Re: [Felvtalk] FW: FIV FeLV kittens

2012-07-19 Thread Beth
I've always seen FIV kittens turn negative after being taken away from mom for a period. I've never seen a kitten positive on an FeLV test turn negative later. I have seen litters where 1 might consistently test negative on an Elisa the others are positive, but the negative has always

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: FIV FeLV kittens

2012-07-19 Thread Lorrie
I've been fortunate in this respect. I had an entire litter of FelV kittens, six of them, and most died about 6 months of age or younger. One lived to 18 months of age, but one never did test positive. I've had him retested several times and he's 5 years old now and still negative. I'm sure this

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: FIV FeLV kittens

2012-07-19 Thread Lee Evans
.  Live and learn.   Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: FIV FeLV kittens