http://ucat.us/FELVFIVFIP.html
play out the wonderful articles on FeLV that phaewyrn has collected on the above page, and sit down with your vet and go over them. believe us, it doesn't matter what size city you're in, there are good and bad vets everywhere--what matters is if they are willing to learn.... for so long, the treatment of choice for FeLV was euthanasia, so too many vets just stopped bothering to find out if that had changed.... you gave elsa love and warmth, and a home--that can only be a good thing. MC On 2/26/07, Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
all of our cats are within 3 1/2 to 4 yr. group, so no one is elderly. We have one cat that had problems with urinary tract crystals, 2 with hormone problems (loss of hair by tail), and only one that is what I would call thin. They all run, jump, play, eat well, and like I said they have all their other vaccinations. Does the group feel like a snap test is accurate at all? If we have them tested can I know that a negative is truly a negative? I doubt we will be able to retest everyone if we test all 14 now. How do you think a vet should approach this sort of thing? I live in a rural community so our vets are more than likely not exceptionally qualified on feline leukemia. No insult intened. -----Original Message----- From: TenHouseCats Sent: Feb 26, 2007 12:35 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Help needed have to agree with what the majority have said--by now, the others have all been exposed anyway, and since 70% of healthy, adult cats can be exposed and throw the virus off, the odds that your menagerie is mostly safe if high. as far as i know, once a cat has been exposed and has thrown off the virus, further exposure isn't going to affect it, so even if some ARE positive, the others aren't going to "re-catch" it, and separating out any positives now is sort of locking the barn door after etc. i'd only really worry about any new cats brought into the house, and if i were going to actually test, i'd probably only test the high-risk populations, if any: the very young, the very old, and the otherwise health/immune-compromised. i DID test everyone almost seven years ago when a cat who'd lived with us, who had tested negative, died from FeLV, and everyone who'd lived with her tested negative, including some kittens and elders (high risk)--my vet recommended, at that time, that i not bother retesting until someone became symptomatic..... no one ever has, and i've never retested. MC On 2/26/07, Rosenfeldt, Diane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If they all *seem* healthy now, chances are that most if not all of > them *are* healthy. I'm assuming the girl who got sick already had FeLV > when she came to you and has been asymptomatic up till now (i.e. that > there's not a source among your other cats from whom she could have caught > it). I hope this is the case. Many listmembers will tell you that they mix > positive and negative cats without the disease spreading, and I believe some > of these aren't even vaccinated. The vaccine is a further safety net of > course -- if vaccinated, your negative kitties should remain negative even > mixed with the positives. > > Oh -- I forgot to mention in my other post just now that you should > always insist on a retest (in a few months) with the IFA test. This test > has to be sent out to a lab for processing, but is more reliable than the > in-office (Snap or ELISA) test. > > Diane R. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Debbie > *Sent:* Monday, February 26, 2007 11:07 AM > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* Re: Help needed > > the price is for what they call a snap test, a vaccination, and a > booster in a few weeks. This was the cheapest vet in a tri county area. We > live in Ohio. > do you really think there is a possibility that they won't test > possitive? If some do and some don't do they need separated, if vaccinated? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelley Saveika > Sent: Feb 26, 2007 11:59 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: Help needed > > Hi Debbie, > > I would check around with other places in your area to see if you can > find the tests cheaper. I can get a combo test here for $16 per cat, which > would be way less than $1,000. > > At this point I'm not sure I'd be in a rush to test all of them. They > have been together and likely either have it or they don't (most likely > not). > > On 2/26/07, Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The cats were all spayed and neutered and had all shots except the > > feline leukemia. They have been to the vet yearly or whenever needed. We > > aquired so many at once we could not afford the testing and shots. A lady I > > worked with found 3 kittens in a dumpster, 2 weeks later 4 more - we bottle > > raised all of them and they all lived. At that same time a stray came in > > winter and had 4 babies. They all lived also. A month after this we took a > > trip 500 miles away and found 2 kittens starving in a field in the middle > > of nowhere. We brought them back. These were tested (not sure why vet > > decided this) and they were ok at that time. All the cats got along and > > seldon fought. If they did it was not the biting, scratching, etc... Soon > > after that a cat roamed up at a barbeque we had. She was young and in heat. > > We did not want her to get pregnant and she stayed so we brought her in. She > > was a very shy cat. She liked attention but seldom went near the others. Her > > eyes, nose, and mouth were clear (no discharge). A few weeks ago she started > > throwing up. We took her to the vet. She had nver been seriously ill (none > > have). They are all around 4 yrs, old now. Anyhow the vet said something was > > probably stuck in her intestines so they operated. All they found was > > enlarged lymph nodes. They did a biopsy and said they were not cancerous. > > She started doing better but then it was hard to get her to eat. We took her > > back in and they said her lungs had fluid in them. They drained it off. > > After all of this they came back and said she tested postive for leukemia. > > They recommended putting her to sleep. > > Now we have a nightmare. We have all the others, plus just paid out > > $700.00 for a cat that they ended up putting down. Don't know if the > > operation threw her into it all or what. > > We are going to have the others tested but it will be over $1000.00. > > We feel awful. If you don't have the money though it isn't always as some > > people think to keep up with everything. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kelley Saveika > > Sent: Feb 26, 2007 11:25 AM > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: Help needed > > > > I don't think anyone can give you odds on that. I would say it would > > be unlikely that they will all be positive and quite possible that none will > > be positive. If there is anything I have learned from this list it is that > > FELV is pretty hard to catch. Were any of the cats vaccinated against FELV? > > > > > > On 2/26/07, Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > What are the odds of having 15 cats and one tests postive - will the > > > others all be postive? These are cats that are strictly indoors now in a > > > 1200 square foot house. The infected cat was not outwardly sick and di not > > > socialize with the other cats, however they used same litter boxes and ate > > > from same dishes. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. 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