I would take the chance and have it done. Usually these cats are euthanized
so for you to keep him, you will have to have him neutered.
Gail

Frank,

I've never had an Felv cat, but I would maybe talk to more vets for
opinions and find cat rescue groups who have dealt with it.

There is a website here with a group of Felv cat owners, also the
website owner has an email contact so she might have some advice:

http://www.the-cats-meow.ca/fiv.html

Good luck,

Rhonda

Neutering is not nearly as invasive or traumatic for males as it for
females. If the cat is otherwise healthy and asymptomatic, I would have him
neutered.  He'll probably be a much calmer cat and won't be stressed by the
urge to roam or go into a frenzy every time he catches a whiff of a cycling
female. Neutering doesn't affect either fear aggression or predatory
aggression but it certainly reduces male dominant aggression and territorial
aggression big time-- Reducing stress in an FeLV+ cat is of paramount
importance for keeping him asymptomatic for as long as possible.

Btw, if your cat tested positive on the vet's in-clinic ELISA Snap test,
you should have the results confirmed by the IFA (immunofluorescent
antibody) assay.  You might be very pleasantly surprised.  The ELISA Snap is
a screening test *only*- it is *not* diagnostic for persistent,
marrow-origin FeLV infection. Many- if not most- ELISA Snap positives are
the result of *transient* infections or a minute amount of circulating
antigen. IOW, your cat might have eliminated the virus.

Best of luck,

Phil