I was going to say 2 things that were said already but I will repeat them anyways:
1) FeLV tests oftentimes come up with false positives or negatives, they are not always accurate. Shelters obviously cannot afford to test every single cat multiple times. Some shelters test 2x and some only once.
2) A heart murmur is not something a shelter would check every cat for routinely. When the cat comes in, it is given the basic round of tests and vaccinations and usually flea treatment and that is it. Usually this is done by a vet tech. If any additional problems are suspected, THEN the cat goes off to the vet to be looked at.
That is bad that the shelter wouldn't respond when you wrote to them. Did you try to call and ask to speak to the manager or the executive director of the shelter? I don't think they would have hung up on you or anything. But there really is nothing that the shelter could do but apologize and maybe take the cat back, but they would probably euthanize it, especially for FeLV.
Cats can live a long "healthy" life with FeLV. They just need to stay indoors.
1) FeLV tests oftentimes come up with false positives or negatives, they are not always accurate. Shelters obviously cannot afford to test every single cat multiple times. Some shelters test 2x and some only once.
2) A heart murmur is not something a shelter would check every cat for routinely. When the cat comes in, it is given the basic round of tests and vaccinations and usually flea treatment and that is it. Usually this is done by a vet tech. If any additional problems are suspected, THEN the cat goes off to the vet to be looked at.
That is bad that the shelter wouldn't respond when you wrote to them. Did you try to call and ask to speak to the manager or the executive director of the shelter? I don't think they would have hung up on you or anything. But there really is nothing that the shelter could do but apologize and maybe take the cat back, but they would probably euthanize it, especially for FeLV.
Cats can live a long "healthy" life with FeLV. They just need to stay indoors.