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I'm glad Nebs is better. And yes it is common for a cat to test positive and then test negative. It could be due to recent exposure. tonya elizabeth trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am SO glad Nebs is better and that you weren't victims of the bad information you received. I hope very much that you can find a good vet. elizabeth On 3/6/07, Lori S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive, negative. Is this common? Do some cats get over it or are the tests errored? My beloved Nebs was diagnosed two weeks ago just after his fourth birthday. I took him to the vet with a very bad case of the runs and no appetite. The vet, one I had not been to before, told me Nebs was felv positive and would be dead in a matter of days. He told me his kidneys were huge and the virus had destroyed them. He recommended that I put him down right away. I couldn't do it. He was too special and deserved a chance. He told me nothing would help. I asked him to do what another vet had done for another cat once, an injection of fluids for dehydration. He gave him that, but refused any medication, saying it wouldn't do any good. The next day, I begged him for some antibiotics and he gave me them but told me not to get my hopes up. I gave Nebs the medicine, and some Pet-tonic. The next day he was eating again. In two days, he was eating like a hog. In 3 days, his runs were gone. It's now been 2 weeks, and instead of being dead as the doctor predicted, he's practically back to normal! He's gained almost all his weight back and has his swagger again. His third eyelid, present for almost a year, is also gone. His stools are more normal than they've been in ages. I am wondering if maybe he'd had a severe kidney and intestional infection, and when that was cleared up, he was all right. I don't know if he's really felv positive or not, I'll get him retested at another vet soon, but even if he has it, his immune system was not as 'shot' as the vet said it was. So my questions are, are the tests sometimes wrong, and can a cat go in and out of good health while being infected? I had always heard the first sickness would basically be the last. I also want to say, please do not give up on your kitty if the vet says to put him down, he's going to die. You know your pet better than anyone, and if you feel he isn't at his end, don't do it. I am so glad I gave Nebs another chance when the vet didn't. - The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.
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Hi Lori, Thanks so much for posting your story about Nebs. Thank goodness you were strong enough to follow your heart and not take the advice of your vet! Hopefully your story will help educate your vet, (is this your ex-vet now?), and save more lives in the future. I would suggest that you have Nebs tested using an IFA next time. You could run an in house ELISA again, but an IFA would be better confirmation of his status at this point. How long has it been since he was last tested? I would wait at least 90 days before the re-test to give him the chance to clear the virus, (if that's indeed what was going on). Please keep us informed and welcome to the group, Nina Lori S wrote: I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive, negative. Is this common? Do some cats get over it or are the tests errored? My beloved Nebs was diagnosed two weeks ago just after his fourth birthday. I took him to the vet with a very bad case of the runs and no appetite. The vet, one I had not been to before, told me Nebs was felv positive and would be dead in a matter of days. He told me his kidneys were huge and the virus had destroyed them. He recommended that I put him down right away. I couldn't do it. He was too special and deserved a chance. He told me nothing would help. I asked him to do what another vet had done for another cat once, an injection of fluids for dehydration. He gave him that, but refused any medication, saying it wouldn't do any good. The next day, I begged him for some antibiotics and he gave me them but told me not to get my hopes up. I gave Nebs the medicine, and some Pet-tonic. The next day he was eating again. In two days, he was eating like a hog. In 3 days, his runs were gone. It's now been 2 weeks, and instead of being dead as the doctor predicted, he's practically back to normal! He's gained almost all his weight back and has his swagger again. His third eyelid, present for almost a year, is also gone. His stools are more normal than they've been in ages. I am wondering if maybe he'd had a severe kidney and intestional infection, and when that was cleared up, he was all right. I don't know if he's really felv positive or not, I'll get him retested at another vet soon, but even if he has it, his immune system was not as 'shot' as the vet said it was. So my questions are, are the tests sometimes wrong, and can a cat go in and out of good health while being infected? I had always heard the first sickness would basically be the last. I also want to say, please do not give up on your kitty if the vet says to put him down, he's going to die. You know your pet better than anyone, and if you feel he isn't at his end, don't do it. I am so glad I gave Nebs another chance when the vet didn't.
