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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Even if they don't throw the virus off,
they can still live several happy, healthy years. I had Milkdud
4.5 years, and have had Harley 3.5+ years. Now looking for a new
FeLV+ companion for Harley. Since Milkdud died, Harley is
lonesome for a feline buddy that he can wrestle with and play tag,
and snuggle with. I play with him & pet him, but we both
still miss Milkdud.<br>
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Note on going "negative": sometimes the virus can become dormant
and hide for a while. It can later reactivate and the cat will
test positive again.<br>
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Marsha<br>
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n 7/16/2014 5:19 PM, Mercy Cats wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 21px;">I
just found out that a couple of young cats (nine months old
or so) that had been abandoned in a county park, and that I
caught and took to a local humane society last month, were
euthanized because they were felv+. </span><span
style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 21px;">The cats
probably wouldn't have survived the virus; they were
emaciated and one had lost the sight in one eye because of
an untreated URI. But</span><span style="font-family:
Garamond; font-size: 21px;"> the shelter tried to tell me
that felv is ALWAYS fatal, and I realize it's difficult to
get people to adopt + cats, but I know some adult cats can
shake off the virus. </span></div>
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Our garage cat, Snowball, originally came to us from our
veterinarian because we were the only ones who would take a
leuk+ cat. That was in December 2008. At the time we had
Harley who was dumped as an FeLV kitten. Harley died six
weeks later. Snowball tested negative for FeLV in August
2013 and again in February 2014. I've seen a few postings
by people who have also had cats go from (+) to (-). Does
this happen more often than most people think? </span></font></div>
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