At 09:07 AM 1/3/2007, you wrote:
Please be careful about the tummy thing. I have a few cats who look
like they are pregnant,,,,they are not and healthy.....Some have a
strange posture combined with obesity,, Lymphoma and several
treatable diseases,,,,,,It is just not that common in adult cats and
frequently has become a catch term we all dread,,,,,Titers are useless also,,,
Kelly
Hi Michelle,
I'm glad to read that Lucy is feeling better, but just for the
reference point: my Hepburn that I lost to wet FIP (also not
confirmed with a necropsy), succombed quickly, like Beth said, it
was over about a week and a half before I decided that she was
suffering more than enjoying life. Funny, one of the things that
made the decision so hard is that she would purr. I didn't know
that it was called the purring disease, but I did know that purring
doesn't always mean content, it can also mean pain or fear. In any
event, her belly was quite round - think of a very pregnant horse -
or maybe a pregnant cat, I don't know, I've never seen one. No real
disguising it. I still get nervous sometimes with Satchmo and
Beatrix though - especially Bea since she's longer haired and a
kitten, and it's hard to tell if she's fluffy, got a full little
belly, or is dying - that's pretty much how my mind works. :)
My test is to palpate the tummy when they are standing, if you can
feel the "ropy"/bumpy muscle, connective tissue, whatever, that's in
there, then you're fine, if you can press in and there is "nothing"
resisting your fingers, then I would worry. This is not to say that
it means wet FIP, it just means that I would worry.
Anyway, I am glad that you don't need this info now, but in case it
comes up in the future for anyone.
By the way, they did draw some of the fluid and tested for lymphoma,
it came back negative, so combined with the lethargy, inappetance,
and belly...I can't remember if there was a fever, the vet concluded wet FIP.
Leslie
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Subject: fip question
I spoke to my vet about lucy, and he did not see a reason to bring her in.
He agreed that her discomfort for a few hours in the evening is probably
related to her ibd and to up her flagyl and pred a little.
I have, though, probably irrationally, started worrying about wet FIP. Her
sides look a little pooched out to me, which may just be that she had lost
some weight for the couple weeks she did not want her turkey mush and looks a
bit skinny all over and has just started gaining it back so may
be gaining it
back in her tummy first. But, not knowing why she is getting uncomfortable
for a few hours a day, and being paranoid about fip, I started worrying that
maybe the poochiness is fluid accumulation. I looked for a wet
fip photo online
but can not find one. I found info on wet fip symptoms, and it did say that
fluid accumulation can happen slowly and that other symptoms can be
intermittent inappetance and depression. Does anyone think she
could have fip? When
she is not having the discomfort, she is pretty normal, maybe a slight bit
less active than usual, but she is eating quite a bit. When cats
get wet fip,
are the symptoms normally constant? Should I be worried about this? And is
fluid accumulation very obviously fluid, or could it look sort of like tummy
weight gain (i.e. when I look at her from behind, her butt looks
thin and I can
see her sides sticking out a bit, rather than just chubby all over like my
other cats). Does the fluid feel mush like water, or firm? If I press on her
belly, it just feels like her stomach is bigger.
Thanks for any thoughts or advice. I think if I call my vet and ask him
this he will think I have gone round the bend, but I am feeling anxious.
michelle
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