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Run and find a new vet!!! Your current one is not up to date on FeLV. You can get a good idea of which vet might be up to date by calling some vets in your area and asking them personally over the phone what their philosophy is on treating FeLV. Thank God for Nebs you did not listen to your vet. Good for you for listening to your gut, girl! You found a great place for info. on this virus, and I haven't read the other posts yet, but I know a lot of info. has probably already been given out. Everyone here is great. You will need to retest Nebs in a few months to see if he is indeed positive. Do you know how he may have contracted it? Has he been outside by himself any? Gotten into any fights in the past? Answers to your questions: Yes, absolutely the tests can be wrong. Yes, a cat can go back and forth between illnesses if they are FeLV positive. The most important thing is to keep your kitty stress free and feed him a great diet. I feed mine Innova Evo dry and wet. Most of us know here exactly what you are saying about not listening to your vet as the final word. Many of us have learned the hard way, after the fact. I think it's important that we educate everyone we can about that fact and about FeLV. Please keep us posted on your furbaby and feel free to ask any questions you have, no matter how crazy they may sound. :) Wendy Dallas, Tx Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
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I am SO glad Nebs is better and that you weren't victims of the bad information you received. I hope very much that you can find a good vet. elizabeth On 3/6/07, Lori S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive, negative. Is this common? Do some cats get over it or are the tests errored? My beloved Nebs was diagnosed two weeks ago just after his fourth birthday. I took him to the vet with a very bad case of the runs and no appetite. The vet, one I had not been to before, told me Nebs was felv positive and would be dead in a matter of days. He told me his kidneys were huge and the virus had destroyed them. He recommended that I put him down right away. I couldn't do it. He was too special and deserved a chance. He told me nothing would help. I asked him to do what another vet had done for another cat once, an injection of fluids for dehydration. He gave him that, but refused any medication, saying it wouldn't do any good. The next day, I begged him for some antibiotics and he gave me them but told me not to get my hopes up. I gave Nebs the medicine, and some Pet-tonic. The next day he was eating again. In two days, he was eating like a hog. In 3 days, his runs were gone. It's now been 2 weeks, and instead of being dead as the doctor predicted, he's practically back to normal! He's gained almost all his weight back and has his swagger again. His third eyelid, present for almost a year, is also gone. His stools are more normal than they've been in ages. I am wondering if maybe he'd had a severe kidney and intestional infection, and when that was cleared up, he was all right. I don't know if he's really felv positive or not, I'll get him retested at another vet soon, but even if he has it, his immune system was not as 'shot' as the vet said it was. So my questions are, are the tests sometimes wrong, and can a cat go in and out of good health while being infected? I had always heard the first sickness would basically be the last. I also want to say, please do not give up on your kitty if the vet says to put him down, he's going to die. You know your pet better than anyone, and if you feel he isn't at his end, don't do it. I am so glad I gave Nebs another chance when the vet didn't. -- The fish are biting. Get more visitorshttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49679/*http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php?o=US2140cmp=Yahooctv=Q107Taglines=Ys2=EMb=50on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.
Re: False positive and negative?
