OK, my memory isn't so good, but I did some digging and found a video I took in January 2012 of him wheezing (about 1 and a half years before he was diagnosed FeLV). So I guess it's been a longer issue. But has never really interfered with quality of life.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Katherine K. <kaths...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lethargy, not eating, sleeping a lot. I had to assist feed him for a month > or so, combined with several LTCI shots, to get him back to his normal > self. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Marsha <mar...@lynxe.com> wrote: > >> What symptoms did he have that led you to have him tested? >> >> Marsha >> >> On 1/20/2015 9:39 AM, Katherine K. wrote: >> >>> He hasn't always had the wheezing. He tested negative for FeLV before I >>> started fostering kittens several years ago. I fostered one kitten who was >>> light positive and eventually turned negative. They were separated at >>> first, and only interacted after the kitten turned negative. When Krammer >>> tested positive, I had been fostering a litter and their mama. Mama had >>> tested negative, so everyone was interacting. I got the mama and her litter >>> when they were 2 weeks old. The kittens were about 3.5 months old when >>> Krammer became ill. I tested him and he came back positive. The kittens >>> were all positive too, and have since died. Mama cat got retested (neg), >>> adopted out and is doing fine. >>> So either they got it from their dad, and passed it on to Krammer, or he >>> had a latent infection that just showed up while I had them, and he gave it >>> to them. It's hard to know. We retested most of the kittens I had fostered >>> before the positive litter (they had been adopted out, so we contacted the >>> adopters and offered retesting for free) -- None of them came back positive. >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> > >
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