[Felvtalk] help /advice - testing age of kittens

dlgegg at windstream.net dlgegg at windstream.net
Tue Jan 26 15:09:02 CST 2016


I also had a snuggles who lived to 19

---- Anna Summers <anna at amproductionslocations.com> wrote: 
> Thank you Lorrie,  “ Snuggles “ is very healthy  and doesnt seem to have any sort off illness , just eats alot but I have seen how the virus is so silent and then just takes over them.

I am nervous about testing too soon and that he might test positive due to the antibodies of the virus from the mother … do they leave their system eventually  ?

Will keep you posted, you are all such a wonderful group , I follow all the post/emails .
Anna


> On 25 Jan 2016, at 15:59, Lorrie <felinerescue at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Anna,  I rescue and have many cats. Testing them at 3 or 4 months
> old is usually a good time to see if they are positive or negative. 
> I have lost many positive kittens who were born with the virus which
> they contracted from their mother. However some can throw off the
> virus. If your kitten who is approximately 4 months old had a
> positive mother he could still be positive, but he may have an strong
> immune system and be fine. With younger kittens I always test twice
> once at about 8 weeks and again at around 4 months to be sure of the
> status.  Please let us know how this kitten is?  Hopefully he will
> test negative.
> 
> Lorrie 
> 
> On 01-25, Anna Summers wrote:
> 
>> Hi , I live in spain in a very rural are  & last year I lost 2 cats
>> who were felv + , they were not in contacted with my house cats but
>> one of them ( 9yrs old ) is latent positive DNA with a low reading
>> of the virus , I did a quantative pcr , he was negative in the
>> elisa test and I was told that he is not contagious . my other 2
>> cats are vacinated against fel. my question ???..
> 
>> As I see yourselves are up to date with all the latest things  -
>> someone left a kitten on my wall just before christmas - he is now
>> been in ??? quarantine??? for 5 weeks , he is about 4 months old , I
>> need to test him but when is the right time to test kittens as I
>> have read many article re: the anitbodies of the mother so a kitten
>> can test false positive. I am keen to know , as he is on his own
>> and hopefully he will be negative so I then can vaccinate him as I
>> am also told that, are they any special test to do this , I dont
>> want to do the basic snap test and I am happy to do the elisa and a
>> pcr test. Hope you can help me , here in the area a live in which
>> is very rural ,lots of ferral cat the vets just give up on felv + ,
>> so I dont wont to ask my vet until I am up to date with all the
>> information. thank you anna
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Felvtalk mailing list
> Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org


_______________________________________________
Felvtalk mailing list
Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org





More information about the Felvtalk mailing list