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9 Week Kitten has positive SNAP & IFA

We got a kitten from the humane society, he was 9 weeks, 1 day when we got him. We immediately put him in isolation in our office and took him to the vet the next morning. He had a faint positive on the SNAP so we proceeded with the IFA. Our vet called today and confirmed it came back positive. The lab can use the same sample for the PCR so we've approved that.

We have two 14-year old littermates, female orange tabbies, who have had regular vaccinations but their last felv was in 2020. They are indoor only. I keep finding conflicting information about odds of him being able to live with our girls. Has anyone gone through this and how did you navigate it?

We notified the humane society immediately as they have his mom and littermates still. Mom was brought in pregnant and was fostered with her babies immediately after giving birth. Kitten only returned to the shelter 5 days before we got him so that he could be fixed and cared for.

I'm super nervous for our existing girls and just want to cry over his diagnosis. He is over isolation and our girls try to comfort him at the door when he cries. We've had to put a blanket under the door to keep them from going nose to nose.

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u/Maggster29 — 9 days ago

FeLV cat with recent eye problems

Hello,

My girlfriend's cat (Globe flower 9/yo F) has lived with FeLV her whole life with zero issues. Not a sniffle or sneeze in the 6 years that we've been together.

Overnight last weekend, we woke up to her having a very puffy inner eye, which progressed during the day to her entire eye being swollen.

We immediately took her to the vet. They said that she has an eye infection, and there's an area behind her eye that is either infection or a tumor.

They sent me home with Gabapentin, Robenacoxib tablets (3), Amoxi-clav drops (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid) and neopoly ointment.

We're to administer the medicine until this coming Thursday and we have another appointment.

So far (4 days) no improvement on the eye, and Globe seems incredibly subdued.

What can we expect? I don't know if this is just life with an FeLV cat, and sometimes they have flair ups?

Is there anything else we can/ should do? I feel helpless. Thank you

u/Retrodyne — 11 days ago