Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
I think you may be absolutely right on this. Many lions in Africa have been found to be FIV+ - and yet, they are not dying from it like flies...but then, of course, FIV is a much more manageable virus than FeLV. There's so little we now about all this - the "practice" of medicine is still practicing on all of us and our animals., that's why I lean toward alternatives a lot. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Christiane Biagi Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:06 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? I got my Tucson as a kitten--had her tested at around 2 months & she was neg. 4 1/2 years later she was feeling poorly & a very sharp vet redid test after her blood work showed lower than normal white blood count. And sure enough she tested positive (on Snap & IFA). She had never been outside since the first date we rescued out of a wall in an apt, had never been sick & is still around, little 17 lb porker that she is. Did a lot research since then & talked to several vets basically, test is good but not foolproof & virus may hide for a long time... One vet told me the closest you could come to really verifying test would be to do a retest at 1 year..not a viable option. But for me, the most significant comment I ever received was the person who pointed out that FELV is an ANCIENT virus & probably around since dinosaurs. If it were anywhere near as lethal & contagious as we've been led to believe, we would have no domestic cats left. Bottom line, between the testing issues & my own experiences with my 2 FELV+ cats, my guess is that there are a whole lot of cats out there living quite normal lives who are pos but nobody knows it. Remember, these cats don't die from the virus but rather from certain cancers or URIs or UTIs or any sort of infection. How can we ever know whether the cats we all had as kids (when nobody ever went to the vet-LOL) who died from some illness weren't positive? -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:53 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? My reply to this got bounced because it was too big a file but I want to say it again just in case it doesn't get posted to the list. I think it's important for foster parents to know that one combo test cannot be trusted. I have had every cat or kitten that came into my house combo tested before I ever exposed them to the rest of the cats. From the first cat I ever took in to the very last. They all showed negative for FeLV before I took them. Even the kitty that died was negative on her first combo test that was done almost two years ago. It's kind of scary to know that. You could take in a FeLV positive kitty that tested negative on her first test and not even know it. We have that statement in our adoption contract that not all diseases will show at the time of the first test so we cannot 100% guarantee the health of each cat. But it's so easy to assume that if they tested negative once then it's true. I learned my lesson. > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:43:23 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > The moral of the story is that all cats coming into a home or foster > home where there are other cats, must be combo tested! It's not a huge > expense in the big scheme of things, but necessary! > That's how I always feel - if a good home cannot be found, the cats > stays hereand sometimes, a really good adopter who doesn't > necessarily want a kitten comes along and wants an older cat! It's so > much harder parting with a cat that has been here for a while than > parting with kittens. I have also learned a hard lesson to never > separate two cats that are really good friends! > Good luck with finding a good home! > Natalie > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen > Olvey > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:59 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I think you're right. I couldn't adopt out to a person without telling > them everything. It's not right to do that and I would feel so guilty. > Then it's their decision as to whether they want him or not. The kitty > did test negative yesterday so there's hope he won't or doesn't have > it but time will tell. Yeah, I think I'll just try
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
I got my Tucson as a kitten--had her tested at around 2 months & she was neg. 4 1/2 years later she was feeling poorly & a very sharp vet redid test after her blood work showed lower than normal white blood count. And sure enough she tested positive (on Snap & IFA). She had never been outside since the first date we rescued out of a wall in an apt, had never been sick & is still around, little 17 lb porker that she is. Did a lot research since then & talked to several vets basically, test is good but not foolproof & virus may hide for a long time... One vet told me the closest you could come to really verifying test would be to do a retest at 1 year..not a viable option. But for me, the most significant comment I ever received was the person who pointed out that FELV is an ANCIENT virus & probably around since dinosaurs. If it were anywhere near as lethal & contagious as we've been led to believe, we would have no domestic cats left. Bottom line, between the testing issues & my own experiences with my 2 FELV+ cats, my guess is that there are a whole lot of cats out there living quite normal lives who are pos but nobody knows it. Remember, these cats don't die from the virus but rather from certain cancers or URIs or UTIs or any sort of infection. How can we ever know whether the cats we all had as kids (when nobody ever went to the vet-LOL) who died from some illness weren't positive? -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:53 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? My reply to this got bounced because it was too big a file but I want to say it again just in case it doesn't get posted to the list. I think it's important for foster parents to know that one combo test cannot be trusted. I have had every cat or kitten that came into my house combo tested before I ever exposed them to the rest of the cats. From the first cat I ever took in to the very last. They all showed negative for FeLV before I took them. Even the kitty that died was negative on her first combo test that was done