To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:02:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [FeLVPositiveCats] Re: Question - IFA vs. Elisa............... Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]I am in the San Francisco/Bay Area and the cat is in a foster home near Sacramento. We should be having her retested within the next few weeks. If she is FeLV+ and a good adoptive home shows up then we will find a way to get her there so I don't think geographical location will be an issue.Just as an FYI, this is a very sweet well-socialized black and white tuxedo girl. She loves people and is just a doll. She's about a year old, maybe a little less. So far she is the picture of health -- good coat and body weight, good appetite, not so much as a sneeze even after almost a month in a shelter cage.shari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: waht city do you live in...for placement purposes.. :)--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > I see your point, to some extent. It's a little besides the point though. The cat has been in the foster home for close to two weeks now. > > She tested positive on the ELISA before leaving the shelter. I'll be having her retested with the IFA. > > I'm betting on that being a false positive on the ELISA. My concern was that she might have been exposed to FeLV when she was double-caged with the other cat who tested positive or that she mighthave gotten pregnant when they were cagwed together. I want to give her every chance of testing negative on the IFA and exposure to an FeLV+ cat or pregnancy could hamper her ability to throw off the virus if the ELISA test is even accurate. > > I have until July for this cat to test negative or to find a special needs adoptive home for her or get her into a sanctuary. The foster is a student and gone in August. Taking an FeLV+ cat into my rescue is a gamble and the odds became less favorable when the shelter put her in with an adult intact FeLV+ male cat. That was and is my concern. > > So, just in case....if anyone knows of a special needs adoptive home, or alternate foster home, or as a last alternative, sanctuary space for an FeLV+ cat, I may need it by summer. I hope not. She's a sweet, friendly, apparently healthy tuxedo girl. > > I have no intention of euthanizing a healthy cat. Period. But I would hate to have to cage her while looking for a placement. So let's hope she tests negative on the IFA or, if positive, suitable accomodations can be made by July. > > shari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm not sure why you would change your mind...why not still take her in? > > were you planning on euthanizing her if you took her in and then if > she tested positive on the elisa test you'd put her down? > > i guess i'm confused. > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Susan Hoffman <shoffman@> > wrote: > > > > Here's a question -- I agreed to take a cat from a high-kill shelter > who tested FeLV+ on the ELISA test. I have a foster where she will be > the only cat. Figured we'd retest with the IFA in a month or so and > do everything to support immune system functioning in the meantime. > This cat is one year old, good coat and body weight and has not gotten > so much as the sniffles in 3+ weeks at the shelter. Well, damned if > the shelter personnel didn't double-cell her with another cat who > tested FeLV+. Better yet, they parked this unspayed female cat with > an unneutered FeLV+ male. They don't think she's gone into heat or > mated but they can't be sure. Any opinions on whether I should still > take her into foster care? I feel like the shelter has now stacked > the deck against her. > > > > TenHouseCats <TenHouseCats@> wrote: my understanding is that > it can take a minimum of 3 months for the virus to work itself out of > a cat's system--so a positive ELISA can mean nothing. unfortunately, i > have seen info that says that an IFA, while more accurate than the > ELISA, can stay positive as long as seven months before it too will > show negative..... ie, if one can hold the kitty long enough for > retesting (something which most rescues can or will not do), doing so > is the best answer. > > > > a big question would be, do you know enough about her history to > know how likely it is that she may have recently been exposed to a > positive cat--if she's an adult cat who is healthy but has been > outside for the first time in the past few months, then she could well > have been exposed during that time and the virus will process itself > out of her system. if she's very young, or older and not healthy, her > chances of being able to throw the virus off are diminished.... > > > > not necessarily bad answers, just not definitive! > > > > placing her in a home where she could be an only cat or segregated > until retesting is possible would be a good choice; tho there is some > debate about whether placing a possibly-positive FeLV in a home with > definite FeLVs is a good or bad idea (ie, exposure to different > strains of the virus could complicate her eradicating the virus on her > own), from working at a sanctuary where retesting was not regularly > done, there were many cases of cats who originally tested positive > then lived--sometimes for years--with only the definitely-positives > who, when tested later on for other reasons, were found to be negative. > > > > MC > > > > > > > > -- > > MaryChristine > > > > AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats > > MSN: TenHouseCats@ > > ICQ: 289856892 > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > Cat tag Cat supply Life mammal Feline leukemia > Feline leukemia virus > > > > --------------------------------- > > YAHOO! 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FYI - if anybody is in California and can help, contact Susan Hoffman
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