Hi There, We have a beautiful 7 week old kitten we found abandoned and have hand raised around the clock. He is doing really well and is now 7 weeks and eating well and seems to be in very good health. Because we have two other cats (ages 8 & 9) FIV/FLK Neg we took him into do a snap test today before we started letting them mix together. He is negative for leukemia but sadly positive for FIV. I know there is a high rate of positive and that it's not accurate till six months but still a big set-back.
We are going to re-test in 60 days and if need be again at 6 months but my question to the group is of folks who have had the same experience how often has it been a false positive? We will be heartbroken if we have to give him up but if he is truly positive I don't think we can risk the other two cats health. They are both fussy females and we feel if we keep them totally separated for 6 months they will never accept him. Would you take the risk of mixing them?
Any experiences with false positives or data on the odds of a real infection would be really helpful.
Here's a shot of our baby....