On 3/6/07, Lori S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive, negative. Is this common? Do some cats get over it or are the tests errored? My cat tested positive, negative. False positives are *very* common. Some cats do get over it, and test errors are common. Please, find a new vet! -- 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
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70% of healthy adult cats can process the virus out of their systems, so a positive test may only be an indication that a kitty has recently been exposed because so many cats can be exposed and still get over it, retesting is vital, and a single positive test should never be accepted as final in an asymptomatic cat, and quite probably not in a symptomatic one, either! and this is WELL DOCUMENTED IN THE LITERATURE, and any vet who doesn't know it should have his license revoked! there is no excuse for willful ignorance. On 3/7/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/6/07, Lori S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive, negative. Is this common? Do some cats get over it or are the tests errored? My cat tested positive, negative. False positives are *very* common. Some cats do get over it, and test errors are common. Please, find a new vet! -- 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 -- Spay Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
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Cats get sick all the time. Getting sick doesn't have anything to do with FELV. When a human gets a cold, we don't assume they have AIDS and refuse to give them any cold medicine, do we? The same applies to cats. FELV is far, far, far, way totally far, from the ONLY thing that can lead to illness in cats. Your cat could have caught any number of viruses, most of which are just like colds in humans, and are self-limiting and usually go away on their own. Sometimes a cat will need antibiotics if the virus causes a secondary bacterial infection (similar to when a cold in a human turns into a sinus infection). Oh, and yes, the ELISA FELV test is often inaccurate, especially when done by someone who doesn't know what they are doing (and your vet's recommendation that your cat should have been euthanised, without even a confirmatory re-test proves that he's clueless). Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources
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That's a great analogy, Phaewryn... elizabeth On 3/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cats get sick all the time. Getting sick doesn't have anything to do with FELV. When a human gets a cold, we don't assume they have AIDS and refuse to give them any cold medicine, do we? The same applies to cats. FELV is far, far, far, way totally far, from the ONLY thing that can lead to illness in cats. Your cat could have caught any number of viruses, most of which are just like colds in humans, and are self-limiting and usually go away on their own. Sometimes a cat will need antibiotics if the virus causes a secondary bacterial infection (similar to when a cold in a human turns into a sinus infection). Oh, and yes, the ELISA FELV test is often inaccurate, especially when done by someone who doesn't know what they are doing (and your vet's recommendation that your cat should have been euthanised, without even a confirmatory re-test proves that he's clueless). Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources
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At 06:39 PM 3/6/2007, you wrote: BOY do you need a new VETand learn to do fluids at home, we can all help and there is a pharmacy on line where you can get what you need once you become comfortable and I CANT IMAGINE a vet with holding treatment! Congratulations for using your own brain and boy would I be telling that vet off!!! Kelly I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive, negative. Is this common? Do some cats get over it or are the tests errored? My beloved Nebs was diagnosed two weeks ago just after his fourth birthday. I took him to the vet with a very bad case of the runs and no appetite. The vet, one I had not been to before, told me Nebs was felv positive and would be dead in a matter of days. He told me his kidneys were huge and the virus had destroyed them. He recommended that I put him down right away. I couldn't do it. He was too special and deserved a chance. He told me nothing would help. I asked him to do what another vet had done for another cat once, an injection of fluids for dehydration. He gave him that, but refused any medication, saying it wouldn't do any good. The next day, I begged him for some antibiotics and he gave me them but told me not to get my hopes up. I gave Nebs the medicine, and some Pet-tonic. The next day he was eating again. In two days, he was eating like a hog. In 3 days, his runs were gone. It's now been 2 weeks, and instead of being dead as the doctor predicted, he's practically back to normal! He's gained almost all his weight back and has his swagger again. His third eyelid, present for almost a year, is also gone. His stools are more normal than they've been in ages. I am wondering if maybe he'd had a severe kidney and intestional infection, and when that was cleared up, he was all right. I don't know if he's really felv positive or not, I'll get him retested at another vet soon, but even if he has it, his immune system was not as 'shot' as the vet said it was. So my questions are, are the tests sometimes wrong, and can a cat go in and out of good health while being infected? I had always heard the first sickness would basically be the last. I also want to say, please do not give up on your kitty if the vet says to put him down, he's going to die. You know your pet better than anyone, and if you feel he isn't at his end, don't do it. I am so glad I gave Nebs another chance when the vet didn't. The fish are biting. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49679/*http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php?o=US2140cmp=Yahooctv=Q107Taglines=Ys2=EMb=50Get more visitors on your site using http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49679/*http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php?o=US2140cmp=Yahooctv=Q107Taglines=Ys2=EMb=50Yahoo! Search Marketing. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.413 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/711 - Release Date: 3/5/2007
