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Yesterday morning I was ushering all of the cats out of the bedroom so we could sleep when I found our only little boy, Buddy, close to death. I picked him up and tried to get him to stand and he couldn't so we put him on a pillow to lay while we called the emergency vet. Buddy's always been littler than the rest of his litter and we had been planning to take him to the vet today because he was losing weight. We rushed him to the emergency vet and the vet basically told us even if we pumped him full of antibiotics and fluids that he would probably only live for another week or two. We asked the vet what he though it could be, because it just came out of nowhere on us and he said more than likely FIP. He was suffering so we made the decision to pts. The emergency vet told us to have our other cats tested twice, once right away and then once again in six months. He said that it was common for one kitten to be sick and the others to be okay. I went home and disinfected everything that Buddy had laid on and took the boxes out to the porch to bleach and switched out all the food dishes and water dishes with temporary paper ones. I called my vet today and asked about a test for FIP and my vet told me there wasn't one. I've been reading all the threads on here about it and now don't know what to do. We have four other cats in the house, three of them were Buddy's littermates. I guess I just need some general guidance on this. Should I have them do the bloodwork on the remaining kitties to see if their titers are high even though that won't tell if they have FIP? The remaining four are all in great shape and seem to be growing like normal cats. I just really don't know what to do. Does it sound like FIP to any of you? Buddy was becoming lower energy than he had been and he was losing weight, which is why we had the vet appt today scheduled. My husband said that he noticed him having trouble getting on to the bed on Saturday but I didn't really notice anything. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Yesterday morning I was ushering all of the cats out of the bedroom so we could sleep when I found our only little boy, Buddy, close to death. I picked him up and tried to get him to stand and he couldn't so we put him on a pillow to lay while we called the emergency vet. Buddy's always been littler than the rest of his litter and we had been planning to take him to the vet today because he was losing weight. We rushed him to the emergency vet and the vet basically told us even if we pumped him full of antibiotics and fluids that he would probably only live for another week or two. We asked the vet what he though it could be, because it just came out of nowhere on us and he said more than likely FIP. He was suffering so we made the decision to pts. The emergency vet told us to have our other cats tested twice, once right away and then once again in six months. He said that it was common for one kitten to be sick and the others to be okay. I went home and disinfected everything that Buddy had laid on and took the boxes out to the porch to bleach and switched out all the food dishes and water dishes with temporary paper ones. I called my vet today and asked about a test for FIP and my vet told me there wasn't one. I've been reading all the threads on here about it and now don't know what to do. We have four other cats in the house, three of them were Buddy's littermates. I guess I just need some general guidance on this. Should I have them do the bloodwork on the remaining kitties to see if their titers are high even though that won't tell if they have FIP? The remaining four are all in great shape and seem to be growing like normal cats. I just really don't know what to do. Does it sound like FIP to any of you? Buddy was becoming lower energy than he had been and he was losing weight, which is why we had the vet appt today scheduled. My husband said that he noticed him having trouble getting on to the bed on Saturday but I didn't really notice anything. Any suggestions are appreciated.