The Oklahoma vet thought it might help too. I have no idea - but
these cats are now 9-10 years old. I should have them tested again,
just hate to stress them.
There also may be a difference (in the effect on FELV cats) between
the various vaccines.
Gloria
On Feb 27, 2007, at 9:05 PM, catatonya wrote:
I personally have never heard of this happening. In fact my vet
vaccinated my positive twice saying it might help and couldn't
hurt. (This was over 10 years ago..........) But many cats are
vaccinated without being tested, and unless the cat were already
sick and showing symptoms I doubt the vaccine would hurt. I would
vaccinate everyone. I don't think it would cause a negative cat to
become positive. Just my 2 cents from my experience.
t
Chris Behnke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You have to be careful with vaccinating because there are cases
where that has caused a cat to become positive. That was another
thing the vet talked to me about. She feels that as long as they
are indoors, it is not required to vaccinate as the vaccaine is not
100% guaranteed.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly L
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Help needed
At 03:50 PM 2/26/2007, you wrote
As I mentioned I had one positive and 13 negative...ALL stayed
negative,,,,very very very hard to catch even my positive cats best
friend, mutual grooming cuddling etc,,,, never go it and that was 7
years ago.
Kelly
:
Personally, I would not spend the money to test. If you test you
have to retest later, etc.... I would instead vaccinate everyone
as I could afford it. Start with the youngest. They are most
susceptible. That's just my opinion of what I'd do in your
situation.
t
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. All cats are close to same
age, different litters, aquired at the same time.
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