Any one near experience next to FIP? Or know alot around it, can you please answer?
I JUST got back from the vet cuz my kitty was have diarhea and regurgitation ( not vomiting ). The vet prescribed baytril. but when we got her she got a URI and had some vomiting. So we brought her to the vet, give her meds, and she was fine. Then she got a blurry eye in September, get meds, eye became better. We got a test done for Feline leukemia and FIP and they both come out negative. The vet said that with FIP, she might have a problem, it become better, then it keeps coming back surrounded by month intervals. Is that true? I really care about my kitty i dont want her to have FIP shes individual 10 months old. :( Thanks for reading this :)
FIP is caused by the corona virus and typically shows up in cats at 6 months to 2 years of age.
There are 2 forms of FIP wet (effusive) or dry (noneffusive)
WIth the damp form fluid builds up in the abdomen and may restrict the lungs from working properly.
Cats with the showery form have difficulty breathing.
In the dry form the liver and kidney are effected.
Sometimes the eyes and brain or both are also effected.
If the eyes and brain are involved the prognosis is grave.
With FIP a cat presents near fever, inflammation of the eyes,respiratory signs and occasionally diarrhea.
Unfortunately there is no specific treatment for FIP.
Very rarely a cat may get better but as I said it is rare and have never seen it develop myself.
Sadly 95% of cats with FIP will succumb to the disease
In cats with the wet (effusive) form of FIP the disease progresses fast and usually they pass away in 2 months.
Cats with the dry (non effeusive) form may live several months to a year.
Supportive care and drugs to treat inflammation may keep them comfortable.
If your cat turns out to hold FIP you need to do whats best for your cat. As the disease progresses their condition deteriorates. They tend to stop eating and their quality of life span comes into question.
Follow your vets instructions and love your cat as you hold been all along. Your vet knows what she is chitchat about with FIP as it tends to come and travel.
FIP is an awful and tragic disease and I hope that your cat does not have it.
I will keep my fingers crossed and hope your cat get better soon!
With FIPV, when the symptoms finally start to show, they can resemble URI or intestinal diseases. But they do not procure better at any time. They get progressively worse and eventually lead to death. So this does not nouns like FIPV to me, and the negative test donate more to the doubt. I would check with another vet. Some cats just have weaker immune systems and are more prone to illnesses.
Answers: It's very difficult to test for FIP. There are primarily two versions of it, one version would have kill her already and the other one isn't that common and is about impossible to diagnose. Your vet probably would have be testing for coronavirus, if she tested negative for that, after it's highly unlikely that she could have FIP..
Some cats just take sick easier. Was she a bottle fed kitten? Kittens that are bottlefed MAY have lower resistance as adults.. I foster kittens and have have a couple that were constantly getting sick. A lot of them did outgrow it though.. I had one that was pretty much sick near calicivirus and URI from 6 weeks old on up to 8 months old.. Then, all of a sudden she be fine.. As far as I know, she's still fine.. Calicivirus can be a bugger to treat and IS recurrent to. It also fits all the symptoms..
You can read about it contained by the Merck Veterinary Manual.. Here is a link on FIP, I would assume your vet is guessing noneffusive FIP.
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.
All you can really do is treat her as best you can and hope for the best.. While there is some small chance it could be FIP, it is MORE promising to be calicivirus with stomatitis.. Stomatitis is a pesty condition to and causes ulcers within the stomach. Somehow, it's related to calicivirus and the two are often found together. We had a cat with it at the rescue I worked at and he have to be on a bland diet for several months, but, now you would never know how sick he was. He was also the with the sole purpose cat at the whole free range cat shelter that got it.
FIP-the drizzling version is horrible. I had to put one of my sweeties to sleep. They swell up...lose the use of their legs and their kidneys fail. No cure
The dry journal is apparently not so bad and they can live with it. They both are hard to assessment for.
I'm sorry :(
If you have her tested it was for FIV not FIP cause there is not a interview for FIP. Every cat has the potential for FIP and it is brought on by stress.
I have lost 3 to that horrible illness and the end one had seizures.
I am in rescue and they adjectives were several months apart. I hope she gets better and that is not FIP.
