Recent Content by Carol28

Such a sweet baby. I hate this damn disease. I hope u will be together again one day, and then for ever. Endless and boundless joy.

Thanks for your support. I guess most cats either recover or are not too sick from the initial virus. Later the virus can mutate into fip - rarely - in some cats. What's puzzling me is that it took many years to run the course. I usually read that kittens are exposed to one of these corona...

That reply of mine needs to be clearer. The second cat, Kodi, had been in our home, away from other kitties for 8+ years, and then he got sick. He had been very healthy. Also should mention that they tested the abdominal fluid DNA, and it was positive for feline infectious peritonitis.

I'm so sorry. It happens so fast, mere days from being totally normal to so sick. I understand that there are 2 very good treatments/cures for full blown fip, but they are in commercial development and out of our reach for now. I hate this horrible, horrible disease and everything about it. The...

Can an 8 year old cat, living for all those years in an indoor, 2 cat only household, develop corona-virus symptoms from an infection caught as a kitten --- 8 full years before? Can this virus be dormant inside a cat for 8+ years before suddenly showing up? Our boy came down with a terrible...