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Questions about FeLV/FIV (was Pics of the vicious biting kitten!!!!)
"Mischief" wrote:
I'm really starting to fall for her. I carry her around and I sat at the front desk leaning back with the bitty on my chest, and she tucked herself under my neck. I really hope that there will be a happy ending and a good forever home for her. I know you probably won't be able to adopt her, but could you let us know how things go? I don't know much about FeLV and FIV, but I'm wondering whether cats that test positive for these can usually get adopted, and who adopts them? Also, how long do they typically live? |
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Questions about FeLV/FIV (was Pics of the vicious biting kitten!!!!)
Takayuki wrote: "Mischief" wrote: I'm really starting to fall for her. I carry her around and I sat at the front desk leaning back with the bitty on my chest, and she tucked herself under my neck. I really hope that there will be a happy ending and a good forever home for her. I know you probably won't be able to adopt her, but could you let us know how things go? I don't know much about FeLV and FIV, but I'm wondering whether cats that test positive for these can usually get adopted, and who adopts them? Also, how long do they typically live? Hi Tak---I can only speak for what our shelter does FeVL+ cats. They are usually euthanized. It's very sad, but here's why it is sometimes necessary: Households willing to adopt them are few and far between. It has to be someone who has only FeLV+ cats in the home, and not very many people are willing to adopt them. You can't adopt them out to someone you cannot absolutely, positively trust. If you do, and they decide to let them outdoors, they can infect the other neighborhood cats. So that would make us responsible for spreading the disease. But they can remain symptom-free for a long time. I know a cat who lived eight years after diagnosis. Especially if the cat is protected from stress. Sherry |
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Questions about FeLV/FIV (was Pics of the vicious biting kitten!!!!)
Karen wrote:
FeLV cats do well as only cats usually because they have less stress. It just all depends on the disease. If it matriculates quickly they live to around 3 it seems in most cases I've heard of. Then again, with kittens, I think there is a chance to outgrow it. I remember Mary in LA's Mimi who fought it off with interferon after a year. It's hard to find someone who will take that uncertainty on. I didn't know that Mimi didn't have FeLV anymore! I knew that her kittens were lucky and didn't seem to have it, but I assumed that Mimi still had it, and assumed that was why she had expanded to fostering non-cat species. I'm glad for her! I think I still have the issue of Cat Fancy with her profile in it somewhere. |
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Questions about FeLV/FIV (was Pics of the vicious biting kitten!!!!)
wrote in message ps.com... Takayuki wrote: "Mischief" wrote: I'm really starting to fall for her. I carry her around and I sat at the front desk leaning back with the bitty on my chest, and she tucked herself under my neck. I really hope that there will be a happy ending and a good forever home for her. I know you probably won't be able to adopt her, but could you let us know how things go? I don't know much about FeLV and FIV, but I'm wondering whether cats that test positive for these can usually get adopted, and who adopts them? Also, how long do they typically live? Hi Tak---I can only speak for what our shelter does FeVL+ cats. They are usually euthanized. It's very sad, but here's why it is sometimes necessary: Households willing to adopt them are few and far between. It has to be someone who has only FeLV+ cats in the home, and not very many people are willing to adopt them. You can't adopt them out to someone you cannot absolutely, positively trust. If you do, and they decide to let them outdoors, they can infect the other neighborhood cats. So that would make us responsible for spreading the disease. But they can remain symptom-free for a long time. I know a cat who lived eight years after diagnosis. Especially if the cat is protected from stress. Sherry It really is hard to make decisions about these cats. The first we learned about this disease was when out Siamese Henry became ill and died. Our other cat Ginger then tested positive. She was a feral cat we had taken in and as best we could tell she brought it with her and infected Henry. She however lived with it with no noticeable ill effect for another six years. When she finally did get sick, she just became severely anemic. At least she had an easy death. Jo |
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Questions about FeLV/FIV (was Pics of the vicious biting kitten!!!!)
Jo Firey wrote: wrote in message ps.com... Takayuki wrote: "Mischief" wrote: I'm really starting to fall for her. I carry her around and I sat at the front desk leaning back with the bitty on my chest, and she tucked herself under my neck. I really hope that there will be a happy ending and a good forever home for her. I know you probably won't be able to adopt her, but could you let us know how things go? I don't know much about FeLV and FIV, but I'm wondering whether cats that test positive for these can usually get adopted, and who adopts them? Also, how long do they typically live? Hi Tak---I can only speak for what our shelter does FeVL+ cats. They are usually euthanized. It's very sad, but here's why it is sometimes necessary: Households willing to adopt them are few and far between. It has to be someone who has only FeLV+ cats in the home, and not very many people are willing to adopt them. You can't adopt them out to someone you cannot absolutely, positively trust. If you do, and they decide to let them outdoors, they can infect the other neighborhood cats. So that would make us responsible for spreading the disease. But they can remain symptom-free for a long time. I know a cat who lived eight years after diagnosis. Especially if the cat is protected from stress. Sherry It really is hard to make decisions about these cats. The first we learned about this disease was when out Siamese Henry became ill and died. Our other cat Ginger then tested positive. She was a feral cat we had taken in and as best we could tell she brought it with her and infected Henry. She however lived with it with no noticeable ill effect for another six years. When she finally did get sick, she just became severely anemic. At least she had an easy death. Jo Our Luke (Yoda's brother) somehow contracted feleuk even though he was vaccinated. He was my daughter's cat. He wasn't symptomatic until she got married and took him with her. I still think it was the stress. We tried the interferon but it didn't help him. You know, feleuk is supposed to be very contagious. But Yoda never tested positive. I think some cats are just susceptible, more so than others. Sherry |
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Questions about FeLV/FIV
Takayuki wrote:
I don't know much about FeLV and FIV, but I'm wondering whether cats that test positive for these can usually get adopted, and who adopts them? Also, how long do they typically live? Our rescue group will actively try and home FIV cats to indoor-only homes with no other cats who are willing to take them on, and with good care an FIV cat can live a long life - 12+ years if lucky. I know of two personally that have lived full and happy lives and you would never know they had the virus. We have homed FeLV cats as well - I once had two adult FeLV cats we homed to an indoor-only home with no other cats, but there is no guarantee how long they will live, it can be as little as 6 months, or can be several years. As others have said it is a peculiar disease in terms of infectiousness. My friends adopted a 5 month old kitten who then tested positive for FeLV. He is still alive and in great health 6 years later, and was negative when they retested him a few months later. I had a rescue semi-feral called Wonky who came from a 'house of horror' where 50 cats had bred unchecked for years and there was an indoor feral colony going on. The human occupants never, ever cleaned - or emptied rubbish, litter trays etc. Think of the worst situation and then triple it. Anyway the group took all the cats and kittens from the house and began spaying/neutering them and testing. About one-third of the cats had FeLV. Wonky was tested and was clear. So it doesn't automatically spread, but you'd never take a chance and mix them knowingly, even with the vaccination as it's only 70% effective. Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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