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I'm taking care of Andraste, a 1y6mo female mixed breed. She has all her shots, is an indoor cat and has no feline companions right now, but she lived in a house full of cats until she was 4mo. Until august of this year the vet would always laugh and say "this princess is as healthy as she can be".
Recently she started to shy away from people, she's not eating or playing anymore, and lost 17% of her weight in an absurdly short period of time. I took her to the vet and she had a high fever. After a couple of blood tests and ultrasonic exams, the vet said she has "dry" FIP, her liver is already showing some signs of it, and soon she'll not be around anymore.
It wasn't "It could be FIP" but "the viral count is too high and she's exibiting the signs. It is FIP". I was hoping for anything else, really, from feline depression (I've been working too hard lately) to FIV. FIP was a surprise.
I wanna know a little about the sickness and euthanasia. I read books and half of the internet, but I want to know from pet owners as well. I decided Andraste will be put to sleep as soon as she starts to feel any kind of pain that makes her unable to enjoy the attention and love me and my friends give her, since her condition is incurable and inevitably lethal. So there's no point in waiting for her to start suffering too much or too long, I guess. She's already suffering enough with all the force feeding, blood drawing and injections, so feeding tubes and intravenous medication is a no-no, mainly because everyone told me she will die anyway and there's nothing I can do except end her suffering "when the time is right".
Am I being fair? Is there any conspiracy theory or madness that can say Andraste could eventually be ok? I read a book (by John August) that say a cat that doesn't get any better with treatment in three days... will only get worse. And it's been five days already and things are not too ok - three days ago she was still eating on her own If I offered her small amounts of wet food with a spoon, a week ago she chased a butterfly, but now she just... Lies there.
Can I get some hope or support, please?
PS: Sorry for the bad english
Recently she started to shy away from people, she's not eating or playing anymore, and lost 17% of her weight in an absurdly short period of time. I took her to the vet and she had a high fever. After a couple of blood tests and ultrasonic exams, the vet said she has "dry" FIP, her liver is already showing some signs of it, and soon she'll not be around anymore.
It wasn't "It could be FIP" but "the viral count is too high and she's exibiting the signs. It is FIP". I was hoping for anything else, really, from feline depression (I've been working too hard lately) to FIV. FIP was a surprise.
I wanna know a little about the sickness and euthanasia. I read books and half of the internet, but I want to know from pet owners as well. I decided Andraste will be put to sleep as soon as she starts to feel any kind of pain that makes her unable to enjoy the attention and love me and my friends give her, since her condition is incurable and inevitably lethal. So there's no point in waiting for her to start suffering too much or too long, I guess. She's already suffering enough with all the force feeding, blood drawing and injections, so feeding tubes and intravenous medication is a no-no, mainly because everyone told me she will die anyway and there's nothing I can do except end her suffering "when the time is right".
Am I being fair? Is there any conspiracy theory or madness that can say Andraste could eventually be ok? I read a book (by John August) that say a cat that doesn't get any better with treatment in three days... will only get worse. And it's been five days already and things are not too ok - three days ago she was still eating on her own If I offered her small amounts of wet food with a spoon, a week ago she chased a butterfly, but now she just... Lies there.
Can I get some hope or support, please?
PS: Sorry for the bad english