As some of you may already know, I lost my 6 month old ragdoll kitten a little over a month ago from FIP. It was awful, anyone who has had a kitten die from it will agree. I spoke with the vet about getting another kitten. He assures me that as long as I disinfect everything it will be safe.
I have been cleaning ever since. I am soon ready to get another kitten maybe two this time. I have an 8 foot climber that I have sprayed three different weeks with bleach solution. I have taken apart my automatic litter box and soaked it for hours in a bleach solution. I purchased a carpet scrubber and scrubbed the entire house. I read that FIP is transmitted in poo and maybe saliva. I read that vacuming the floors and disinfecting the bowls bedding ect. is all that need to be done. I realize that poo is the main worry and that dried poo can be walked over the house as very small particles.
I realize the vet told me that the virus only lives for a few weeks in cat poo. But I am still very worried about getting another kitten. I am mainly worried about the litter box. Do you think it can ever be truely disinfected as it is the automatic kind? Should I unscrew the parts and spay the inner workings? I just loved having an automatic litterbox as it kept the litter so very clean. Even so I still changed the holding part twice a week. I would just toss it but it was fairly expensive. What would you do? Any where else I should clean? I threw all toys away. I spoke to a few people who got a kitten right away after theirs died from FIP but I have waited the length of time suggested on the net, I can't find anything about useing an automatic litter box over again.
I have been cleaning ever since. I am soon ready to get another kitten maybe two this time. I have an 8 foot climber that I have sprayed three different weeks with bleach solution. I have taken apart my automatic litter box and soaked it for hours in a bleach solution. I purchased a carpet scrubber and scrubbed the entire house. I read that FIP is transmitted in poo and maybe saliva. I read that vacuming the floors and disinfecting the bowls bedding ect. is all that need to be done. I realize that poo is the main worry and that dried poo can be walked over the house as very small particles.
I realize the vet told me that the virus only lives for a few weeks in cat poo. But I am still very worried about getting another kitten. I am mainly worried about the litter box. Do you think it can ever be truely disinfected as it is the automatic kind? Should I unscrew the parts and spay the inner workings? I just loved having an automatic litterbox as it kept the litter so very clean. Even so I still changed the holding part twice a week. I would just toss it but it was fairly expensive. What would you do? Any where else I should clean? I threw all toys away. I spoke to a few people who got a kitten right away after theirs died from FIP but I have waited the length of time suggested on the net, I can't find anything about useing an automatic litter box over again.
