Hi,
We lost our little Kitty yesterday, she had FIP. Something we did not know when we got her and I did not even know that FIP existed. I live in Alaska and Alaska was clear of FIP until last January and then it hit and many kittens have lost their lives.
It is early but I had to get out of the house this morning and after my husband left for work I did too. Missy, our little kitty, died yesterday at 6:10 pm. My husband placed a desperate call to me just before I was getting off work yesterday telling me to hurry home as Missy was shaking all over, she must have had a seizure, so I left in a hurry to get home to see if I could do anything. By the time I got home, he said she had collapsed and wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t breathing and that heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d given her some small rescue breaths and that she had revived. We rushed her to the emergency pet hospital and they took some tests while they were giving her oxygen and found that she was in really bad condition. They said they could hydrate her some more and give her IV antibiotics and a blood transfusion, but even then her chances of survival would only be 10%. She was so sick that we decided to let her go before she suffered anymore. We had her only for a short time, but she will be in our hearts forever. We had named her Missy, but we said we should have named her Precious, because she was so very precious. We will not be able to have another cat for a few months and that waiting 6 months would be the best timeframe to wait. The vet said that way we would know for sure that all the traces of the virus would be dead. We will have to sanitize everything and throw out her litter box and some of her toys. We can keep some of her things to hand down to another kitten after we bleach then to disinfect them. They say sunlight also kills the virus so we can do that to some things after the disinfection process. We will try to have another kitten in our home, but will wait till we thing we are safe in doing so. Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) - is such a terrible deadly disease. Alaska did not have this virus until January. Currently there is no cure or vaccine for it, but they are working hard to find a cure or a vaccine for it. The vet said that if we had got a cat before then it would have been safe, now no cat is safe in Alaska unless they test clear of FIP and are never let out of the house. It seems FIP started in the Mat Valley area, possibly from someone bringing in a cat from outside that was infected and had a litter – then it just started to spread and many cats have had to be put down up there and in Anchorage. We wish we had known this, but we were unaware. It was just fate that drew us into the pet warehouse that day two months ago as that was not our intention when we decided to go for a ride that day. She was meant to be with us and we are very happy to have known her. We will miss her terrible. I am glad that I am off Monday. Today however I am a basket case, but at work nonetheless. I am hoping for a fast, but un-stressful day.
I love the Rainbow Bridge piece, and I cry just reading it. However crying is part of the process after a loss. Tears must be the tonic of our souls. I am hoping that the scientists get a handle on FIP and that they can develop a vacine against it, but at present there is little that can be done to prevent FIP.
We lost our little Kitty yesterday, she had FIP. Something we did not know when we got her and I did not even know that FIP existed. I live in Alaska and Alaska was clear of FIP until last January and then it hit and many kittens have lost their lives.
It is early but I had to get out of the house this morning and after my husband left for work I did too. Missy, our little kitty, died yesterday at 6:10 pm. My husband placed a desperate call to me just before I was getting off work yesterday telling me to hurry home as Missy was shaking all over, she must have had a seizure, so I left in a hurry to get home to see if I could do anything. By the time I got home, he said she had collapsed and wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t breathing and that heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d given her some small rescue breaths and that she had revived. We rushed her to the emergency pet hospital and they took some tests while they were giving her oxygen and found that she was in really bad condition. They said they could hydrate her some more and give her IV antibiotics and a blood transfusion, but even then her chances of survival would only be 10%. She was so sick that we decided to let her go before she suffered anymore. We had her only for a short time, but she will be in our hearts forever. We had named her Missy, but we said we should have named her Precious, because she was so very precious. We will not be able to have another cat for a few months and that waiting 6 months would be the best timeframe to wait. The vet said that way we would know for sure that all the traces of the virus would be dead. We will have to sanitize everything and throw out her litter box and some of her toys. We can keep some of her things to hand down to another kitten after we bleach then to disinfect them. They say sunlight also kills the virus so we can do that to some things after the disinfection process. We will try to have another kitten in our home, but will wait till we thing we are safe in doing so. Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) - is such a terrible deadly disease. Alaska did not have this virus until January. Currently there is no cure or vaccine for it, but they are working hard to find a cure or a vaccine for it. The vet said that if we had got a cat before then it would have been safe, now no cat is safe in Alaska unless they test clear of FIP and are never let out of the house. It seems FIP started in the Mat Valley area, possibly from someone bringing in a cat from outside that was infected and had a litter – then it just started to spread and many cats have had to be put down up there and in Anchorage. We wish we had known this, but we were unaware. It was just fate that drew us into the pet warehouse that day two months ago as that was not our intention when we decided to go for a ride that day. She was meant to be with us and we are very happy to have known her. We will miss her terrible. I am glad that I am off Monday. Today however I am a basket case, but at work nonetheless. I am hoping for a fast, but un-stressful day.
I love the Rainbow Bridge piece, and I cry just reading it. However crying is part of the process after a loss. Tears must be the tonic of our souls. I am hoping that the scientists get a handle on FIP and that they can develop a vacine against it, but at present there is little that can be done to prevent FIP.
