I am sorry that I can't answer this question for you, & also that I am
answering to your request with another question too.

Lynne, can you tell me where to look for more information about cats
with F hiv?

I had a very close friend who came to me today asking advice on
adopting a cat who has tested possitive & wanted to know what it would
entail if she decided to go ahead and adopt this cat. I am ashamed to
say that I know very little about this particular subject, so any info
would be a huge help relating to the pro's and con's please if you
don't mind?

Good luck with Levis & I hope that he is feeling a bit better soon:o)
S.

Lynne, if you feel like you should postpone, go with your gut
feeling about the FHV.  My two youngest, Rhett and Scarlett, are
now about 2-1/2 years old now, but when I first adopted them, they
had horrible recurring FHV and passed it back and forth to each
other to the point I thought it would never go away. The guy that
found them found a litter of four and wanted to keep them together
until they were 12 weeks old, but the FHV passing around made him
change his mind, and I got them at 9 weeks.  They went through many
different types of medications including eye ointments both with
steroids and without. Depended on how severe, and if there was
something funny when the eyes were fluresced (sp!!).  

I intended to have them done at no more than 3 months old, but
their health delayed that.  Rhett got over the FHV sooner, and was
neutered at about 4 months, but Scarlett had an appt for the same
day, but hers was delayed another month. She had gotten so thin
because she didn't want to eat, and I had to hand-feed her.  
Despite her health, she actually went into heat before she was
spayed at 5 months. It was hard, but I'm glad we waited. She was in
no shape for surgery.  She had a hard time recovering as it was,
and had a nasty reaction to her internal sutures.

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Lynne, did Levi get the big snip today? Just curious about your
decision and how he's doing! :)