What Are 5 Symptoms Of Feline Leukemia? (or Under 5)

Feline leukemia is caused by a virus called feline leukemia virus. It destroy immune system and causes some cancer. It is also called AIDS virus of cats. There can be 3 types of these leukemia like multi centric, chest and abdominal. Signs and symptoms include area involved. Generally, if any diseases is not being treated by any medicine, you can suspect feline leukemia. The symptoms can be

1. Swollen lymph nodes
2. fever
3. Lack of activity
4. Lack of energy
5. Loss of appetite
6. Anemia
7. Re-occurrence of Infections
   
8. Bloody stools
9. Changes in bowl habits
10. jaundice
    

There can be many more. Runny eyes can also be due to some allergy. It will be good to see a doctor.

See Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a fatal infectious retrovirus that
affects the immune system, and can cause some cancers and associated
diseases. Although it is similar to the virus that causes feline
immunodeficiency disease (FIV) and the virus responsible for human AIDS
(HIV), studies so far indicate that it cannot be passed on to other
animals or to humans. FeLV causes lymphosarcoma, also known as feline
leukemia, a cancer of the lymph nodes. In 1964, the FeLV virus was
first discovered in a household of cats with a high percentage of
leukemia cases.The three forms of feline leukemia are chest, abdominal, and
multicentric. The signs that the cat shows depend on the lymph nodes
and organs involved.
1.Chest symptoms include enlarged chest lymph nodes, compressed windpipe
and esophagus, fluid accumulation in the chest, breathing difficulties,
coughing, and gagging.
2.In abdominal leukemia, malignant cells may be present in the intestine,
lymph nodes, liver, spleen, or kidney. There may be a decrease in
appetite,depression,, weight loss, dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, anemia, and jaundice.
3.Multicentric leukemia causes greatly enlarged lymph nodes under the
skin and tumor formation in many organs. The cat may or may not have a
fever.

leukemia symptoms observed in cats:

Loss of appetite
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Slow but progressive weight loss, followed by severe wasting late in the disease process
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Poor coat condition
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Enlarged lymph nodes
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Persistent fever
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Pale gums and other mucus membranes
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Inflammation of the gums (gingivitis) and mouth (stomatitis)
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Infections of the skin, urinary bladder, and upper respiratory tract
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Persistent diarrhea

My vet thinks my 7 week old kitten may have cat leukemia what are the chances of him surviving he was a stray kitten and had ear mites and conjunctivitis, should i get him put to sleep?