If a kitten is not exposed to any cats but the adult with whom we live (who came from the same cattery) and, less than 2 months later, has tests run indicating FIP, I have no choice but to believe that she contracted it within the breeder's home.
What recourse, if any, would I, as a consumer, have in this matter? What would you do if a buyer returned to you two months later and said, "All the tests point to FIP, and the vet concludes that it was most likely contracted your home environment"? (The breeder once told me that she does not test her kittens for FIP/ FeLV but does test her adults.)
Not all of the test results are back, but our cats' feline-only veterinarian seems downheartened by the results she's seen thus far. I won't know with more certainty until Tuesday (or possibly Wed.).
I've had nothing but financial setbacks and, now, heartache since bringing home this kitten; I paid high dollars for a healthy cat and am devestated on all fronts (firstly, emotionally/ psychologically; secondly, financially); I am at my wits end. My husband, grieving internally (as men are wont to do), has said that if it is FIP, he won't purchase another purebred; moreoever, he said that he won't ever want another cat. I know it's thoughts of loss talking (especially the thought of possibly losing our adult, as well, to the disease), but I'm scared that he may turn out to mean it.
I'm terrified that if it is FIP, we literally won't be able to ever have another cat, as our adult, at best, would now be a carrier for the disease.
What recourse, if any, would I, as a consumer, have in this matter? What would you do if a buyer returned to you two months later and said, "All the tests point to FIP, and the vet concludes that it was most likely contracted your home environment"? (The breeder once told me that she does not test her kittens for FIP/ FeLV but does test her adults.)
Not all of the test results are back, but our cats' feline-only veterinarian seems downheartened by the results she's seen thus far. I won't know with more certainty until Tuesday (or possibly Wed.).
I've had nothing but financial setbacks and, now, heartache since bringing home this kitten; I paid high dollars for a healthy cat and am devestated on all fronts (firstly, emotionally/ psychologically; secondly, financially); I am at my wits end. My husband, grieving internally (as men are wont to do), has said that if it is FIP, he won't purchase another purebred; moreoever, he said that he won't ever want another cat. I know it's thoughts of loss talking (especially the thought of possibly losing our adult, as well, to the disease), but I'm scared that he may turn out to mean it.
I'm terrified that if it is FIP, we literally won't be able to ever have another cat, as our adult, at best, would now be a carrier for the disease.