Hello to everyone. I'm a new person here, because someone suggested i come check out the information pages. (Thanks, Anne). So a quick intro: There are five of us in our household in Texas. Two cats, Emily and Rusty, and their three servants, Carolle (me), David, and Lisa. Emily is two, we brought her with us when we moved home from Romania. She's a mostly white cat, with tabby splotches. Rusty is about a year and a half, and was adopted from a fostering group here in Flower Mound last December. he's a beautiful tabby with apricot overtones. Both neutered. Neither declawed. Both totally indoor cats due to our concerns for their health and wellbeing in F-150-ville. We've served cats for over 20 years, but are still learning!
Anyway, Em got sick last week. Exhaustive blood work showed FIP. We immediatly isolated her from Rusty (isn't this shutting the barn after the horse is gone?)and put her on Amoxil at the Vet's instructions. At this point, we're grasping at straws. Her FIP appears to be of the 'dry' variety. At this point, she's still eating, drinking, and . . . erm. . . . using her box normally. What, please, is the experience of others with this? We've lost two to FIP already - one 19 years ago, the other 13 years ago. Nothing at all was known then, and we just had them put to sleep. We want to fight with Em as long as she wants to live. How best to do that?
Thanks!
Anyway, Em got sick last week. Exhaustive blood work showed FIP. We immediatly isolated her from Rusty (isn't this shutting the barn after the horse is gone?)and put her on Amoxil at the Vet's instructions. At this point, we're grasping at straws. Her FIP appears to be of the 'dry' variety. At this point, she's still eating, drinking, and . . . erm. . . . using her box normally. What, please, is the experience of others with this? We've lost two to FIP already - one 19 years ago, the other 13 years ago. Nothing at all was known then, and we just had them put to sleep. We want to fight with Em as long as she wants to live. How best to do that?
Thanks!