Gloria, Don't know much about FIP but we had a cat that had it. 2 of her 3 kittens died. She survived along with one of her kittens. The person who had her had some other fosters. One of them died from FIP. The strange thing is that the other 6 cats did not.
I do also know that one of the volunteers was over there and she was helping during this time. She ended up coming home and bring it home (I assume) since right after she was there a few of hers got FIP. I believe it depends on the health of the cat and age. I see cats that are healthy and are over 2 seem to be a little safer. Looks to me it's like FELV, maybe there are some strands and different strengths depending on strands? Carla Date sent: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:52:11 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ??? Uveitis or FIP Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I don't know that much about FIP - so this is interesting. But I > thought that FIP was not contagious, that it was a genetic mutation or > something. Anybody? > > Gloria > > At 02:34 AM 10/18/2004, you wrote: > >The count could be higher next time he is tested. The good news is he > >may be able to fight it off if it is FIP. If it is FIP .....there are > >2 stages. The first & the second. As long as the cat is in the first > >stage he will not act sick because he will not feel sick. If it is > >FIP and it goes into the 2nd stage the bad news is the 2nd stage is > >fatle As for your other cats....sometime ago when I had 18 cats I was > >fostering a cat that came down with FIP in the 2nd stage. I really > >sweat it out for several weeks because all of them had shard the same > >water bowls, etc. I was really lucky none of my 18 cats came down > >with it. Or if they did and fought it off I don't know. My vet said > >it would be a wast of money to have them tested because if they did > >have it there was nothing that could be done. Also 95% of the vets in > >the San Francisco area refuse to give the FIV vaccine. About 3yrs > >after the vaccine came out Vets began to feel the vaccine was giving > >cats FIV. > >