almost two years ago. It's kind of scary to know that. You could take in a FeLV positive kitty that tested negative on her first test and not even know it. We have that statement in our adoption contract that not all diseases will show at the time of the first test so we cannot 100% guarantee the health of each cat. But it's so easy to assume that if they tested negative once then it's true. I learned my lesson. > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:43:23 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > The moral of the story is that all cats coming into a home or foster > home where there are other cats, must be combo tested! It's not a huge > expense in the big scheme of things, but necessary! > That's how I always feel - if a good home cannot be found, the cats > stays hereand sometimes, a really good adopter who doesn't > necessarily want a kitten comes along and wants an older cat! It's so > much harder parting with a cat that has been here for a while than > parting with kittens. I have also learned a hard lesson to never > separate two cats that are really good friends! > Good luck with finding a good home! > Natalie > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen > Olvey > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:59 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I think you're right. I couldn't adopt out to a person without telling > them everything. It's not right to do that and I would feel so guilty. > Then it's their decision as to whether they want him or not. The kitty > did test negative yesterday so there's hope he won't or doesn't have > it but time will tell. Yeah, I think I'll just try to find him a home > as the only cat. If I can't find him a home, he can stay with me. I've > already decided to keep most of my fosters since I found out so what's one more as they say! > > Thanks for your input. You kind of confirmed what I had been thinking. > I just wanted to hear it from someone else. > > I wish I had known the kitty that had it was positive before she died. > She didn't show any symtoms until the day before she died. Her > breathing was kind of shallow and rapid so I took her to the vet and > they found that she was bleeding in her chest and she died while we > were talking about it.
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
My reply to this got bounced because it was too big a file but I want to say it again just in case it doesn't get posted to the list. I think it's important for foster parents to know that one combo test cannot be trusted. I have had every cat or kitten that came into my house combo tested before I ever exposed them to the rest of the cats. From the first cat I ever took in to the very last. They all showed negative for FeLV before I took them. Even the kitty that died was negative on her first combo test that was done almost two years ago. It's kind of scary to know that. You could take in a FeLV positive kitty that tested negative on her first test and not even know it. We have that statement in our adoption contract that not all diseases will show at the time of the first test so we cannot 100% guarantee the health of each cat. But it's so easy to assume that if they tested negative once then it's true. I learned my lesson. > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:43:23 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > The moral of the story is that all cats coming into a home or foster home > where there are other cats, must be combo tested! It's not a huge expense in > the big scheme of things, but necessary! > That's how I always feel - if a good home cannot be found, the cats stays > hereand sometimes, a really good adopter who doesn't necessarily want a > kitten comes along and wants an older cat! It's so much harder parting with > a cat that has been here for a while than parting with kittens. I have also > learned a hard lesson to never separate two cats that are really good > friends! > Good luck with finding a good home! > Natalie > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:59 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I think you're right. I couldn't adopt out to a person without telling them > everything. It's not right to do that and I would feel so guilty. Then > it's their decision as to whether they want him or not. The kitty did test > negative yesterday so there's hope he won't or doesn't have it but time will > tell. Yeah, I think I'll just try to find him a home as the only cat. If I > can't find him a home, he can stay with me. I've already decided to keep > most of my fosters since I found out so what's one more as they say! > > Thanks for your input. You kind of confirmed what I had been thinking. I > just wanted to hear it from someone else. > > I wish I had known the kitty that had it was positive before she died. She > didn't show any symtoms until the day before she died. Her breathing was > kind of shallow and rapid so I took her to the vet and they found that she > was bleeding in her chest and she died while we were talking about it. They > did the necropsy and saw the huge tumor in her chest and the vet said it > ruptured a vein or something around her heart. The vet was curious about it > because the kitty was not yet two years old so she did a combo test and it > came out with a strong positive for FeLV. If I had known I wouldn't have > ever taken in any more fosters but I had no clue. She tested negative as a > kitten and never looked sick so I had no reason to suspect it. It sucks. I > love them all but she was special to me. > > > "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark > Twain > > > > > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:21:50 -0400 > > From: at...@optonline.net > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > > That does present a problem - that's precisely the reason why I cannot mix > > the cats. I cannot take the chance that a cat getting adopted from us > > might possibly infect an adopter's cat. If they were all here to stay, I > > would definitely do it. I also do not mix FIV with FeLV - don't want to > > expose each to yet another disease - not fair to them, as long I have > > separate areas for each group. > > Follow your instinctif you believe that the kitten would be happy > being > > the only one in a household, try to find one without another cat. I would > > not take the chance with someone's cat, and it wouldn't be fair NOT to > tell > > an adopter the situation, right? > > > > ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
