Rescued Kittens & FIV/FeLV

[kb2yjx]

Last year we rescued a 5 week old kitten, Baby Annie. She tested + for feline leukemia. Our vet told us we could retest her again at 6 months, keep her isolated from our other cats. She also was not doing well, and had lice. We made the heart breaking decision to let her go to the Bridge. Good luck with your kittens....

[moosmom]

I had a beautiful rescue kitten, Marina Mar, who I bottle fed. I adored her and took her to my vet (no longer my vet, for obvious reasons) to be tested and vaccinated. Marina was about 12 weeks old. The vet told me she did a snap test and it was positive, and she asked me, not WHETHER or not I wanted to have her euthanized but WHEN I wanted her euthanized. I was horrified and devastated!!!! I called my friend Deb, who is the president of the rescue organization I volunteered with. She told me to bring Marina Mar to HER vet and they'd draw blood and send it out to best tested, as it is very common for young kittens to falsley test positive. The blood test ruled out what my vet had diagnosed. I was SOOOOOOO thankful that I got a second opinion. She went on to win awards at cat shows. One of the judges said she was a "Turkish Angora Wannabe".

Marina Mar lived only to the age of 3 1/2, sadly. She was in the advanced stages of Temphagus Areolus (sp?), a bacterial infection that is comparable to cancer. She went to the Bridge in 1999.

Please keep us updated on their test results, please.