[Felvtalk] urgent question on FELV tests/vax

2014-01-11 Thread KG BarnCats
Seeking advice and best places to shop. In addition to a small phydically isolated of FELV+ cats, I care for a large colony of cats. These are all fixed, all previously tested negative and mostly adult. They range from friendly to full feral. A few were FELV vaccinated a couple years back. One

Re: [Felvtalk] Stomatitis

2014-01-11 Thread Lee Evans
The problem could be that an infected tooth broke off at the root, covered with overgrown gum and is festering inside, causing jaw and lymph problems. She definitely needs an antibiotic shot, maybe the Convenia since it would be difficult to pill her. I have older cats with stomatitis but I

Re: [Felvtalk] urgent question on FELV tests/vax

2014-01-11 Thread lernermichelle
In terms of testing, you can buy bulk tests, I think my group paid about $12/test when we did, but we had to buy $400 worth. I think you need to take blood from a vein. We never bought our own again. Since they live together, you can ask the vet to do batch tests. Our vet does that with

Re: [Felvtalk] urgent question on FELV tests/vax

2014-01-11 Thread Margo
Hi KG I'm not sure I understand, so bear with me. Is the newly positive cat from the colony? If so, what are your plans, depending an the results? How many cats are you talking about? I went thru the same dilemma last year, and it was not easy. Short version, I talked to my Vet,