Re: Felv testing dilemma

[dmhvalentina]

Thank you for your replies. I wish I could take the chance and integrate
this kitty, but, I do TNR in my town and as a result have ended up with a 
home full of non-adoptable rescues and adoptable I am trying to find homes
for and risking them is not an option. This kitty lives in the spare room with 
a vaccinated cat, but it's just one small room. The rest of the rescues
live in the rest of the house with me. Vaccinating all of them is not
an option as it would be too costly, and it would be yearly, which
would add to the cost factor and could increase the chance that one
or more could end up with an injection site sarcoma.

 
 

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Dilemma - Consistent slight positive felv test results

[dmhvalentina]

I am looking to the group for experiences on dealing with
a cat whose scenario is as written below. I would very much
like to hear from anyone who may have experienced, or be
currently experiencing, this same thing. Advice and
guidance is sought. Here is the dilemma:

I have a kitty I rescued at about 12 weeks old around
3 yrs ago. She had a bad uri at the time of rescue but
snap combo tested fiv/felv negative. The vet vaccinated
her while she will sick with this uri (I wasn't too happy
about that myself). I always retest kittens and upon her
retest about a month later she came up slight felv+.

I had an elisa done which was positive. I had more
snap tests done - all of them all came up slight
positive. I eventually had an IFA done and a PCR Assay
done. The PCR Assay for felv (done with blood, not
bone marrow, of course) was negative. All of these
tests were done over the course of 2 years (I've had
her for 3 yrs now). The last snap combo test I had
done - just out of curiosity - was March of last year
and that came up slight positive again.

Unfortunately, Elise (or Lisee Angel as I call her
because she has a big white 'angel' on her back :),
has been relegated to the only place I could keep her
all this time, which is a relatively small spare
bedroom.

I had always hoped I'd be able to at least let her
integrate at some point with the rest of the house,
but her consistent slight felv+ snap combo test
worries me too much. Even though the PCR Assay was
negative, she keeps testing slight positive on the
snap combo test. I am so confused about the more
extensive test being negative, but all the lower level
tests being positive.

I feel so awful that she is stuck in that spare room,
and I cannot imagine her having to live her entire
life in that one room. I just don't know what else I
can do.

The dilemma is not really knowing if she is, or is not,
felv positive and should she, or should she not, be
allowed to integrate with non-positives?

Thanks to all,
Donna

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