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Hello everyone. I'd just posted on here about 5 months ago for the first time, because my beloved Looney had to be put to sleep because the vet believed he had the dry form of FIP. It's only been 5 months since then, and now here I am... With another one of my babies, stuck with a fever that just wont STAY down. I don't believe it's FIP, Because I was reading and was told that if he was going to get FIP it would've happened back when Looney was sick. So the odds were that the other cat's who were around Looney had fought off the virus. But, 5 months down the road and I feel like I'm reliving my nightmare all over again
My doll Sylvester got sick a few day's ago. We noticed he looked as if he'd lost some weight, so we checked his temp. It was at a high fever of 106! I quickly called out vets to make an appointment and we brought him in on the 6th. My vet knew I was worried, and fearful because of what we went through last time trying to save our other cat. She gave him fluids in his back and put him on an antibiotic called Doxycyline. He takes 3ml twice a day. We started that immediately Thursday. It is now Saturday, and he's still running a fever. But what I'm stumped on is how it keeps jumping down and then slightly climbs back up. Here are my charts for each time we've checked his temp, starting from Thursday and for today.
106F
104F
103.8F
100F
102.5F
104F
101.3F
104.2F
103.8F
101.2F
And then we checked him again just recently and it'd climbed back up to a 103.8.
WHAT IS GOING ON!?
He's eating still, peeing and pooping. Poop and urine looks normal, no blood or anything like that. Once the fever drops down to normal levels he acts himself pretty much. Walks around, alert, and follows me around the house. But once it spikes back up to a fever, he's back to laying down and wanting to sleep. Does anyone have any idea what else it could be? Or am I jumping the gun, and maybe should give the antibiotics longer to take effect? I mean, they seem to be helping right? Considering his fever does break, I just don't understand why it keeps returning. He's eating lots of food, especially during the moment his fever does break he'll eat a LOT. I haven't noticed him drinking water, but I've been force water in his mouth using a syringe every few hour's to try and keep him hydrated.
I keep him in a cool room as well with a fan running, he mostly just sleeps on the bed. Before he got sick he was naturally just a lazy cat as well, loved to curl up in his favorite spots and nap for hour's and hour's on end. So I don't know how long he even could've been sick, since we didn't think about it until we noticed he'd lost some weight. Because his sides looked a little sunken in and when you'd pet him you could feel his spine bone. I'm so afraid of losing this little guy too, that it's been wrecking havoc on my own health. I know this is only day 3 of being on the single antibiotic. I'm just so scared, and can not for the life of me stop worrying. I was awake from 6am on Thursday until 10am THIS morning before I finally slept because the fear and worry has been causing anxiety and keeping me awake. And even then I only slept for about 5 hour's.
Any advice or personal opinions would be great! Also, has anyone else dealt with a fever like this? Where it's jumping around like his is, and how long should I wait to give the antibiotics a chance to really take effect? I would've thought by today that fever would be gone. Thanks for reading my long message.
My doll Sylvester got sick a few day's ago. We noticed he looked as if he'd lost some weight, so we checked his temp. It was at a high fever of 106! I quickly called out vets to make an appointment and we brought him in on the 6th. My vet knew I was worried, and fearful because of what we went through last time trying to save our other cat. She gave him fluids in his back and put him on an antibiotic called Doxycyline. He takes 3ml twice a day. We started that immediately Thursday. It is now Saturday, and he's still running a fever. But what I'm stumped on is how it keeps jumping down and then slightly climbs back up. Here are my charts for each time we've checked his temp, starting from Thursday and for today.
106F
104F
103.8F
100F
102.5F
104F
101.3F
104.2F
103.8F
101.2F
And then we checked him again just recently and it'd climbed back up to a 103.8.
WHAT IS GOING ON!?
He's eating still, peeing and pooping. Poop and urine looks normal, no blood or anything like that. Once the fever drops down to normal levels he acts himself pretty much. Walks around, alert, and follows me around the house. But once it spikes back up to a fever, he's back to laying down and wanting to sleep. Does anyone have any idea what else it could be? Or am I jumping the gun, and maybe should give the antibiotics longer to take effect? I mean, they seem to be helping right? Considering his fever does break, I just don't understand why it keeps returning. He's eating lots of food, especially during the moment his fever does break he'll eat a LOT. I haven't noticed him drinking water, but I've been force water in his mouth using a syringe every few hour's to try and keep him hydrated.
I keep him in a cool room as well with a fan running, he mostly just sleeps on the bed. Before he got sick he was naturally just a lazy cat as well, loved to curl up in his favorite spots and nap for hour's and hour's on end. So I don't know how long he even could've been sick, since we didn't think about it until we noticed he'd lost some weight. Because his sides looked a little sunken in and when you'd pet him you could feel his spine bone. I'm so afraid of losing this little guy too, that it's been wrecking havoc on my own health. I know this is only day 3 of being on the single antibiotic. I'm just so scared, and can not for the life of me stop worrying. I was awake from 6am on Thursday until 10am THIS morning before I finally slept because the fear and worry has been causing anxiety and keeping me awake. And even then I only slept for about 5 hour's.
Any advice or personal opinions would be great! Also, has anyone else dealt with a fever like this? Where it's jumping around like his is, and how long should I wait to give the antibiotics a chance to really take effect? I would've thought by today that fever would be gone. Thanks for reading my long message.
