Can an indoor cat get FIP?

I feed a stray outside and I have an indoor cat. The indoor cat has no contact with the outside, bowls don' go in and out or anything like that and he is vaccinated. 

The outdoor cat is panting and I googled it and it said maybe it's FIP, a virus.

Can my cat get this? I don;t pet the cat or share bowls between the two. 

There is a vaccine for this but it's generally not recommended. Most cats 95% who get fip celar the sickness by themselves.

The question shows a lack of understanding of FIP (not your fault). Can your can get FIP though? The answer is yes and no FIP is a transformation of the coronavirus that is lethal. I had two kittens Sera and Tsuki. Tsuki tragically passed of FIP on March 10th and was euthanized to shorten her suffering. Sera her sister (same mother) is still alive and well at this point. As for what I am saying well the coronovirus itself is very common but FIP itself is NOT really transmittable in the sense your thinking as least that I know of. It is spread mostly through litter boxes to my knowledge too.

Yeah, I found it. It is passed through feces so since my cat is indoor only, he can't get it.

I wonder why the stray is panting. My neighbor and I feed him but I can't bring every stray to the vet.

ander35 said:

 
Yeah, I found it. It is passed through feces so since my cat is indoor only, he can't get it.

I wonder why the stray is panting. My neighbor and I feed him but I can't bring every stray to the vet.

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I have a few questions for you beyond panting if you don't mind not a vet just what I've seen...

1. Is he eating normally?

2. Is he still active?

3. Is he hiding?

Constant sleep, lack of eating, and hiding are 3 signs I've seen.

no he seems to be eating and present. maybe it isnt fip that is causing the panting.

ander35 said:

no he seems to be eating and present. maybe it isnt fip that is causing the panting.

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FIP should not be something you should be worried about or thinking about, there are much more common problems that outdoor cats are exposed to, and you can't diagnose a cat with FIP by looking at it.

Generally, if its open mouth breathing it could be one of several things. Overheating (what's the outside temp like?), nasal congestion due to an URI so it has no choice but to breath through its nose, or possibly some other less likely causes. Open mouth breathing in cats is a bad sign generally, and the cat likely needs a vet.  Do you see any signs of congestion like goopy or partially closed eyes, mucous around the nose, a generally poor looking condition?  Can you catch the cat and take him to the vet?

Again, thinking about FIP (and i'm speaking generally - unless you have a cat that appears to be dying for no reason) is like diagnosing someone with leprosy because they have flaky skin.  Yes FIP exists, but it shouldn't be your focus.

It was like 95 degrees out , I am in Miami. Plus I wasnt refilling the water daily I was just feeding them dry food. They are outdoor strays we just feed them as an extra.

My cats would probably pant too in that sort of weather.  An additional cause for panting as a symptom is HW disease.  In felines, the worms often end up in the lungs, making breathing difficult.

But to the notion of FIP--despite the name, it's not thought to be directly contagious.  The coronavirus it mutates from is highly contagious but fairly benign and definitely common.  The last time I checked no one was sure yet why coronavirus sometimes mutated to FIP, but there might be a hereditary inclination in the immune response to the coronavirus causing the FIP.

FIP is usually a guess-diagnosis, at least in my fosters.  If they're FTT and no reason apparent why, we usually go to FIP.  One of my vets said something about seeing some sort of signs in the cat's eye of FIP but I didn't understand what he meant.  We see the dry form more frequently than wet, maybe because wet is more obvious and those cats that look like wet FIP we never pull.

All the same it is a nasty disease and not much to do but euthanize and give them a painless passing.

ander35 said:

 
It was like 95 degrees out , I am in Miami. Plus I wasnt refilling the water daily I was just feeding them dry food. They are outdoor strays we just feed them as an extra.

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Do they have shade?  Perhaps you can create a shaded "thing" for them in a breezy area along with a constant supply of water?