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One of my cats, 7 year old Figaro, started to lose weight a couple weeks ago (around Jan 23/25). Took him to vet Feb 3rd, by chance - seen on an xray- she found that he had fluid in his chest (he was not breathing hard or panting or coughing or open mouth breathing).
He was kind of worked up so she kept him overnight, and 'put him under' for fluid removal. She removed fluid, fluid was 'yellow straw color'. (I did not see fluid which now I regret!)
It was so thick she was unable to get all of it, so she asked to keep him again overnight. She started him on pred, clavamox and Lasix, to cover all bases until we could figure out what it was. T
The next day, she called to tell me that #1) the fluid that had been left in there the previous day was all but gone #2) the fluid was consistent with FIP due to the globulin vs protein ratio. She kept him Friday night as well - so she could rexray him on Saturday AM. She said she tried to tap him but again fluid was too thick to get out.
She did say it could be other things, so I took him to get an ultrasound to rule out the other potential causes. The ultrasound vet (my old vet clinic), prob spent a whole 5 minutes with Figaro in the ultrasound room (I was not in there). He told me when I walked in with the cat - before even seeing him - he was 100% sure it was FIP and there was zero reason to do an ultrasound. His temp was actually low @ the ultrasound apt (and normal at the first apt).
His blood work was perfectly fine. Globulins were slightly elevated but not a lot.
He is perfectly normal & we are going on 3 weeks from when I noticed weight loss I *feel* he has put on some of his weight altho realistically I know it could be fluid buildup (former vet did not even look at fluid I know, so mad at them!), but he isn't really poochy like he was before he got drained before.
He is going back tomorrow. I am going to see if she has to retap him if she will get another blood sample (hate to do it if he is awake, hate for him to stress any more than normal esp if it is FIP) to see if anything is changed, but typically in FIP, the WBC is low/high from what I read and his was normal.
I joined an FIP FB group in hopes of getting some answers, but of course they cant tell me. They say that FIP is usually in the abdomen, I read that only 34% of the time it occurs in the chest.
He also has not been thru any trauma or stress. Everything at our house has been the same as it always was. No new cats, nothing new at all.
He was kind of worked up so she kept him overnight, and 'put him under' for fluid removal. She removed fluid, fluid was 'yellow straw color'. (I did not see fluid which now I regret!)
It was so thick she was unable to get all of it, so she asked to keep him again overnight. She started him on pred, clavamox and Lasix, to cover all bases until we could figure out what it was. T
The next day, she called to tell me that #1) the fluid that had been left in there the previous day was all but gone #2) the fluid was consistent with FIP due to the globulin vs protein ratio. She kept him Friday night as well - so she could rexray him on Saturday AM. She said she tried to tap him but again fluid was too thick to get out.
She did say it could be other things, so I took him to get an ultrasound to rule out the other potential causes. The ultrasound vet (my old vet clinic), prob spent a whole 5 minutes with Figaro in the ultrasound room (I was not in there). He told me when I walked in with the cat - before even seeing him - he was 100% sure it was FIP and there was zero reason to do an ultrasound. His temp was actually low @ the ultrasound apt (and normal at the first apt).
His blood work was perfectly fine. Globulins were slightly elevated but not a lot.
He is perfectly normal & we are going on 3 weeks from when I noticed weight loss I *feel* he has put on some of his weight altho realistically I know it could be fluid buildup (former vet did not even look at fluid I know, so mad at them!), but he isn't really poochy like he was before he got drained before.
He is going back tomorrow. I am going to see if she has to retap him if she will get another blood sample (hate to do it if he is awake, hate for him to stress any more than normal esp if it is FIP) to see if anything is changed, but typically in FIP, the WBC is low/high from what I read and his was normal.
I joined an FIP FB group in hopes of getting some answers, but of course they cant tell me. They say that FIP is usually in the abdomen, I read that only 34% of the time it occurs in the chest.
He also has not been thru any trauma or stress. Everything at our house has been the same as it always was. No new cats, nothing new at all.
