I had to take my 6 year old cat, Ivey, to the vet last week for an upper respiratory problem. The vet said she had Rhinitis but it could be caused by a number of things, and did some blood work to see if Ivey could be put under anesthesia to do a culture. The vet later called with the results of the blood test and to ask if my cat had ever been tested for FeLV or FIV and I wasn't sure. We got her from a shelter when she was a year old and no one had suggested such a test. So, now they are testing for it. The vet did say the chances of it being one of those are minimal but it's better to test.
My question is if Ivey does have one of these can she still live a relatively normal cat life with them?
I'm probably jumping the gun a bit on this, but both sound quite scary to me. My new vet has been really helpful with explaining everything but I just wanted to hear experiences of other pet owners with these diseases.
2007-10-15
07:01:09
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