Re: False Positive
We have been on this list a long time It's still the best too. tBONNIE J KALMBACH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tonya,Yes, this was back in '97. They all had French names, but were all three years old. Little Henry Lee, who I found by a dumpster in Mississippi, was the positive one, and a kitten. None of the others were vaccinated and Henry proved to be a false negative, which is said to be a rare occurrence. I had called my vet from the road and said I wanted him tested as soon as possible. I isolated him in the bathroom and rushed him off for a test the same afternoon I got home with him. I was so happy when he first tested negative. A year later he had a dental and began to go downhill. That's when they found he had the virus in his bone marrow and was positive all along. I think at the time, the vaccinations were said to do more harm than good if one had indoor cats whose chances of exposure were rare - or maybe that was my vet's advice. As soon as Henry was found to be positive, all of the others were vaccinated with no harmful effects, even my tiny Sylvie who was born with hypernatremia.I left that clinic because they weren't very good, to put it mildly. Later I heard that a lot of other clients also left as well as the most of the staff. Then the owner became very ill and had to be hospitalized - maybe stress contributed to it.I don't have any positives any more, but since this list is so helpful, and FELV kitties do tend to be more susceptible to other illnesses, I've stayed on to learn things and share what I know.Litte orange Henry Lee was so cute. If I had another kitty in my lap, Henry would climb in right on top of him or her and curl up to sleep. The kitty on the bottom would sort of slide out from underneath and wake up looking like "what happened?"Bonnie with seven kitties and two pupswww.elephants.com- Original Message -From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Sunday, May 8, 2005 2:30 pmSubject: Re: False Positive Bonnie, I remember when all of this happened. : ( I don't remember though if they had all been vaccinated? Also, weren't they kittens? I am remembering they were born in a closet and all had French names? It's been a while, and my memory's not what it used to be! tonya BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Dawn, Here is some anecdotal evidence: my kitty, Claudette and my other kitties were exposed to a positive kitty, my little Henry Lee, whose virus had activated. I had them all tested and Claudette was one of those exposed to Henry who became positive. I lost all of my positive kitties, but Claudette. She "threw off" the virus, and has tested negative ever since. Bonnie- Original Message - From: Dawn Ritzke Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 2:51 pm Subject: False Positive About 3 weeks ago my 10 month old kitty, Smeagol, died from feline leukemia. I was unaware he even had leukemia. The vet never checked him for leukemia. At that time I had my other kitten, Moxie retested. She was tested at birth and was negative. Three weeks ago she came back positive. I recently had her retested again and this time she came back negative. I am going to have her tested again in one month. She is very healthy. I understand the chance of a false positive is about 3%. I am not very familar with feline leukemia. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions. _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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Hi, Bonnie, How was Henry Lee when you first found him? He was three years old when you first found him? Did he look very healthy? And how old was the kitten? And how old was the kitten when you first found him? I just trapped a boy kitty who was tested negative on all the virus and his blood work came back just as perfect but I think he might be Gingers brother, who was tested positive on FeLV because of what did happened to Little Henry Lee, and someone else I knew I did not know how careful I had to be integrating this cute boy (I think, I am going to name him, Stanly) to the feLV negative group in my house I know what happened to Little Henry was very rare but still it does happen since I have so many cats in the house, I really have to be careful who to add and who not to I also hear that testing bone marrow is pretty invasive on a kitty, and I did not want to do that this little Stanly but every time I hear the story like little Henry Lee, it makes me think twice about introducing someone new to the group since I dont vaccinate any of my other kitties. