[Felvtalk] 5 leukemia positive kittens

Kelley S moonvine at gmail.com
Fri Nov 14 15:09:55 CST 2014


I thought it would be interesting to get yall involved in the discussion
there. It is CRAZY.  There is also some really hopeful anecdotal evidence
about treating non-regenerative anemia with aquapuncture.  Again, not
trying to drive traffic from this list, and I've tried to get them to come
here, but if you are interested go on over.

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Marsha <martia at lynxe.com> wrote:

> Kelly, I think she wants to wait until they are confirmed positive with an
> IFA before adopting them out to a home with other FeLV+ cats.  She did
> mention the hope to find homes that are familiar with FeLV.
>
>  I kept Brock quarantined from Harley until I got a positive IFA test on
> Brock.  Brock had ony ever had a single Snap test at the shelter to say he
> was FeLV+.  Looking back, I would have requested (and paid for) a vet local
> to the shelter to do an IFA.  That would have made it  easier for the
> shelter to adopt out a negative cat, while I continued to search for a
> positive companion for Harley.  But I had already brought Brock home, so if
> he had by chance tested negative on my vet's IFA, then I would have kept
> him separate from my negatives until he got a 2nd negative, then be put
> with them instead, and I would then have searched for another possible
> companion for Harley.  Someday I may consider mixing negatives & positives,
> especially if treatments are developed like there are for HIV, where it's
> not cured, but knocks the transmissible virus load to near zero.  But for
> now I keep them separate, because I don't want to deal with the guilt I
> would have if just ONE negative cat got infected.
>
> As for the lone FeLV+ kitten, that's pretty bizarre.  I don't think
> there's any way for anyone not directly involved to know what happened.
> Most likely either the breeder or the buyer knows or suspects, but isn't
> telling.  The only other possibility I can think of is that the virus
> somehow was passed genetically, and the exact right circumstances allowed
> it to manifest in one kitten. Kind of like FIP, in that the virus infects a
> large percentage of cats, but only a few have the genetic susceptibility,
> and the right circumstances for it to manifest into FIP disease.  But that
> doesn't seem so likely.
>
> Marsha
>
> On 11/14/2014 2:05 PM, Kelley S wrote:
>
>> Marsha..sorry..when I said "I don't know what you want" I was referring
>> to the OP, who if I recall correctly said something along the lines of "we
>> don't want these cats in with other FELV+ cats if they could possibly be
>> negative." So the way I read her post was:  we want people with no cats who
>> are willing to take the very probable heartbreak of a FELV+ kitten and
>> promise to not expose it to other FELV+ cats and who will pay us over a
>> hundred dollars for doing so.  This is possible, but not very likely IMHO.
>>  Even in our rescue, after a certain point they would eat up over $100
>> worth of food and we would be losing money even if we did get $100 plus for
>> them.  More importantly, everyone is limited in space, and an animal in a
>> foster home means another animal your rescue cannot help.
>> The facebook group is interesting, and I encourage those on Facebook to
>> join, not that I want to take traffic away from here, but most are very
>> very very very stridently against mixing.    I tried to get them to come
>> here, but haven't had any luck that I know of.  There is a very strange
>> situation going on there that I'd like to get some input on.  There is a
>> kitten who has tested (snap and IFA) pos for FELV.  This kitten came from a
>> breeder who tests all her cats regularly and none has ever tested
>> positive.  The kitten's owner took the kitten to the vet as per contract
>> within 10 days of buying the cat and got a positive test.  Rechecked with
>> IFA, still positive.  ALL THE OTHER CATS were retested by the breeder and
>> are still negative.  All the other kittens in the litter have tested
>> negative.  HOW did this kitten contract FELV?
>>
>> Anyway here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/26073442228/
>>
>
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