I learned at the beginning of the week that our kitten, Darwin, has been diagnosed with FeLV. FeLV is an immune system virus seen in cats that's similar in many ways to HIV and SIV in primates. It suppresses the immune system, can lead to anemia, can lead to tumors and leukemia (hence the name), and is always fatal. The vet has given her about 6 months to live (although from what I've read, she may have as long as three years).

I'm obviously very upset about this. She was born in April 2007. We've owned her since July of 2007.

She's a purebred Abyssinian, and we were told by the breeder that she'd had all of her shots, and that they'd send all that our way ASAP. Unfortunately, we moved shortly afterward (but kept in touch), and the breeder became very ill, and paperwork from the breeder got put on the back burner. Her brother is from the same breeder, so we didn't push as hard as we should have. We've sent a volley of emails back and forth, yet we still don't have the inoculation records.

She's an indoor cat, lives with her brother (negative for FeLV), and has spent a total of one evening away from us (at the vet's, getting spayed). She has, as far as I know, never met any strange cats. Additionally, the vet is fairly sure she was infected before we ever bought her.

I'm a little unsure of what to do here. The breeder keeps sending a huge amount of information concerning homeopathic remedies, but very little information on when and for what she was inoculated.