My veterinarian said that it was probably a false negative. However, HE was the
one who administered the test and I asked him to do it twice at the time, two
different tests because I planned to put her in my bedroom with two cats who
would be in close contact with her. Bunny was a mischief maker and might have
fought with the cats in main area (around 20 cats there) so I figured I would
place her where I could watch her. Now I feel that I endangered the lives of
Samson and his sister Delilah. The odd thing is that Bunny suddenly stopped
sleeping on the bed with us and began hanging out in the dressing room on the
garden tub about 3 weeks before she became noticeably ill. That's where the
food, water and litter box is. I assumed that she got disgusted with Delilah
always hissing at her. Bunny was the alpha cat though and took over Samson and
the bed, leaving Delilah to sit on a chair or lounge behind my computer
monitor. I think that Bunny was already
not feeling well when she moved away from the other two cats. It took a week
before I noticed that Bunny was no longer as energetic and mischievous as she
used to be. She was not trying to destroy the earphones that go with my iPod.
She was not pulling paper out of my computer printer. Then she was not eating
as much as she was used to eating. Finally, I could see that she was ill. I
took her to the vet and asked for a retest. My worst fears were realized. She
was FeLv+. He tried antibiotics and cortisone, which helped for a few days
before she again went downhill. She passed away on Oct. 31 while I sat near her
and talked softly to her about how much I loved her. Samson and Delilah lay on
the bed. They were quiet except for some soft purring. I still can't stop
crying.
I don't know what went wrong. I have two other positive to negative cats.
Both are doing well. Percy was also FIV+ so he's with my small FIV colony in a
little house on my property, with a wired in porch so everyone gets to bird
watch and have fresh air and all are safe. Percy had a really bad mystery
illness around February of 2013 but antibiotics and eye medication cured it and
he gained back all the weight he lost. When he became ill, I had him retested
but he was still negative for FeLv. Moses is old. I've had him for about 7
years and he was no kitten when I got him. He was about 2 and went from
positive to negative in 4 months. He has not been ill since although he lost
some weight because the other cats in the large group didn't allow him to eat
and he's not an alpha cat. I have him and two other skinny boys in a separate
"feeding room" where they get canned food along with the dry. The general
population does not get canned food. I can't afford it. So Moses has gained
back some weight as have the other two little
wimps. All are older
cats. They get along fine. Every room it seems has another group of special
needs cats. I will still recommend testing for cats being placed in foster
homes because I think that Bunny's case was an isolated one. Sometimes a cat
can test negative at first and then after incubating the virus, will test
positive. I don't really know. I'm not taking in any more cats. I'm too tired,
poor and old and I'm going to have to witness the passing of all the cats that
I live with now. I don't want any extras.
On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 6:18 AM, Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com>
wrote:
On 12-24, Lee Evans wrote:
>> ....... had FeLv. She
turned negative for a whole year,
>> then suddenly turned positive.
>
>Wow Lee, I have never had that happen. My cats have either been
>FelV neg. or positive, or positive, later turning turning negative
>and staying that way. Do you have any explanation for what happened
>with your cat?
>
>Lorrie
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