It sounds like Gunnar is negative to me. If you want to be sure you could test
one more time. But remember that some cats test positive and are just
'carriers' and never get sick themselves.. Congratulations!
tonya
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My baby boy,
Susan,
Thank you for your sweet words. I feel strongly about this group too.
I don't think I can answer your question very well, other than that those tests
can be wrong. Either he was positive, and threw the virus. Or he wasn't
positive at all and the first test was wrong. Or he is
.
Trajan Tennent
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Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: test results your interpretation/your advice
Susan,
Thank you for your sweet words. I feel strongly about this group
!! congratulations!!
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Susan,
Thank you for your sweet words
I think vets 'have' to say there is a risk involved to cover themselves against lawsuits. Just like if you get put to sleep to have a tooth removal you have to sign that youare aware you could die but how many people really die from that Well since a few and far between
As you said no test is 100% accurate, the IFA is the better test.
The hard part, is your almost certainly not going to know when
a cat was exposed so the accuracy of the test is always going to be
questionable. A cat that tests positive may still be in the stage of
trying to fight the virus
belinda, have you ever seen any research about a VACCINATED negative ever turning positive from living with a positive? i have not--and the experiences of folks on this list as well as friends with positives and vaccinated negatives seems to bear this out
i've come to think that, when they
MC,
The way I look at it is that a healthy,
vaccinated negative cat is very unlikely to get the
virus from a positive, and if they did their own healthy immune system
would most likely successfully fight it off. Not to say it couldn't
happen, but I personally believe the chances are almost
You know, Ive often wondered
whether its worth retesting a pos.
Chris
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I have 5 cats: the first came in as a 5 month old; the next three came in as
very young kittens found all alone outside. All were tested at their first
vet visit. Four years later one of the ones that came in as a 2 month old
tested positive. She'd never been outside in four years. Two vets
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From: Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, June 11, 2006 3:43 am
Subject: Re: Test results and an OT question
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OMG Kelley, that's fabulous news about the neg results!! It must
be
what I said about false positive results, there's
One of my older negatives has had a heart murmur for years. We had it checked out by a specialist. It's never caused a problem so far...Great news about the negative tests!tonya[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cats can develop heart murmurs JUST from the stress of being at the vet's
throw it out there for you to discuss with your vet.
Hugs to you, Missy and all your babies,
Nina
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Oh Kelley! Stop it with that picture of Missy! She's just too
cute for
words, no wonder she's stolen your heart. Don't the tiny, needy
ones
seem to worm their way into a special place in our lives?
She is my baby girl! It is very scary to love another living thing
this much. I am
Missy is absolutely beautiful and I can see why she's your love![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh Kelley! Stop it with that picture of Missy! She's just too cute for words, no wonder she's stolen your heart. Don't the tiny, needy ones seem to worm their way into a special place in our lives? She
OMG Kelley, that's fabulous news about the neg results!! It must be
what I said about false positive results, there's no other way to
explain it. As far as retesting your other previously tested neg cats,
your vet is probably right. You seem to have never really had felv in
the house. My
Awesome news! Though I have to say I'm not surprised she retested
negative! ;) I found it a little odd that her littermate was negative
as kittens are very susceptible to the virus...I suspected a false
positive, like Nina, but didn't want to put the cart before the horse,
so-to-speak! I'm so
Cats can develop heart murmurs JUST from the stress of being at the vet's
office (one
they don't actually have normally). Try to find a vet that can come to your
home and
examine her without the stress of a car ride and the vet's office.
You might get some good support from the Handicats2
.
Francis
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Cats can develop heart murmurs JUST from the stress of being at the vet's
office (one
they don't actually have normally
of the techs/vet?
Kris
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Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 6:25 PM
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I haven't followed this closely but I have a question
So glad your little one retested neg! I agree with your vet about retesting
your other cats, but personally, I would still have them vaccinated. I
don't know anything about heart murmurs, but as far as the teeth go, does
the vet feel it will be detrimental to her oral health or ability to
Ace is a dangerous drug used in cats but not one I would ever recommend.
Especially
for a cat with heart issues, I would NOT ever use any tranquilizers. We recently
discussed the use of ACE in cats on one of the lists I am on... must not have
been
this one though. The consensus was to NOT use it
In a message dated 6/5/2006 4:37:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
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I cannot
understand how an animal that licks its hindquarters refuses to eat Mega
C. Go figure . .
LOL...I never thought about it that way before. Good point!! :)
When my cats won't take
Don't know if anyone answered you but yes the test results could
definitely change in several months. The in house test is not 100%
accurate, if you get a positive in house test I would wait atleast 3
months and retest using an IFA or PCR test, they are better tests. Also
in the meantime
About Belfield's Mega C . . .I ordered some, but Bella will not touch it! I've tried mixing minuscule amountb in both canned Felidae and dry California Naturals. If she detects the faintest amount, she will not eay it. (We had a battle of wills in which that was all I offered her for 2 1/2
Sorry my cats haven't refused it, wish I could help.
--
Belinda
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I don't know what the recommended dosage is, but maybe you could get
some empty gel caps at the health food store and pill her? Have you had
to give her pills before? Some cats are easy and some, uh, not so easy
to pill. Just a thought. I was supplementing with vita C too, but it
didn't
Hi Ashleigh,
Maybe you could syringe dose her, mixing the Mega C in with broth or
spring water? I know nothing about the particulars. Hopefully someone
on the list has used this method before. Good luck to you and Bella.
Lance
I've mixed it with gruel and dosed it with a syringe in the batch of FeLV kittens I have in rescue right now. Works like a charm. I probably won't bother even trying to mix with wet food and offer it to them free choice as I hate the idea of them refusing and seeing it go to waste.
Good luck!
I mix the mega C in wet food and no rescue has ever refused it
Karen
NO, in house tests are commonly wrong to begin with.. and for true test results
on
kittens from a positive momma, they need to be at least 6 months old when
tested.
Then retest at 9 months and at one year before making any decisions. Confirm all
tests with IFA if you can afford it, but at least
like michelle I would like to know also.
me too, I'm clueless on everything except hemocrit, which I know needs to
be above 7 or soto live. I think that's the one abbr as HCT.
Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.htmlAdopt
a cat from UCAT rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a
FIV+ cat:
I think this site may be helpful in reading test results.
http://home.gci.net/~divs/disease/lab_tests.html
Gary
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Subject: Test Results
I have never gone into blood
Here are a couple of more links on tests.
http://www.thepetcenter.com/pha/cp.html
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=0cat=1474articleid=989
Gary
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