Wow - good for you for doing right by Buttercup! You'll go to heaven on that one ;-)
From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Evans Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Charle I don't know why some vets are so uninformed but I have had seemingly intelligent vets tell me that this or that cat had FIP because the cat had a high titer for the corona virus. This is NOT FIP. Many cats get a corona virus. Some actually become ill from it but with regular symptoms of illness - high fever, anorexic, lethargic but not the usual fluid filled chest cavity that is one of the signs of FIP (but could also be heart disease). FIP is not all that common in cats, even in strays. The few cats I rescued with genuine FIP were NOT FeLv+ or FIV+. It seems to me that vets want to blame every illness on cats who are positive for one of the combo test disorders. Sometimes I suspect that the vets want to give us a reason to dispose of the cat without having a guilty conscience since it's "terminally ill" anyway. I had a cat with a high titer for the corona virus. She was diagnosed with FIP. What she had was a high fever. She had a miscarriage (pregnant stray calico, very friendly) in my backyard. She was burning up with fever. They said to have her euthanized. I said no. They said FIP, I said no. She had to be spayed on an emergency basis because the rest of the fetuses were not alive. They returned a live almost bald skeleton cat to me and told me she had about a 10% chance of living through the week because she had FIP. I said she did not have it. Took home Buttercup, syringe fed her for almost a month. Flea combed her every day in the isolation room she inhabited in my house. She began eating on her own after a month. Her fur grew back. She began high-jumping after bouncing balls. She grew fat. I took her back for her rabies shot and vet was astonished. Said she had recovered from FIP. I said she had recovered from a corona virus infection. She was eventually adopted.My FeLv+ cats never had FIP. Some actually fought off the FeLv virus and now test negative. Two passed away from the disease when it became active. _____ From: Margo <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Charle Hi Beth, That's new to me. Could you please point me towards more information? I've had several cats "diagnosed" with FIP, and none were confirmed, so I'm curious as to a possible link to FeLV. Might explain a few things. Thanks, Margo -----Original Message----- >From: Beth <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 10, 2013 10:36 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Charle > >FIP is common in FeLV cats > >Marci Greer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >>Hi everyone,We took Charles (felv+) to the vet this morning and they did an xray of his chest, their is a lot of fluid in his chest cavity, she said it could possibly be a tumor. She gave him a shot of cortisone and a shot of Lasix, sent us home with Lasix pills as well. I am hoping that the Lasix gets rid of all of the fluid and hopefully we can by some time if it is a tumor. If anyone has any advise or thoughts....I don't wantto loose one of our babies. >>_______________________________________________ >>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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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