Re: [Felvtalk] results from the snap and IFA tests
At least they have had a year of good care and lots of love, more than they would have had otherwise. Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: I was optimistic enough to believe a slight positive meant the cat might be throwing off the virus... Not so. My cat, aged 10 months, whose 2nd Elisa test was a slight pos. died as did all his other litter mates who were FelV pos. The vet says they probably got the virus from their mother, as they were feral rescues. I have a FelV sanctuary and it is heart breaking work. I give them as good a life as I can, with no cages, but they rarely live longer than a year.. Lorrie On 05-11, Sharyl wrote: It can be confusing. Hopefully this chart will help [1]http://www.felineleukemia.org/felvhlth.html The IFA test will not show up as positive until the virus has moved to the bone marrow. I have no idea what a slight positive means. Wish vets wouldn't use that. Can you do the ELISA again in 60-90 days? Sharyl ___ 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] results from the snap and IFA tests
I was optimistic enough to believe a slight positive meant the cat might be throwing off the virus... Not so. My cat, aged 10 months, whose 2nd Elisa test was a slight pos. died as did all his other litter mates who were FelV pos. The vet says they probably got the virus from their mother, as they were feral rescues. I have a FelV sanctuary and it is heart breaking work. I give them as good a life as I can, with no cages, but they rarely live longer than a year.. Lorrie On 05-11, Sharyl wrote: It can be confusing. Hopefully this chart will help [1]http://www.felineleukemia.org/felvhlth.html The IFA test will not show up as positive until the virus has moved to the bone marrow. I have no idea what a slight positive means. Wish vets wouldn't use that. Can you do the ELISA again in 60-90 days? Sharyl ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] results from the snap and IFA tests
Lorrie, Sorry for your loss. I also sanctuary FeLV+ cats and find that if it is contracted as a kitten, at least 70% will pass before their first birthday. I have one I got when he was about 4 months and he is now almost 5 years old. I have a mother and two of her kittens that all tested positive and I have had them for 4 years. Just lost a couple I got as adults had them for 3 and 4 years. Sometimes they go very quickly and sometimes not. People ask me how I can do this, I just say how can I not. It is definitely not something for everyone though. There may still be a bit of controversy about slight positives but I think it is like a pregnancy test, you can't be slightly pregnant. Gary -Original Message- From: Lorrie Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 10:04 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] results from the snap and IFA tests I was optimistic enough to believe a slight positive meant the cat might be throwing off the virus... Not so. My cat, aged 10 months, whose 2nd Elisa test was a slight pos. died as did all his other litter mates who were FelV pos. The vet says they probably got the virus from their mother, as they were feral rescues. I have a FelV sanctuary and it is heart breaking work. I give them as good a life as I can, with no cages, but they rarely live longer than a year.. Lorrie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
