Should I get the test done on my kittens?

I have 6 kittens that I am caring for, and I am taking 5 of them to the vet tomorrow for the first time (one that I am keeping has been to Banfield on a wellness plan so she has been already). I know they will ask me if I want to test them for Leukemia and FeLV. I am not sure what to do about this. I had one kitten tested because it was part of her wellness plan at Banfield, and she came back negative. All of them except one are from the same litter. Their mother was a stray, and she wasn't tested before she had to be put down. The other kitten I found near our house so it is from a different litter, and I don't know about his mother. Any advice? It is $32.00 per test so I'm curious. I know that the kittens can live long lives with FIV, and I wouldn't do anything if they had that. Now FeLV I am more concerned about.

Thank you!

The rescue I work with combo tests each individual kitten; although I know other rescues which do not. HOWEVER, we have chosen to do this because we had a momma cat and 2 kittens come in 2.5 yrs ago. The momma cat was negative and the little male was negative. The little female tested positive for FeLV. We have tested her multiple times at about 4-6 mo incriments hoping for her to zero convert...no luck.

The little girl will be 3 soon and is doing VERY well and currently has no symptoms.

Was that one still able to be around the ones that tested negative?

I thought that if one in the litter was negative that most of the time all of them were negative? I don't know much about it though.

She was separated (and later paired with anothe FeLV positive kitty.)

It is not the norm for one to test positive and the other to be negative; but, it does happen. Another local rescue had 2 kittens out of a litter test positive for FIV (the mother was positive) and the remaining 4 kittens were negative. Not sure if the 2 kittens zero converted or not.

Whether you would keep any FeLV pos kitten with ones that are negative has to be an individual decision. Just know that the other kittens will be more likely to get it the more they are exposed to it. You could get any neg kitten vaccinated with the FeLV vac; but, they have to be 14-16 wks old to begin the boosters (there are 2 initially, then once a yr.) The FeLV vaccine (from my understanding) has a 95-98% "success" rate.