Hi everyone,
My cat Shiro is 5-6 months old. His head started to tilt yesterday and he started to experience difficulty walking. He can't balance himself, he sometimes drops to floor when he tries to jump or run, and now he has a continious, severe head tilt. Of course I rushed him to vet immediately, they suspected toxoplasma,FIP or neurological disease. Toxoplasma test is negative and Corona is positive. CBC results are perfect, nothing is out of ordinary. At this point the vet thinks it's either FIP or something else. He's on antibiotics and prednisone. Probably an MRI will be performed in the following days, vet didn't want to perform it right away because I've just spent tons of money on my HCM cat Ziba's routine heart ultrasound, additional abdominal ultrasound and spleen biopsy because they suspect she has lymphoma, so I'm out of money.
I found Shiro when he was 1,5 months old at the street with a mild upper respiratory infection, after it was treated he had corneal inflammation, that turned into full blown glacouma resulting in lens luxation. I was trying to find money for his lens removal/renewal operation and now this happened. Glaucoma is not new, he had been getting treatment for 3,5 months until a month ago.
I don't want to believe it's FIP. Because he's fine other than his head tilt and balance difficulty. He tries to play with me, he runs (but usually falls), he tries to crab walk but he's not able to (it's his favorite play move). Because of his balance problem he gets tired quickly and throws himself in the floor but at least he tries to play, he's not lethargic. He eats. He was always a fussy eater, from day one and always very slim because he never eats a lot. But he wants to eat now, only he finds it very hard because of his severe head tilt, so can't eat much. He also can't clean himself in anywhere other than his front paws. He can't scratch himself too. Also, he is normally a very vocal cat, he always chirps and now I can't get any sound from him. He constantly purrs now.
I know this is just the beginning, he started to show symptoms only yesterday and can get worse any second but something tells me if it was FIP that caused these severe neurological symptoms, then it can't be just the beginning of the disease and there must be other symptoms that accompany them.
If you have experience with this type of FIP, can you please tell me what do you think of this situation? Did anyone have or hear about a cat who developed FIP but showed only neurological signs with good blood work results?
Thank you.
My cat Shiro is 5-6 months old. His head started to tilt yesterday and he started to experience difficulty walking. He can't balance himself, he sometimes drops to floor when he tries to jump or run, and now he has a continious, severe head tilt. Of course I rushed him to vet immediately, they suspected toxoplasma,FIP or neurological disease. Toxoplasma test is negative and Corona is positive. CBC results are perfect, nothing is out of ordinary. At this point the vet thinks it's either FIP or something else. He's on antibiotics and prednisone. Probably an MRI will be performed in the following days, vet didn't want to perform it right away because I've just spent tons of money on my HCM cat Ziba's routine heart ultrasound, additional abdominal ultrasound and spleen biopsy because they suspect she has lymphoma, so I'm out of money.
I found Shiro when he was 1,5 months old at the street with a mild upper respiratory infection, after it was treated he had corneal inflammation, that turned into full blown glacouma resulting in lens luxation. I was trying to find money for his lens removal/renewal operation and now this happened. Glaucoma is not new, he had been getting treatment for 3,5 months until a month ago.
I don't want to believe it's FIP. Because he's fine other than his head tilt and balance difficulty. He tries to play with me, he runs (but usually falls), he tries to crab walk but he's not able to (it's his favorite play move). Because of his balance problem he gets tired quickly and throws himself in the floor but at least he tries to play, he's not lethargic. He eats. He was always a fussy eater, from day one and always very slim because he never eats a lot. But he wants to eat now, only he finds it very hard because of his severe head tilt, so can't eat much. He also can't clean himself in anywhere other than his front paws. He can't scratch himself too. Also, he is normally a very vocal cat, he always chirps and now I can't get any sound from him. He constantly purrs now.
I know this is just the beginning, he started to show symptoms only yesterday and can get worse any second but something tells me if it was FIP that caused these severe neurological symptoms, then it can't be just the beginning of the disease and there must be other symptoms that accompany them.
If you have experience with this type of FIP, can you please tell me what do you think of this situation? Did anyone have or hear about a cat who developed FIP but showed only neurological signs with good blood work results?
Thank you.
