacted with my house cats but one of them ( 9yrs old ) is latent positive DNA with a low reading of the virus , I did a quantative pcr , he was negative in the elisa test and I w