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonya Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:06 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: False Positive We have been on this list a long time It's still the best too. t BONNIE J KALMBACH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tonya, Yes, this was back in '97. They all had French names, but were all three years old. Little Henry Lee, who I found by a dumpster in Mississippi, was the positive one, and a kitten. None of the others were vaccinated and Henry proved to be a false negative, which is said to be a rare occurrence. I had called my vet from the road and said I wanted him tested as soon as possible. I isolated him in the bathroom and rushed him off for a test the same afternoon I got home with him. I was so happy when he first tested negative. A year later he had a dental and began to go downhill. That's when they found he had the virus in his bone marrow and was positive all along. I think at the time, the vaccinations were said to do more harm than good if one had indoor cats whose chances of exposure were rare - or maybe that was my vet's advice. As soon as Henry was found to be positive, all of the others were vaccinated with no harmful effects, even my tiny Sylvie who was born with hypernatremia. I left that clinic because they weren't very good, to put it mildly. Later I heard that a lot of other clients also left as well as the most of the staff. Then the owner became very ill and had to be hospitalized - maybe stress contributed to it. I don't have any positives any more, but since this list is so helpful, and FELV kitties do tend to be more susceptible to other illnesses, I've stayed on to learn things and share what I know. Litte orange Henry Lee was so cute. If I had another kitty in my lap, Henry would climb in right on top of him or her and curl up to sleep. The kitty on the bottom would sort of slide out from underneath and wake up looking like what happened? Bonnie with seven kitties and two pups www.elephants.com - Original Message - From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Sunday, May 8, 2005 2:30 pm Subject: Re: False Positive Bonnie, I remember when all of this happened. : ( I don't remember though if they had all been vaccinated? Also, weren't they kittens? I am remembering they were born in a closet and all had French names? It's been a while, and my memory's not what it used to be! tonya BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Dawn, Here is some anecdotal evidence: my kitty, Claudette and my other kitties were exposed to a positive kitty, my little Henry Lee, whose virus had activated. I had them all tested and Claudette was one of those exposed to Henry who became positive. I lost all of my positive kitties, but Claudette. She threw off the virus, and has tested negative ever since. Bonnie - Original Message - From: Dawn Ritzke Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 2:51 pm Subject: False Positive About 3 weeks ago my 10 month old kitty, Smeagol, died from feline leukemia. I was unaware he even had leukemia. The vet never checked him for leukemia. At that time I had my other kitten, Moxie retested. She was tested at birth and was negative. Three weeks ago she came back positive. I recently had her retested again and this time she came back negative. I am going to have her tested again in one month. She is very healthy. I understand the chance of a false positive is about 3%. I am not very familar with feline leukemia. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions. _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campa
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Hideyo, Henry was the kitten; he was only about five months old when I found him. My other kitties were all three and four years old and one was 12. One three year old, Phillipe a beautiful goofy silver tabby and my golden Angora, Katyushka, the twelve year old, were infected by little Henry. I lost Henry first and the other two within two years. Bonnie www.elephants.com - Original Message - From: Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, May 9, 2005 6:22 pm Subject: RE: False Positive Hi, Bonnie, How was Henry Lee when you first found him? He was three years old when you first found him? Did he look very healthy? And how old was the kitten? And how old was the kitten when you first found him? I just trapped a boy kitty who was tested negative on all the virus and his blood work came back just as perfect - but I think he might be Ginger's brother, who was tested positive on FeLV - because of what did happened to Little Henry Lee, and someone else I knew - I did not know how careful I had to be integrating this cute boy (I think, I am going to name him, Stanly) to the feLV negative group in my house - I know what happened to Little Henry was very rare - but still it does happen - since I have so many cats in the house, I really have to be careful who to add and who not to - I also hear that testing bone marrow is pretty invasive on a kitty, and I did not want to do that this little Stanly - but every time I hear the story like little Henry Lee, it makes me thinktwice about introducing someone new to the group since I don't vaccinate any of my other kitties. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonya Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:06 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: False Positive We have been on this list a long time It's still the best too. t BONNIE J KALMBACH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tonya, Yes, this was back in '97. They all had French names, but were all three years old. Little Henry Lee, who I found by a dumpster in Mississippi, was the positive one, and a kitten. None of the others were vaccinated and Henry proved to be a false negative, which is said to be a rare occurrence. I had called my vet from the road and said I wanted him tested as soon as possible. I isolated him in the bathroom and rushed him off for a test the same afternoon I got home with him. I was so happy when he first tested negative. A year later he had a dental and began to go downhill. That's when they found he had the virus in his bone marrow and was positive all along. I think at the time, the vaccinations were said to do more harm than good if one had indoor cats whose chances of exposure were rare - or maybe that was my vet's advice. As soon as Henry was found to be positive, all of the others were vaccinated with no harmful effects, even my tiny Sylvie who was born with hypernatremia. I left that clinic because they weren't very good, to put it mildly. Later I heard that a lot of other clients also left as