Re: Worried about your other kitties/Felvtalk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25

[Tad Burnett]

When I 1st started keeping FeLV+ kitties and asking my vet should I do this or that... He gave me some valuable advise.... "Don't drive myself crazy worrying about things"... Keeping stress for the kitties to a minimum is the best thing you can do... They can sense your worry and that will result in stress... Too much isolation may result in less attention and living in a manner that they are used to can be stressful... I say give them all the love and good food and fresh water and toys and the happy life they deserve and just take it day by day... Tad Kat wrote: Beth, Please do not be so worried - I have had 3 kitties in my house of cats over the past 20 years that had the dry form of FIP - but none of the others have had any problems whatsoever!! These were 3 non-overlapping kitties, so they didn't get it from each other either. FIP is a mutation of a very common corona virus that causes digestive upsets. All of my cats must have been exposed to this corona virus, but only 3 out of around 70 (yes, I rescue) in those 20 years mutated and died. Go ahead and clean everything well, use bleach in the laundry, keep your other kitties as healthy as possible, but don't obsess. Kat (Mew Jersey) On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Gary Murphy wrote: Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:36:51 -0400 From: Gary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25 Thank you everyone for your condolences on Alice's passing. How ironic that a horrible experience like this leads to such a kind,wonderful group of people. I hate to ask again so soon, but I need some more advice. My sorrow for Ally is beginning to being eclipsed by panic for the fates of the others in our house. Does anyone here have any experience with FCoV and/or FIP? The vet called my husband with Ally's test results, said that it was a very,very slight positive antibody titre (1 in 100?). I'm not even sure if that is for FIP or coronavirus. The information we have been getting from the vet seems to conflict with what we are reading on the web. She seems to think it somewhat likely that they will come down with FIP as they were probably exposed at the same time as Ally, whereas some of the web sites say that only FCoV is transmisable, and that it then sometimes mutates into deadly FIP individually within each cat in response to stress. I threw out the thermome! te! r I used on Ally, am running out to buy a new one so I can temp them all and isolate (where I don't know, I'm out of bedrooms) any that might be getting sick. They appear healthy so far, but all four of them have wet sneezes at least once a day, and three of them occasionally have a bit of eye gunk and always have a tiny bit of the 3rd eyelid showing way in the corner of their eyes. Blue seems syptom free so far, her eyes are clear and no sneezing, although she is getting eardrops for a mild infection. Any experiences you can share are greatly appreciated. Thank you so much, Beth