Recent Content by serena77

Yes, I'm the one from Italy: I have been to the US this summer for vacation, so I get a little used to the Euro-USD change (I also found the US to be awfully expensive, much more than I figured, but this is a different story). 30 Euros is what I pay normally for a visit or check up (38 Euros if...

I share your bewilderment re the veterinarian; the only thing I can say is that, despite cats are probably the most common pet along with dogs, not all vets are really knowledgeable about them, maybe because they wrote their thesis on another animal (dog, horses, cattle, rodents, etc...) and...

The only good thing about FIP is that when a cat dies of it, it's very unlikely that other cats, whether they have lived with the ill/deceased cat or they have been adopted later, will develop it. This because the FIP is caused by a genetic mutation of feline Corona virus. Also consider that...

I think the choice mostly depends on your opinions and on which wet food you choose to feed your cat (and, last but not least, on what the cat likes most ). I've fed my two cats for years complementary wet food (like Applaws cans, just to give you an example), thus I had to add dry food to their...

In my personal experience with cats there is a huge difference between not eating at all and eating very little; at times all the cats I know lose appetite and end up eating half of a 3oz can a day or even less. If the cats is not lethargic, does everything it uses to do normally and shows no...

Orijen, as other brands such as Acana, Applaws, etc... has a high fresh meat content, which is good on one hand and not so good on the other one: they apparently use fresh and organic ingredients, add cranberries extract which is a natural support for urinary system, don't use cereals, which is...

Two more clarifications: the FIP pathogen is a virus, not a parasite. Viruses are unable to reproduce outside a "guest" they infect and whose cells they hijack in order to force them to replicate viral RNA instead of their own genetic code. This makes their survival in the environment much...

I'm sorry to disagree with mgilbert32, but quarantine of fip cats is generally useless: they got ill at least days, if not weeks before signs of the FIP begin to appear. Meanwhile, they have obviously spread the virus in the litterbox (Corona virus is generally eliminated through faeces) and in...

It depends on the virus or bacterion (some can survive longer than others); as for FIP, some vets recommend a six weeks long quarantine before you get another cat. Fortunately (and this is the only good news about FIP) only 5-10% of the cats that come into contact with Corona virus will develop...

This summer I rushed to the vet after one of my cats vomited four times in a single morning after eating a chicken + shrimps can: Edhel has always been a first class puker, but throughout the years I have observed that this doesn't happen randomly, but only if/when 1) she eats too fast, 2) she...

I completely agree with 2bcat; a 100% certain diagnosis of FIP can be obtained only post mortem (after the cat's death) in most cases. Sadly the symptoms you reported are consistent with a FIP diagnosis, but there are other possibilities too to consider before coming to the conclusion that it...

I'm the one who guessed (wrongly!) that you were from New York: I simply read that your vet's office was located on the 17th street and I decided straight away that it had to be in New York city. I beg your pardon: I'm from Italy and didn't consider that there must be a 17th street almost in...

First of all, how does your cat feel? Is she really sick at the moment? I'll start by saying that I live in Europe (in Italy to be precise), so what I'm going to say might be true for my country, but not in the US (you're generally more technically advanced than us and this is true also for...

Hi, I hope Libby is feeling better. From what I've read, this looks as an allergic reaction to any of the medicaments she was given or to the vaccination (is that the first time you got her vaccinated against rabies? Is it recommended even for housecats? From what I have gathered you live in New...

I suppose I'm plying my cats then: I generally feed each of them 1 and a half 3 oz can a day (they eat three times a day half a can each) plus dry food on request (approximatively 20 grams which should be about 0,7 oz, no idea of how many cups it is. I use a kicthen scale when I want them to...