Topic: Who's the daddy? Lucas maybe?? (Read 3934 times)

madkittyrescue · « **Reply #22 on:** November 17, 2007, 08:50:15 AM »

awww what cutie pies!!! glad to hear tests were negative Dawn!

hope you get homes for them soon!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #21 on:** November 16, 2007, 20:49:26 PM »

Glad that mum is negative.

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #20 on:** November 16, 2007, 16:15:51 PM »

Have you got FIV kitties Schmew? Lucas is still looking for a home

Schmew · « **Reply #19 on:** November 16, 2007, 16:09:08 PM »

Hooray! That's good news. I was thinking if they were FIV they might have to come and live with me, but I'm off the hook!

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #18 on:** November 16, 2007, 16:07:05 PM »

Quote from: Schmew on November 16, 2007, 16:00:04 PM

Any news on mum's tests Dawn?

Oops sorry, meant to post the other day.........Mum has come back negative so the kittens should be fine

These babes are settling down a treat now, still a little nervous but will let me stroke them now, I'm sooooooooo in love with the Lucas lookalike, he is absolutely gorgeous

Schmew · « **Reply #17 on:** November 16, 2007, 16:00:04 PM »

Any news on mum's tests Dawn?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2007, 08:07:04 AM »

This is off the Glasgow site Dawn

FIV does not generally cross the placenta to the unborn kitten. There is a small possibility of an FIV positive queen infecting her kittens as she bites through the umbilical cord. The test for FIV is an antibody test, cats which are FIV positive have antibodies in their blood. Queens pass antibodies to their kittens in their milk, especially in their first day of life, so that kittens of FIV positive queens can have positive FIV tests, although in fact they are not themselves infected - because of the antibody from their mothers milk. So it is essential that kittens of FIV positive queens are not FIV tested until they are at least 16 weeks old, by which time the antibody they got from suckling should have disappeared. If you really can't wait until they are 16 weeks old to know whether or not kittens are FIV positive, it is possible to do a virus isolation test, though it requires quite a big blood sample for a little kitten to give. Isolating the virus will cost rather more than the routine antibody test.

Kittens which have FIV positive tests are usually not FIV infected. They should be retested after 16 weeks of age.

pappilon · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2007, 00:28:07 AM »

OH, I think Lucas is definitely the dady of the grey/white one

Hope their mum is ok& the test is negative

Michelle (furbabystar) · « **Reply #14 on:** November 11, 2007, 23:52:22 PM »

There is now an FIV test done at Bristol that can be done on very young kittens that tests for the virus rather than the antibodies.
As you say though, if Mum comes back NEG then the kittens should be too

Schmew · « **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2007, 23:04:34 PM »

ooh they are gorgeous....... fingers crossed for the tests

x

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #12 on:** November 11, 2007, 22:58:45 PM »

Quote from: Desley (booktigger) on November 11, 2007, 22:48:30 PM

It can be done younger than 6 months though, am sure it is 14 or 16 weeks.

I'm not sure tbh, I always thought it was 6 months. I sent Sean some more info on the FIV as I still feel like I'm

sometimes with him and we usually end up having words. Now you know I never swear

but a few heated words have been exchanged when we've got on the subject of FIV, I think sometimes it's a subject we should both avoid in the same company

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #11 on:** November 11, 2007, 22:52:23 PM »

Quote from: Cheesecat (Dawn) on November 11, 2007, 22:49:12 PM

Awwwww mini Lucas I think he might very well be the daddy

I was going to ring you tomorrow to tell you you were a granny

Cheesecat · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2007, 22:49:12 PM »

Awwwww mini Lucas

I think he might very well be the daddy

I will have to give him the news in the morning as he is sleeping now

Best of luck rehoming these babies Dawn

and fingers crossed for the mum and babies being clear

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2007, 22:48:30 PM »

Fingers crossed for the mum being clear, saves these having to go through it. It can be done younger than 6 months though, am sure it is 14 or 16 weeks.

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2007, 22:46:31 PM »

I'm going to have a chat with Sean but I think he would recommend it when they are 6 months

I did have a chat with Trevor when I saw him last but that was before I trapped the mum, she has been tested now but just waiting on results. If she's clear, they'll be clear

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2007, 22:41:33 PM »

Aww, bless them. WAs just wondering about an FIV test, but htey are too young yet. Do you think you will have one done on them?

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2007, 22:39:03 PM »

Not too sure Des, possibly 10/12 weeks, I would say nearer 10 but the lady next door I'm pretty sure said when she found the little grey one in her garden, he was about 4 weeks and she's had him about 8 weeks now. Her little one does look bigger than these though but he hasn't been scavenging for food where as these have. I felt soooooo awful when Dave rang me to say they'd been in his garden. It clicked straightaway that these were from the Tabby's litter and I had her here

They would have been all alone through the fireworks and the really awful weather that we had but there was no sign of any kittens anywhere over the last few weeks, so they must have been hanging out in someone elses garden

At least now they have a nice warm bed and plenty of food

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2007, 22:32:29 PM »

Could be Dawn!! Either way, it will be easy to rehome them - how old do you think they are?

Ellie · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2007, 21:27:05 PM »

Awww they are soooo cute

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2007, 20:44:28 PM »

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2007, 20:29:25 PM »

They are super cute

I'm sure they'll have no problem in finding a home

They look uncannily like my boys too, except for Riley has a grey splodge on his face.

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2007, 20:22:04 PM »

These two gorgeous little honey buns are from the same place that Lucas was from. Their sibling is all grey, he is one that the neighbour took in and bottle fed, now the little grey/white is the spit of the gorgeous Lucas so I have a funny feeling he's the daddy

Lucas is in the bottom pic, could it be father and baby

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