[Felvtalk] Wheezing

[Marsha]

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.
>