Hello everyone,
My cat was sick back in january. At that time he was coughing alot, his eyes were very watery and he became very lethargic. I took him to the vet and he was prescribed some medication (Amoxacillin mixture I think) and that was for a URI I think. We also started to force feed him because he wasn't eating anything (prob cause his throat was too sore). Well he got better from that but not completely. He gained back his weight and became active again. His sister never got sick and is still up and lively as hell. Oh yea these cats are around 6 months old.
Recently he started to get very very lethargic, breathing with is abdomen and he eventually stopped eating (that was last monday). I took him to the vet that day and that morning was when he stopped doing his usualy routine (comming to see me at my computer at night and purring and rubbing up against my face and also waking me and my gf up at 7 am every morning by purring and rubbing up against our faces). The vet said that he was pink, which is good (oxygen I think), his heart sounded good, his temperature was good also. He got a chest X-Ray to see if there was fluid in his lungs, there wasnt but his bronchiols stood out. (everything else in teh X-Ray looked good though) The vet said she didn't know what it could be and that we could try the amox again and see if that made him any better... well it didn't.
His breathing as gotten worse, hes started to breathe through his mouth now and he is the weakest I have ever seen him. I took him to the vet again today and hes lost weight, we got some pregnesone to treat for asthma but if it isnt that and its the FIP then (the vet said) that it'll just feed the FIP and make him worse. We also got some super vaccine to give him intramuscular.
His poo is really really thick and it doesn't smell like 'normal' poo. Its very viscous too.
I think that he's prob going to die soon but I thought I'd post on here and see if anyone has any ideas or has had the same experiences with their cat. Also maybe to educate people if their cats have the same symptoms.
Ive read that FIP is the worst because there is no cure or real treatment and it is very very hard to diagnose since it can mimic symptoms from so many other illness'.
Thanks for reading my post, let me know if anyone has any ideas.
Sorry if any of it was hard to read or understand... ive been up for over 40 hours with only a few hours sleep.
My cat was sick back in january. At that time he was coughing alot, his eyes were very watery and he became very lethargic. I took him to the vet and he was prescribed some medication (Amoxacillin mixture I think) and that was for a URI I think. We also started to force feed him because he wasn't eating anything (prob cause his throat was too sore). Well he got better from that but not completely. He gained back his weight and became active again. His sister never got sick and is still up and lively as hell. Oh yea these cats are around 6 months old.
Recently he started to get very very lethargic, breathing with is abdomen and he eventually stopped eating (that was last monday). I took him to the vet that day and that morning was when he stopped doing his usualy routine (comming to see me at my computer at night and purring and rubbing up against my face and also waking me and my gf up at 7 am every morning by purring and rubbing up against our faces). The vet said that he was pink, which is good (oxygen I think), his heart sounded good, his temperature was good also. He got a chest X-Ray to see if there was fluid in his lungs, there wasnt but his bronchiols stood out. (everything else in teh X-Ray looked good though) The vet said she didn't know what it could be and that we could try the amox again and see if that made him any better... well it didn't.
His breathing as gotten worse, hes started to breathe through his mouth now and he is the weakest I have ever seen him. I took him to the vet again today and hes lost weight, we got some pregnesone to treat for asthma but if it isnt that and its the FIP then (the vet said) that it'll just feed the FIP and make him worse. We also got some super vaccine to give him intramuscular.
His poo is really really thick and it doesn't smell like 'normal' poo. Its very viscous too.
I think that he's prob going to die soon but I thought I'd post on here and see if anyone has any ideas or has had the same experiences with their cat. Also maybe to educate people if their cats have the same symptoms.
Ive read that FIP is the worst because there is no cure or real treatment and it is very very hard to diagnose since it can mimic symptoms from so many other illness'.
Thanks for reading my post, let me know if anyone has any ideas.
Sorry if any of it was hard to read or understand... ive been up for over 40 hours with only a few hours sleep.