With Serenity, my felv+ kitty who passed last Thanksgiving, she was in the best
veterinary hands that money could buy.
He is a feline specialist w/ 40+ yrs. experience.
Dr. Smith confirmed wet FIP, then we started her on predisone & Doxy.
Her stomach was huge, so I bought her a big "donut" type bed and put it on top
of 2 thick blankets.
This way she could relax in comfort, because of all the cushioning and the
donut area in the bed rested her belly.
She was a beautiful Sealpoint Rex that came from an animal cruelty
confiscation, breeder gone bad situation.
The owner had a house fire, and the cats were trapped inside.
I also acquired Lola, a doll faced cream & chocolate Persian w/ her, as well as
Ursula, an applehead Sealpoint Siamese.
Lola also tested a "hot" pos @ AC where she was being held w/ the other 65 cats
& kittens that were confiscated, Ursula tested neg/neg.
When I took Ursula in for her spay 2 months later, she tested a light pos. for
felv.
I still have Ursula & Lola, as well as Pugsley from this seizure.
Pugsley I call my $10,000. kitten.
He was in a litter of three kittens, all very small, undernourished, massive
ringworm & life threatening URI.
One kitten passed fairly soon due to a non functioning GI track.
Pugsley was @ Central Texas Cat Hospital for 6 months, w/ his surviving
littermate, in quarantine.
I only had space for either neg/neg cats or felv+. cats, no room for
"inbetweens".....
After Serenity passed, I brought home Pugsley who still tests neg/ neg, even
though he was from a house of 65 cats, most of who were felv+.
He must have been in cage or something.
Pugsley brings such joy to my life, (regardless of his litterbox issues) he is
a flamepoint Rex now approaching his 1st birthday.
He had very tender skin that will irritate him from time to time, and chronic
weepy eyes that I gentley wash several times per day.
Ursula was obviously a "breeder", she is close to 5 yrs, was unspayed, and
walks like she lived in a cage all of her life until I got her.
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
"As Cleopatra lay in state,
Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
Purring welcomes of soft applause,
Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
Trajan Tennent
----- Original Message -----
From: Belinda
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Tomi has joined Kisa and Koda
The problem is MANY times the vet ESPECIALLY with a positive cat will
assume it's FIP and NOT look for anything else ... and the cat will die from
something that was in many cases treatable.
And yes, there are lots of diseases that have similiar symptoms, but when
those diseases are ruled out by medical tests, it only can be assumed that it
is FIP.
--
Belinda
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