Wed, Jun 1st 2011, 15:31 GMT

FeLV is a very tricky disease. Not all cats who get exposed to it will get sick from the exposure, not all cats who get sick form the exposure will still have it for life, and for those cats who really do have it for life they can live years without it actually affecting their health by giving them cancer or a serious secondary infection. A good site that explains more in depth on the different tests (there are several that detect varying stages of infection, the kitten must have showed up + on the ELISA) is http://www.greenbriervet.com/newsletters/felv.htm and it also goes into more detail on prognosis and the vaccine for your other cat. If the older cat hasn't been fighting with the kitten his odds of having being exposed are slim, but you should try to keep them separated until you've discussed everything with your vet. Monitor him for any signs of illness, and do consider having him vaccinated and tested as well. He is more likely to get lucky and just be immune. Good luck! ♥

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Kyle

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