[Felvtalk] FIV groups
Ardy Robertson
ardyr at centurytel.net
Wed Jun 1 23:16:23 CDT 2016
Thanks Lorrie.
Ardy
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From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
Lorrie
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 8:42 AM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FIV groups
It is the vaccination for FIV, not FelV, that causes a cat to test positive
for FIV, and you are certainly right about the tests for FelV being a
crapshoot.
Lorrie
On 05-31, Ardy Robertson wrote:
> That stress thing I believe is a big factor. Tigger, who apparently had
> FeLV since he was a kitten, was living a healthy life as an indoor-only
> cat, and the only other cat I had indoors with him was an old-lady cat
> named Peekers. They got along great, slept together, ate together, etc.
> I was unaware that Tigger had FeLV since I had him tested when I found
> him. Then in November of 2014 I brought in a stray female who was well
> behaved at first, but then became jealous of the attention I gave
> Tigger and she would run up behind him and bite him hard. Tigger was
> stressed out about it and was always looking over his shoulder,
> wondering when she would bite him next. I believe that is what caused
> his last FeLV crisis which began in September of 2015.
>
>
> I have since adopted a one year old female named Topaz, and she came
> from a shelter through a pet store. They told me she is spayed, wormed
> and has had all her shots. I asked about testing/vaccinating for FeLV,
> and they said "FeLV is a crapshoot". They said the testing is not
> reliable and the vaccination is often not effective. My vet told me
> this before that. But the manager of the pet store also said once you
> vaccinate a cat for FeLV, they will always test positive....does anyone
> know if this is true or not?
>
>
> Thank you!!
>
> Ardy
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