The moral of the story is that all cats coming into a home or foster home where there are other cats, must be combo tested! It's not a huge expense in the big scheme of things, but necessary! That's how I always feel - if a good home cannot be found, the cats stays hereand sometimes, a really good adopter who doesn't necessarily want a kitten comes along and wants an older cat! It's so much harder parting with a cat that has been here for a while than parting with kittens. I have also learned a hard lesson to never separate two cats that are really good friends! Good luck with finding a good home! Natalie -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:59 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? I think you're right. I couldn't adopt out to a person without telling them everything. It's not right to do that and I would feel so guilty. Then it's their decision as to whether they want him or not. The kitty did test negative yesterday so there's hope he won't or doesn't have it but time will tell. Yeah, I think I'll just try to find him a home as the only cat. If I can't find him a home, he can stay with me. I've already decided to keep most of my fosters since I found out so what's one more as they say! Thanks for your input. You kind of confirmed what I had been thinking. I just wanted to hear it from someone else. I wish I had known the kitty that had it was positive before she died. She didn't show any symtoms until the day before she died. Her breathing was kind of shallow and rapid so I took her to the vet and they found that she was bleeding in her chest and she died while we were talking about it. They did the necropsy and saw the huge tumor in her chest and the vet said it ruptured a vein or something around her heart. The vet was curious about it because the kitty was not yet two years old so she did a combo test and it came out with a strong positive for FeLV. If I had known I wouldn't have ever taken in any more fosters but I had no clue. She tested negative as a kitten and never looked sick so I had no reason to suspect it. It sucks. I love them all but she was special to me. "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark Twain > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:21:50 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > That does present a problem - that's precisely the reason why I cannot mix > the cats. I cannot take the chance that a cat getting adopted from us > might possibly infect an adopter's cat. If they were all here to stay, I > would definitely do it. I also do not mix FIV with FeLV - don't want to > expose each to yet another disease - not fair to them, as long I have > separate areas for each group. > Follow your instinctif you believe that the kitten would be happy being > the only one in a household, try to find one without another cat. I would > not take the chance with someone's cat, and it wouldn't be fair NOT to tell > an adopter the situation, right? > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:50 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > The reason I'm curious about it is because of my foster cats. Some people, > including some vets, are saying that since they've been exposed to it this > long and they tested negative recently that they should be fine and to go > ahead and adopt them out. My 8 month old kitten came here when he was 8 > weeks old so he's been exposed to FeLV for 6 months. I'm not sure how many > cats in my house may have it, but the one that died last week did test > positive which is how I found out about it. So far, I have only tested 3 of > my other cats so far and they were negative so I really don't know yet if > any others in my house have it. So as far as the 8 month old kitten goes, I > wonder if that's enough time for it to show up on a combo test. I don't > want to adopt him to someone with a cat and then their cat catch it from > him. If I were the person looking to adopt a cat and I knew for sure the > kitty had been exposed to FeLV even if he tested nega
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
I think you're right. I couldn't adopt out to a person without telling them everything. It's not right to do that and I would feel so guilty. Then it's their decision as to whether they want him or not. The kitty did test negative yesterday so there's hope he won't or doesn't have it but time will tell. Yeah, I think I'll just try to find him a home as the only cat. If I can't find him a home, he can stay with me. I've already decided to keep most of my fosters since I found out so what's one more as they say! Thanks for your input. You kind of confirmed what I had been thinking. I just wanted to hear it from someone else. I wish I had known the kitty that had it was positive before she died. She didn't show any symtoms until the day before she died. Her breathing was kind of shallow and rapid so I took her to the vet and they found that she was bleeding in her chest and she died while we were talking about it. They did the necropsy and saw the huge tumor in her chest and the vet said it ruptured a vein or something around her heart. The vet was curious about it because the kitty was not yet two years old so she did a combo test and it came out with a strong positive for FeLV. If I had known I wouldn't have ever taken in any more fosters but I had no clue. She tested negative as a kitten and never looked sick so I had no reason to suspect it. It sucks. I love them all but she was special to me. “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:21:50 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > That does present a problem - that's precisely the reason why I cannot mix > the cats. I cannot take the chance that a cat getting adopted from us > might possibly infect an adopter's cat. If they were all here to stay, I > would definitely do it. I also do not mix FIV with FeLV - don't want to > expose each to yet another disease - not fair to them, as long I have > separate areas for each group. > Follow your instinctif you believe that the kitten would be happy being > the only one in a household, try to find one without another cat. I would > not take the chance with someone's cat, and it wouldn't be fair NOT to tell > an