Hello all,
I come to you to share my worries and read your ideas on the terrible situation I have been living lately.
Two months ago I adopted Sofi, a gorgeous calico kitten who is now 3 months and a half. After years wanting to get a cat but my parents never allowing one in the house, she is just a dream come true to me. Not to mention she overcame all of my expectations being the funniest, smartest, most loving creature in the entire world.
But Sofi is a very dependent kitten that will only play if you are around and seem sad if you have been gone a few hours more than she expects. It was for that reason that I wanted to find another kitten for her to have a sibling and play when we are out of the house at work.
So my search began and I first encountered a kitten that was recovering from malnutrition an ringworm. When I saw him the first time he put his paw in my face. I instantly got my heart melted... We named him Mau and waited for his treatment to be over so we could adopt him without any risk for our baby girl. But when I insisted they took him for the FIV and FLV tests something went really wrong. In a course of a week he was staying in the hospital and last tuesday he was put to sleep. He had severe liver and kidney failure due to a inborn condition of the heart. It broke my heart to lose him since we went see him every other day and had so many hopes for him being happy home with us...
So at the beggining I thought of never adopting another kitten but then I looked at Sofi and thought I had to do it for her, so I begun looking. That's when I found Eki, a 2 month old siamese kitten picked up by a good person from the streets with his sister. I adopted him and brought him home last thursday. He had been tested negative of FIV and FLV and was in a general good health condition. He had had diarrhea before but the vet that saw him thought it had more to do with the change of diet and was perfectly healthy when I took him home. That night he slept alone in the bathroom, but the next day by accident the kittens met. And they loved each other almost instantly. Eki loves Sofi to bits, he calls her is she is with me in another room, they play, sleep together and groom each other and they looked so happy! I was finally recovering from the heartbreak of loosing Mau.
On Friday morning I heard Eki cough and woke up worried. Brought him to the vet (the one the shelter where I adopted Sofi trusts) and she prescribed some antibiotics. She also thought he had an swollen belly due to probably worms since he had been given the treatment for that just two days earlier. He doesnt' cough anymore but he sneezes some times. Hot steam from bathes helps him a lot. He plays and eats just fine.
The real nightmare starts here. By Sunday aftenoon I realised Sofi was acting different than she usually is. She was tired, and sleeping too much. She is such an active kitten, I got worried so I thought I'd try putting her in front of her food... she didn't eat. I took some canned food which she normally would kill for but she didn't touch it. I called the emergency vet... Told him the syntoms and he didn't think I needed to worry but told me that I should check her temperature just in case. She was 40,5ºC... I rushed her to the emergency vet.
The vet said that she was probably just fighting off some virus but she was in a good healthy state so far. Gave her a shot of antiinflamatory medicine and prescribed low dosage of the oral version for the subsecuent two days. She was eating something even at the vet's office and when we came home she was also eating and even playing. The next day she didn't have a fever and ate normally in the morning.
But seeing her letargic still I thought I should call the vet (the one that works with the shelter) and tell her. She told me I had to give her some antibiotics too so I started to give her some.
The next morning she was worse again and refused to eat for the whole day. I found vomit in the morning and also some diarrhea. She refused taking the antibiotics and drool when I tried to. She also fought me when I tried to give her liquid or force fed her. She was in a very week condition and I was not eating or sleeping worrying sick about her. So I called the emergency vet again at night and he told me to try another version of the antibiotic but it wasn't doing it for her either.
Yesterday I took her to the vet and she is there now. The veterinarian told me that she was a healthy kitten and I shouldn't have brought Eki home without testing him for FIP... she said she thought she had FIP from him... And made me feel so guilty... I still feel like that now
Other than fever she doesn't have any symptoms, the vet says she had jaudice yesterday night but when she tried to show me today she didn't anymore. She is sure of the diagnosis and even though Sofi is now eating and has no fever, she still thinks is FIP...
I come to you to share my worries and read your ideas on the terrible situation I have been living lately.
Two months ago I adopted Sofi, a gorgeous calico kitten who is now 3 months and a half. After years wanting to get a cat but my parents never allowing one in the house, she is just a dream come true to me. Not to mention she overcame all of my expectations being the funniest, smartest, most loving creature in the entire world.
But Sofi is a very dependent kitten that will only play if you are around and seem sad if you have been gone a few hours more than she expects. It was for that reason that I wanted to find another kitten for her to have a sibling and play when we are out of the house at work.
So my search began and I first encountered a kitten that was recovering from malnutrition an ringworm. When I saw him the first time he put his paw in my face. I instantly got my heart melted... We named him Mau and waited for his treatment to be over so we could adopt him without any risk for our baby girl. But when I insisted they took him for the FIV and FLV tests something went really wrong. In a course of a week he was staying in the hospital and last tuesday he was put to sleep. He had severe liver and kidney failure due to a inborn condition of the heart. It broke my heart to lose him since we went see him every other day and had so many hopes for him being happy home with us...
So at the beggining I thought of never adopting another kitten but then I looked at Sofi and thought I had to do it for her, so I begun looking. That's when I found Eki, a 2 month old siamese kitten picked up by a good person from the streets with his sister. I adopted him and brought him home last thursday. He had been tested negative of FIV and FLV and was in a general good health condition. He had had diarrhea before but the vet that saw him thought it had more to do with the change of diet and was perfectly healthy when I took him home. That night he slept alone in the bathroom, but the next day by accident the kittens met. And they loved each other almost instantly. Eki loves Sofi to bits, he calls her is she is with me in another room, they play, sleep together and groom each other and they looked so happy! I was finally recovering from the heartbreak of loosing Mau.
On Friday morning I heard Eki cough and woke up worried. Brought him to the vet (the one the shelter where I adopted Sofi trusts) and she prescribed some antibiotics. She also thought he had an swollen belly due to probably worms since he had been given the treatment for that just two days earlier. He doesnt' cough anymore but he sneezes some times. Hot steam from bathes helps him a lot. He plays and eats just fine.
The real nightmare starts here. By Sunday aftenoon I realised Sofi was acting different than she usually is. She was tired, and sleeping too much. She is such an active kitten, I got worried so I thought I'd try putting her in front of her food... she didn't eat. I took some canned food which she normally would kill for but she didn't touch it. I called the emergency vet... Told him the syntoms and he didn't think I needed to worry but told me that I should check her temperature just in case. She was 40,5ºC... I rushed her to the emergency vet.
The vet said that she was probably just fighting off some virus but she was in a good healthy state so far. Gave her a shot of antiinflamatory medicine and prescribed low dosage of the oral version for the subsecuent two days. She was eating something even at the vet's office and when we came home she was also eating and even playing. The next day she didn't have a fever and ate normally in the morning.
But seeing her letargic still I thought I should call the vet (the one that works with the shelter) and tell her. She told me I had to give her some antibiotics too so I started to give her some.
The next morning she was worse again and refused to eat for the whole day. I found vomit in the morning and also some diarrhea. She refused taking the antibiotics and drool when I tried to. She also fought me when I tried to give her liquid or force fed her. She was in a very week condition and I was not eating or sleeping worrying sick about her. So I called the emergency vet again at night and he told me to try another version of the antibiotic but it wasn't doing it for her either.
Yesterday I took her to the vet and she is there now. The veterinarian told me that she was a healthy kitten and I shouldn't have brought Eki home without testing him for FIP... she said she thought she had FIP from him... And made me feel so guilty... I still feel like that now
Other than fever she doesn't have any symptoms, the vet says she had jaudice yesterday night but when she tried to show me today she didn't anymore. She is sure of the diagnosis and even though Sofi is now eating and has no fever, she still thinks is FIP...
