Stillborn kitties are common in FeLV+ mothers. :) Wendy
--- janine paton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you all! > > I would prefer they stay together also and will try > to > talk the woman who trapped the mom into that. Our > vet > thinks we should separate the kittens from the mom > now, but I am wondering if the negative kitten is > immune anyway. How much more "prolonged contact" > can > you get than birth and motherhood in a crate??? > > BTW, the mom had 5 kittens - one stillborn, 2 died > within a week. I suppose that could be leukemia but > could have been the tremendous amount of stress > that > mom must have been under. > > --- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Janine, > > I agree with Belinda and Rachel. I would keep > them > > together, for both > > their sakes. Poor little lambs have been through > so > > much already. Have > > you been reading the posts lately? We just had a > > kitten on the list > > apparently turn out to be a false pos. I know > it's > > less likely in your > > case, given that other members of the colony are > > testing pos too, but > > your little boy is only 7 weeks and may very well > be > > testing pos because > > of his mother's antibodies still. Whatever you > > decide, I know that you > > have their best interest at heart. Still, I'm > > praying that they can be > > kept together and adopted out to someone that > cares > > as much as we do for > > their quality of life. > > Thanks for all you do, > > Nina > > > > janine paton wrote: > > > > >Hi all, > > > > > >Two brothers, 7 weeks today tested one positive, > > one > > >negative for leukemia. The mom is feral, and has > > not > > >been tested yet, but her sister tested positive. > > The > > >mom had been trapped by someone trying to do the > > right > > >thing, but the kittens were born beforre she > could > > get > > >her to the vet. All have been living together > > crated > > >in this person's home. > > > > > >As an organization, we had a pair of littermates > > >testing the same as these 2, and we let them stay > > >together. The positive cat died at around 3 yrs, > > the > > >negative cat is still negative (and has recently > > been > > >adopted!) so it's not entirely new to me but > what's > > >the best thing to do? Try to adopt them out as a > > >pair? Separate them now? Or it doesn't matter > at > > >this point, even if the negative kitten is so > > young? > > > > > >The test was Elysa and we are re-running both. > > > > > >Thanks! > > > > > >Janine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
