Search Results for Query: FIV

Hey, just seeking advice on one of our cats, don’t know if I’m being dramatic or not. He is about 4 years old, indoor cat & has FIV+. He’s always been skinny so it’s nothing new but I’m not sure if he’s become skinnier? He is eating the same amount as usual, plays the same amount & has no...

I am considering adopting an older kitten. My problem is I already have a very high energy cat and I don't know if bringing in a cat that has fiv is a good idea. My instinct says bad idea but I would like some second opinions. Indy is my current cat and even though she is an adult she is high...

...3 week old kitten in a week. He said to just wait and see to make sure he doesn’t have any infections before introducing. He slightly mentioned FIV but didn’t seem too concerned. My family member told me that I cannot introduce them until the kitten gets tested so he can’t spread it. I...

Does anyone have experience or information regarding adoption of an FIV+ cat to live with cats who do not have the disease? I'm concerned about risking my current cats' health but have never had an FIV+ cat. Thank you!

We have a 14 year old cat that has many issues including IBS, hyper thyroid, myocarditis, high blood pressure, and FIV+. She recently has been diagnosed with rodent ulcer and had laser surgery to treat it. A biopsy was done and it came back negative. It was healing but recently flared back up...

Sad day 😞 our Mr. Snuggles has been losing weight and staying in the garage. Took him and had him checked out, bloodwork confirms FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus) and FELV (feline leukemia virus) both incurable and contagious. Only options are find him somewhere where he could be a single cat...

Surprisingly, my older cat Jet has FIV. He came to me as a stray a few years ago, and I don't think I had him tested, but when he got blood work done two weeks ago, the vet told me that one of the things it checked for was FIV, and he is positive. He has been doing fine other than having a...

Hello, I'm new here and trying to get a start, so sorry for the long thread. I recently found out my almost 11 year old cat is FIV+. It came as a big shock to us because he in not violent and has never attacked any other cats. Never been in a fight, and none of our other cats have FIV. He was...

Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum and sadly to the FIV world. I adopted my cat, Kuma (meaning bear in Japanese) from a refugee 2 years ago, and found out he is FIV+ just last week. He is about 9 years old and even though his blood tests came back ok, he is fighting a recurring fever at the...

...they must be very recent because I spent a lot of time with him today, and I didn’t see it at all until just now. Fred and cinnamon are both Fiv positive… I took them inside over a year ago… almost a year for cinnamon. They all had a very slow introduction and everything was going fine. They...

I apologize if this gets long. I just want to make sure I provide all the necessary information. I've been doing a lot of research on FIV+ cats and raw diets and the information is definitely a bit overwhelming and conflicting. I've reached the conclusion though, that a raw diet might be the way...

Friday night my FIV+ cat Lee-Lee are a fly mid flight, swallowed it hole. He was fine that night and ate another can of food an hour later. However throughout Saturday and today, he's had a poor appetite not eating much of his cans of food and doesn't run off after his toys with the speedy...

...from this, it's that you need to get a culture of your cat's mouth if you have any doubts about a stomatitis diagnosis. Especially if your cat is fiv+ and immunosuppresants are recommended. Our cat started to tilt her head while she ate and pawed her mouth a bit, so we took her to the vet...

...infection and glaucoma/uveitis in one eye. He was taken into foster care and was squeezed into a vet appnt 2 days later. Here were his stats: FIV (he was negative 2 years ago) Glaucoma on left eye w/ possible lymphoma behind it (in need of eye removal and biopsy) Severe periodontal disease...

My cat Jack, around 15 years and FIV positive has been diagnosed with an intestinal mass following an ultrasound. I don't know what type of mass it is but the vets notes are as follows, 'large mid intestinal mass present intestinal wall thickness up to 1 cm in areas and enlarged mesenteric lymph...

...issues with Malachi (no guarantees of course). In the past when I adopted a new cat, it was always strongly recommended to do a SNAP test for FIV and FeLV. Now I’ve been reading that’s it’s not that common and many rescues that used to screen are no longer doing it (mainly due to cost I...

...with no other symptoms and we’ve been making every test possible in order to find out why. We did blood, X-rays and he’s fine. We got to do FIV and Felv tests and the result came positive for Fiv. We were said it will be done again next week but until then I was wondering how many chances are...

Does anyone have any experience of dealing with renal failure in FIV cats? Albert, in my banner below, is a 9 year old cat that came from a colony I TNR'd. He was neutered at around 8 or 9 months old, blood tested negative for FIV and FeLV then and was given his core vaccines. Always been very...

Hello, fellow cat lovers! I’m not sure I’ve chosen the right forum for this question, but hopefully cat lovers here have experience with FIV+ cats and can advise regarding cohabitation with kitties who are FIV-. Brief background: In late January, a stray started coming to my house daily for...

We adopted a cat with FIV. We happened to have some random off brand kitten kibble(he is an adult but it was an unplanned adoption) and I got some canned fancy feast because the dude barely has any teeth. Next time I go to the pet store I'm wanting to look into some more nutritious food for...