adopter the situation, right? > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:50 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > The reason I'm curious about it is because of my foster cats. Some people, > including some vets, are saying that since they've been exposed to it this > long and they tested negative recently that they should be fine and to go > ahead and adopt them out. My 8 month old kitten came here when he was 8 > weeks old so he's been exposed to FeLV for 6 months. I'm not sure how many > cats in my house may have it, but the one that died last week did test > positive which is how I found out about it. So far, I have only tested 3 of > my other cats so far and they were negative so I really don't know yet if > any others in my house have it. So as far as the 8 month old kitten goes, I > wonder if that's enough time for it to show up on a combo test. I don't > want to adopt him to someone with a cat and then their cat catch it from > him. If I were the person looking to adopt a cat and I knew for sure the > kitty had been exposed to FeLV even if he tested negative yesterday I > probably wouldn't adopt him. > > Anyone have any opinions? Should I put him up for adoption? > > > "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark > Twain > > > > > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:06:29 -0700 > > From: westnint...@yahoo.com > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > > Good for you. Mine r healthy too. If it an broke ,don't fix it. It the cat > tests neg. why wait for it to be positive? regards, CAthy > > > > --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Natal
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
That does present a problem - that's precisely the reason why I cannot mix the cats. I cannot take the chance that a cat getting adopted from us might possibly infect an adopter's cat. If they were all here to stay, I would definitely do it. I also do not mix FIV with FeLV - don't want to expose each to yet another disease - not fair to them, as long I have separate areas for each group. Follow your instinctif you believe that the kitten would be happy being the only one in a household, try to find one without another cat. I would not take the chance with someone's cat, and it wouldn't be fair NOT to tell an adopter the situation, right? -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:50 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? The reason I'm curious about it is because of my foster cats. Some people, including some vets, are saying that since they've been exposed to it this long and they tested negative recently that they should be fine and to go ahead and adopt them out. My 8 month old kitten came here when he was 8 weeks old so he's been exposed to FeLV for 6 months. I'm not sure how many cats in my house may have it, but the one that died last week did test positive which is how I found out about it. So far, I have only tested 3 of my other cats so far and they were negative so I really don't know yet if any others in my house have it. So as far as the 8 month old kitten goes, I wonder if that's enough time for it to show up on a combo test. I don't want to adopt him to someone with a cat and then their cat catch it from him. If I were the person looking to adopt a cat and I knew for sure the kitty had been exposed to FeLV even if he tested negative yesterday I probably wouldn't adopt him. Anyone have any opinions? Should I put him up for adoption? "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark Twain > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:06:29 -0700 > From: westnint...@yahoo.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > Good for you. Mine r healthy too. If it an broke ,don't fix it. It the cat tests neg. why wait for it to be positive? regards, CAthy > > --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Natalie wrote: > > > From: Natalie > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 10:02 PM > > > Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated > for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because > of space limitations, especially isolation areas. > When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the > cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months > later > I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a > rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for > FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being illmy vet asked for some > blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out > that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this > day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as > serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having > been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The > two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any > symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV > cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is > perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become > symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with > supplements, good food, TLC, etc. > > -Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a > while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that > can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience > with this? If the FeLV + cat
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
The reason I'm curious about it is because of my foster cats. Some people, including some vets, are saying that since they've been exposed to it this long and they tested negative recently that they should be fine and to go ahead and adopt them out. My 8 month old kitten came here when he was 8 weeks old so he's been exposed to FeLV for 6 months. I'm not sure how many cats in my house may have it, but the one that died last week did test positive which is how I found out about it. So far, I have only tested 3 of my other cats so far and they were negative so I really don't know yet if any others in my house have it. So as far as the 8 month old kitten goes, I wonder if that's enough time for it to show up on a combo test. I don't want to adopt him to someone with a cat and then their cat catch it from him. If I were the person looking to adopt a cat and I knew for sure the kitty had been exposed to FeLV even if he tested negative yesterday I probably wouldn't adopt him. Anyone have any opinions? Should I put him up for adoption? “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:06:29 -0700 > From: westnint...