Hi Laurie, If there are no other symptoms (fever, pronounced spine) then I wouldn't worry. Wet FIP normally progresses pretty quickly, from my experience and what I've read. When I lost my Alice to it it was maybe 3 weeks or less from first noticing symptoms to having her so swollen and unresponsive to meds that we had to pts. As you may already know, FIP isn't directly contagious from cat to cat. Instead, the usually harmless but very contagious feline corona virus, which is present in a majority of shelter and cattery cats, happens to mutate into deadly FIP within a specific cat. So it IF Tessa has FIP, your others likely already have FCoV, even just with limited casual contact, but unlikely that it would mutate into FIP in another of your cats. Some strains of FCoV do seem to make deadly mutations easier than others, and genetics may make some cats more susceptible than others. In my case, Alice's siblings are all still here at 2.5 years...
Wouldn't worry too much, Beth On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Laurieskatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. Another FIP question. My foster cat Tessa has a large belly. She was > spayed and vet said she was full of fat cells. She kind of sways when she > walks. Another vet examined her and said her belly was firm and not spongy > like an FIP belly would be. Any thoughts? She has mostly been isolated but > is occasionally in areas in common with my cats but no direct cat to cat > contact and no sharing of food or water bowls. She has urinated in their > boxes a couple times. Would anyone here be concerned? > Thanks > Laurie et al > > -----Original Message----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
