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It totally depends on the situation. An exclusive relationship between
mother and kittens I would tend to agree with you, but if there is any mingling of families, it happens. (aka a shelter environment or a large feral colony) On testing kittens and having experamented with tests I have never yet found a kitten less then 12 weeks to be positive where the kittens mother has been negative and I've also never seen a positive mother who didn't also have positive kittens. It might be a bit of a waste of money having to test all the kittens and put them through that where its possible to test the mother. |
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"Willows" wrote in message ... This being said. Getting Felv is not easy. I have had it in my home twice, and my resident, well established cats have not gotten it. My younger (under a year) one did. However, he only ever tested positive, he never came down with symptoms, and with some loving care, high quality food, and high doses of vitamin C, he now tests negative. Just so you know your cat never had it, he tested positive because he was showing exposure to it but managed to fight it off and never got the virus which is why he is now negative. There is no cure for Felv so he could never have had the virus. I would suggest you read the book The Very Healthy Cat Book: A Vitamin and Mineral Program for Optimal Feline Cat by Wendell O. Belfield and/or check out http://www.wholisticanimal.com/fip.html There are a lot of studies on the effectiveness of Vitamin C and its ability to fight off a varity of devistating illnesses in cats. Jack tested positive for Felv twice, six weeks apart after a known exposure to an felv / fip positive cat (long story). All five of my cats had high "FIP titers" Now all five are negative. I'll never not give vitamin c to any cats I own. Id also like to know how you think that he could be exposed to a virus, and make antibodies to it, but not actually "have" it. He was exposed to it, it was in his system, but he did not get sick from it. it happens all the time. |
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"Willows" wrote in message ... This being said. Getting Felv is not easy. I have had it in my home twice, and my resident, well established cats have not gotten it. My younger (under a year) one did. However, he only ever tested positive, he never came down with symptoms, and with some loving care, high quality food, and high doses of vitamin C, he now tests negative. Just so you know your cat never had it, he tested positive because he was showing exposure to it but managed to fight it off and never got the virus which is why he is now negative. There is no cure for Felv so he could never have had the virus. I would suggest you read the book The Very Healthy Cat Book: A Vitamin and Mineral Program for Optimal Feline Cat by Wendell O. Belfield and/or check out http://www.wholisticanimal.com/fip.html There are a lot of studies on the effectiveness of Vitamin C and its ability to fight off a varity of devistating illnesses in cats. Jack tested positive for Felv twice, six weeks apart after a known exposure to an felv / fip positive cat (long story). All five of my cats had high "FIP titers" Now all five are negative. I'll never not give vitamin c to any cats I own. Id also like to know how you think that he could be exposed to a virus, and make antibodies to it, but not actually "have" it. He was exposed to it, it was in his system, but he did not get sick from it. it happens all the time. |
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