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Ok so I have a 4-5 month old kitten who is really sick.
He was neutered 3ish weeks ago and about a week ago I noticed some cloudiness in one of his eyes and he was breathing faster. It was very slight so I just kept an eye on it. Then about 3 days ago he started displaying worse symptoms elsewhere, he was falling down when he walked and he was breathing heavier. He was always slightly bow legged but this was way worse.
I brought him immediately to the Cat Hospital (feline only place in Queens NY, they are awesome there) where he still is today. He checked out his bones and came to the conclusion that his walking was a neurological problem. Also had a slight fever of 103.6.
The vets first opinion was FIP which is obviously almost 100% fatal. He did a quick blood test which the protein levels seemed normal. X-rayed the lungs and there was no fluid inside. Next day his temperature was back to normal then a little later on fluctuated back up to 103.5ish. Was back to normal this morning.
Full blood chemistry showed nothing out of the ordinary that would hint at FIP except being positive for the corona virus and being anemic.
What did come back on the blood test was high antibodies to fight off Taxoplasmosis so instead of FIP they are hoping it is Taxoplasmosis which would account for all of his symptoms.
The only thing that worries me is I don't know when he would have possibly ate raw meat or anything like that. He started him on the antibiotic Clindamycin and is hoping to see improvements tomorrow and into saturday.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks everyone, he's such a good kitten I would be devastated if I lost him. Really hoping he pulls through and it is this over FIP
He was neutered 3ish weeks ago and about a week ago I noticed some cloudiness in one of his eyes and he was breathing faster. It was very slight so I just kept an eye on it. Then about 3 days ago he started displaying worse symptoms elsewhere, he was falling down when he walked and he was breathing heavier. He was always slightly bow legged but this was way worse.
I brought him immediately to the Cat Hospital (feline only place in Queens NY, they are awesome there) where he still is today. He checked out his bones and came to the conclusion that his walking was a neurological problem. Also had a slight fever of 103.6.
The vets first opinion was FIP which is obviously almost 100% fatal. He did a quick blood test which the protein levels seemed normal. X-rayed the lungs and there was no fluid inside. Next day his temperature was back to normal then a little later on fluctuated back up to 103.5ish. Was back to normal this morning.
Full blood chemistry showed nothing out of the ordinary that would hint at FIP except being positive for the corona virus and being anemic.
What did come back on the blood test was high antibodies to fight off Taxoplasmosis so instead of FIP they are hoping it is Taxoplasmosis which would account for all of his symptoms.
The only thing that worries me is I don't know when he would have possibly ate raw meat or anything like that. He started him on the antibiotic Clindamycin and is hoping to see improvements tomorrow and into saturday.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks everyone, he's such a good kitten I would be devastated if I lost him. Really hoping he pulls through and it is this over FIP