well as the most of the staff. Then the owner became very ill and had to be hospitalized - maybe stress contributed to it. I don't have any positives any more, but since this list is so helpful, and FELV kitties do tend to be more susceptible to other illnesses, I've stayed on to learn things and share what I know. Litte orange Henry Lee was so cute. If I had another kitty in my lap, Henry would climb in right on top of him or her and curl up to sleep. The kitty on the bottom would sort of slide out from underneath and wake up looking like what happened? Bonnie with seven kitties and two pups www.elephants.com - Original Message - From: catatonya Date: Sunday, May 8, 2005 2:30 pm Subject: Re: False Positive Bonnie, I remember when all of this happened. : ( I don't remember though if they had all been vaccinated? Also, weren't they kittens? I am remembering they were born in a closet and all had French names? It's been a while, and my memory's not what it used to be! tonya BONNIE J KALMBACH wrote: Dawn, Here is some anecdotal evidence: my kitty, Claudette and my other kitties were exposed to a positive kitty, my little Henry Lee, whose virus had activated. I had them all tested and Claudette was one of those exposed to Henry who became positive. I lost all of my positive kitties, but Claudette. She threw off the virus
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She might have tested postive because she had been exposed to Smeagol(sharing litter boxes, mutual cleaning) but now has shed the virus. be sure to read all the info and links on the leukemia website. It can be very scary to face but with information you will feel more confident. I would think the vet would wait 3 months before retesting. Which test did the vet give her? Was Moxie a litter mate to Smeagol? I am so sorry you lost him. We all here on this list know how crappy this virus is and have faced losses of our furkids also. Try to take some comfort that Smeagol is now pain free and now running and playing beyond the Rainbow bridge. I would suggest you go thru the archives for info on supplements and vitamins for Moxie--I have a mixed household-only one postive now and 6 negatives. One of my other cats was a positive but after several years of MegaPlus vitamin C, vit E and feeding him a better quality diet of canned food like Wellness, Eagle brand holistic, Petguard NOT grocery store stuff, he tested negative. surprised the heck out of my vet. I would also suggest you go to the www.holisticat.com website and scroll thru their archives for info. Welcome to the group--you will find very supportive people. it might just be quiet during this mother's day weekend but I am sure others will email you. Barbara - Original Message - From: Dawn Ritzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:51 PM Subject: False Positive About 3 weeks ago my 10 month old kitty, Smeagol, died from feline leukemia. I was unaware he even had leukemia. The vet never checked him for leukemia. At that time I had my other kitten, Moxie retested. She was tested at birth and was negative. Three weeks ago she came back positive. I recently had her retested again and this time she came back negative. I am going to have her tested again in one month. She is very healthy. I understand the chance of a false positive is about 3%. I am not very familar with feline leukemia. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions. _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
RE: False Positive
When you re-test him again, you might want to ask them to do IFA test regardless of the result from ELISA - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barbara Lowe Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 2:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: False Positive She might have tested postive because she had been exposed to Smeagol(sharing litter boxes, mutual cleaning) but now has shed the virus. be sure to read all the info and links on the leukemia website. It can be very scary to face but with information you will feel more confident. I would think the vet would wait 3 months before retesting. Which test did the vet give her? Was Moxie a litter mate to Smeagol? I am so sorry you lost him. We all here on this list know how crappy this virus is and have faced losses of our furkids also. Try to take some comfort that Smeagol is now pain free and now running and playing beyond the Rainbow bridge. I would suggest you go thru the archives for info on supplements and vitamins for Moxie--I have a mixed household-only one postive now and 6 negatives. One of my other cats was a positive but after several years of MegaPlus vitamin C, vit E and feeding him a better quality diet of canned food like Wellness, Eagle brand holistic, Petguard NOT grocery store stuff, he tested negative. surprised the heck out of my vet. I would also suggest you go to the www.holisticat.com website and scroll thru their archives for info. Welcome to the group--you will find very supportive people. it might just be quiet during this mother's day weekend but I am sure others will email you. Barbara - Original Message - From: Dawn Ritzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:51 PM Subject: False Positive About 3 weeks ago my 10 month old kitty, Smeagol, died from feline leukemia. I was unaware he even had leukemia. The vet never checked him for leukemia. At that time I had my other kitten, Moxie retested. She was tested at birth and was negative. Three weeks ago she came back positive. I recently had her retested again and this time she came back negative. I am going to have her tested again in one month. She is very healthy. I understand the chance of a false positive is about 3%. I am not very familar with feline leukemia. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions. _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee(r) Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
