Thanks. Yes, I do belong. And thank-you for sharing your personal experience, too. A friend had one cat die from FIP at about 2 years of age and his litter mate lived to 18. My other cats are all 8 or older. Tessa is age unknown but at least a year old. L
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Caroline Kaufmann Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:38 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] diagnosing FIP Have you joined the FIP yahoo group? If not, do so. They are great. [EMAIL PROTECTED] FIP is not really "contagious" in the sense that Felv is. I have had 3 fosters die of it and all the other fosters that were exposed to them are fine. And it's not because they were foster-mates or exposed to each other. It doesn't work like that. FIP is caused by the corona virus, which all cats in a rescue situation (mine were from animal control) and/or multi-cat household are more than likely going to have high titers for, but that doesn't mean they "have" FIP. A high corona virus titer for a lot of cats will mean nothing. FIP is a mutation of the corona virus- the body's inappropriate immune response to corona. There are theories and beliefs about the factors that contribute to the reason why in one cat with the high titer, they come down with FIP, but in another, they may never-- not even the dry form in old age; and yes, I have my theories and of course I think I know why I had 3 that didn't make it. So, essentially, there's not really an argument for segregating- even if you have a cat with a fat belly and it could be wet fip. I'm far from an expert, so you should join the FIP group to get all the information. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:27:48 -0600> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] diagnosing FIP> > I wrote earlier this week about Tessa's big belly. Before introducing her to> my other kitties I wanted to be sure she did not have FIP. Our internal med> vet offered to ultrasound her belly. She, too, was alarmed when she saw her.> The ultrasound showed just fat cells, no liquid. Great way to diagnose...at> least for the wet form!> Laurie> > > _______________________________________________> > > _______________________________________________> Felvtalk mailing list> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _________________________________________________________________ Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_5gb_112 008 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