@yahoo.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > Good for you. Mine r healthy too. If it an broke ,don't fix it. It the cat > tests neg. why wait for it to be positive? regards, CAthy > > --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Natalie wrote: > > > From: Natalie > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 10:02 PM > > > Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated > for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because > of space limitations, especially isolation areas. > When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the > cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months > later > I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a > rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for > FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being illmy vet asked for some > blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out > that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this > day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as > serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having > been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The > two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any > symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV > cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is > perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become > symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with > supplements, good food, TLC, etc. > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a > while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that > can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience > with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living together > for a year and the healthy cat's combo test was negative after a year > together with lots of exposure, is there a chance it is still hiding in the > healthy cat's bone marrow and not showing up yet? It seems to me that a > year would be enough time for the virus to show up in a test. > > > "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark > Twain > > > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org &g
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Good for you. Mine r healthy too. If it an broke ,don't fix it. It the cat tests neg. why wait for it to be positive? regards, CAthy --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Natalie wrote: From: Natalie Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 10:02 PM Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because of space limitations, especially isolation areas. When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months later I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being illmy vet asked for some blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with supplements, good food, TLC, etc. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living together for a year and the healthy cat's combo test was negative after a year together with lots of exposure, is there a chance it is still hiding in the healthy cat's bone marrow and not showing up yet? It seems to me that a year would be enough time for the virus to show up in a test. "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark Twain ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
The incubation period is supposed to be 3 months for FeLV, & 6 months for FIV, per all the vets I've dealt with. But I always like to wait a little longer just to be sure. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Natalie wrote: From: Natalie Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 11:12 PM I only mix my own cats with the FIV+ onesyes, FeLV is definitely much worse - FIV is absolutely safe with healthy cats unless they hate each other and fight! I agree, I don't think anyone knows how long exactly it would take for a positive FeLV to show up after a negativewith FIV, it is about three months (depending, of course, on when the cat was exposed at the time of test that was positive.) I wish we knew more - and how not to have the sick ones suffer. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of create_me_...@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 10:36 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? It should show up in 3 month but I don't feel safe until it's been 6 months. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Maureen Olvey Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:27:11 To: Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? So you think FeLV would show up by 3 months after the first combo test? I'm just wondering what the maximum amount of time it can take to show up on a test once they've been exposed to FeLV. Someone recently said it can take up to a year before the test would indicate that the cat is positive. I wonder if that is true. Yeah, I've have heard that a cat with no symptoms could be a carrier of FeLV. FIV is harder to spread than FeLV according to everything I've read. It can only be spread by a deep bite wound. The saliva carrying the FIV virus has to go directly into the bloodstream. It cannot be spread by mutual grooming or sharing food bowls. So if the cat isn't a biter then there is no danger of him spreading FIV to other cats in the household. That's why I've never separated my FIV cat from the others. "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark Twain > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:02:07 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated > for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because > of space limitations, especially isolation areas. > When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the > cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months > later > I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a > rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for > FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being illmy vet asked for some > blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out > that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this > day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as > serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having > been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The > two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any > symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV > cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is > perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become > symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with > supplements, good food, TLC, etc. > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a > while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that > can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience > with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
I only mix my own cats with the FIV+ onesyes, FeLV is definitely much worse - FIV is absolutely safe with healthy cats unless they hate each other and fight! I agree, I don't think anyone knows how long exactly it would take for a positive FeLV to show up after a negativewith FIV, it is about three months (depending, of course, on when the cat was exposed at the time of test that was positive.) I wish we knew more - and how not to have the sick ones suffer. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of create_me_...@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 10:36 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? It should show up in 3 month but I don't feel safe until it's been 6 months. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Maureen Olvey Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:27:11 To: Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? So you think FeLV would show up by 3 months after the first combo test? I'm just wondering what the maximum amount of time it can take to show up on a test once they've been exposed to FeLV. Someone recently said it can take up to a year before the test would indicate that the cat is positive. I wonder if that is true. Yeah, I've have heard that a cat with no symptoms could be a carrier of FeLV. FIV is harder to spread than FeLV according to everything I've read. It can only be spread by a deep bite wound. The saliva carrying the FIV virus has to go directly into the bloodstream. It cannot be spread by mutual grooming or sharing food bowls. So if the cat isn't a biter then there is no danger of him spreading FIV to other cats in the household. That's why I've never separated my FIV cat from the others. "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark Twain > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:02:07 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated > for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because > of space limitations, especially isolation areas. > When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the > cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months > later > I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a > rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for > FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being illmy vet asked for some > blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out > that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this > day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as > serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having > been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The > two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any > symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV > cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is > perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become > symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with > supplements, good food, TLC, etc. > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a > while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that > can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience > with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living together > for a year and the healthy cat's combo test was negative after a year > together with lots of exposure, is there a chance it is still hiding in the > healthy cat's bone marrow and not showing up yet? It seems to me that a > year would be enough time for the virus to show up in a test. > > > "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces
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It should show up in 3 month but I don't feel safe until it's been 6 months. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Maureen Olvey Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:27:11 To: Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? So you think FeLV would show up by 3 months after the first combo test? I'm just wondering what the maximum amount of time it can take to show up on a test once they've been exposed to FeLV. Someone recently said it can take up to a year before the test would indicate that the cat is positive. I wonder if that is true. Yeah, I've have heard that a cat with no symptoms could be a carrier of FeLV. FIV is harder to spread than FeLV according to everything I've read. It can only be spread by a deep bite wound. The saliva carrying the FIV virus has to go directly into the bloodstream. It cannot be spread by mutual grooming or sharing food bowls. So if the cat isn't a biter then there is no danger of him spreading FIV to other cats in the household. That's why I've never separated my FIV cat from the others. “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:02:07 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated > for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because > of space limitations, especially isolation areas. > When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the > cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months > later > I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a > rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for > FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being illmy vet asked for some > blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out > that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this > day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as > serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having > been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The > two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any > symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV > cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is > perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become > symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with > supplements, good food, TLC, etc. > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a > while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that > can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience > with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living together > for a year and the healthy cat's combo test was negative after a year > together with lots of exposure, is there a chance it is still hiding in the > healthy cat's bone marrow and not showing up yet? It seems to me that a > year would be enough time for the virus to show up in a test. > > > "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark > Twain > > >___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > >___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org __
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
So you think FeLV would show up by 3 months after the first combo test? I'm just wondering what the maximum amount of time it can take to show up on a test once they've been exposed to FeLV. Someone recently said it can take up to a year before the test would indicate that the cat is positive. I wonder if that is true. Yeah, I've have heard that a cat with no symptoms could be a carrier of FeLV. FIV is harder to spread than FeLV according to everything I've read. It can only be spread by a deep bite wound. The saliva carrying the FIV virus has to go directly into the bloodstream. It cannot be spread by mutual grooming or sharing food bowls. So if the cat isn't a biter then there is no danger of him spreading FIV to other cats in the household. That's why I've never separated my FIV cat from the others. “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:02:07 -0400 > From: at...@optonline.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated > for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because > of space limitations, especially isolation areas. > When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the > cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months > later > I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a > rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for > FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being illmy vet asked for some > blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out > that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this > day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as > serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having > been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The > two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any > symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV > cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is > perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become > symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with > supplements, good food, TLC, etc. > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? > > > I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a > while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that > can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience > with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living together > for a year and the healthy cat's combo test was negative after a year > together with lots of exposure, is there a chance it is still hiding in the > healthy cat's bone marrow and not showing up yet? It seems to me that a > year would be enough time for the virus to show up in a test. > > > "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark > Twain > > > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
Ideally, when a cat is tested for anything, FIV/FeLV, it should be isolated for three months and retested. However, rescue groups cannot do it because of space limitations, especially isolation areas. When a cat tests negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true - the cat may just have been exposed to it, and it would show up 3 months later I've never had a FIV cat living with healthy ones, nor can I do it as a rescue organization. However, we had one cat that tested negative for FIV/FeLV, and many years later, started being illmy vet asked for some blood test at the lab, but they mistakenly tested for FIV - it turned out that she was positive. No one living with her ever became sick, to this day. She died about two years later at age 14/15. However, FIV is not as serious as FeLV, which seems increasingly more mysterious to me after having been reading all the posts about FeLV+ cats living with healthy ones. The two FeLV+ cats we have, are very healthy, exhibit absolutely no signs of any symptoms. I'm not sure what exactly it means when someone says that a FeLV cat with no symptoms could be a carrier; it can't be that the cat is perfectly healthy and can't mean that at some point, will not become symptomatic, does it? I do everything I can to keep them very healthy with supplements, good food, TLC, etc. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:11 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant? I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living together for a year and the healthy cat's combo test was negative after a year together with lots of exposure, is there a chance it is still hiding in the healthy cat's bone marrow and not showing up yet? It seems to me that a year would be enough time for the virus to show up in a test. "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." - Mark Twain ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] How long can FeLV stay dormant?
I've heard from some of the vets that FeLV can hide in the bone marrow for a while before ever showing up on a combo test. How long do you think that can happen before the combo tests shows positive? Anyone have experience with this? If the FeLV + cat and the other cat have been living together for a year and the healthy cat's combo test was negative after a year together with lots of exposure, is there a chance it is still hiding in the healthy cat's bone marrow and not showing up yet? It seems to me that a year would be enough time for the virus to show up in a test. “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
