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Hi, I'm new here and I have a sick cat.
My 1.5 year old cat has been very lethargic with a runny nose (sneezing and some labored breathing too) and little appetite for almost a week now. I've managed to get him to eat occasionally (much less than normal) and drink water (closer to normal amounts from what's appearing in his litter box). He also developed a sore on his nose which seems to be making his sneezes have a small amount of blood in them and has lately tended to rest very close to his litter box. I've taken him to the vet twice now. He was first put on Clavinimox pills (I think) twice a day to try to bring his fever down. I took him a few days later after his condition didn't improve much and the vet did some blood and virus tests after determining that his fever was still high, although a little lower than before. He also noticed that his eyes seemed a bit glazed/dilated (although that could have been due to the big barking dog in the waiting room) and a sore that seemed to be growing on his lower eyelid.
After the blood tests, the vet said that he thought it was really likely that Gizmo has FIP (from his symptoms mostly because the blood test results weren't very conclusive) but we're still waiting on the results from the virus tests. He mentioned that FIP is usually fatal in cats although there's no telling how long he would live. Does this sound accurate? I know that Gizmo's seriously ill, but he was saying that there's nothing that we can really do to help him besides trying to get him to keep eating and drinking and watching for additional symptoms / complications to occur. I was also reading on some websites about other viruses like FPV which have some similar symptoms although the likelihood of survival seems to be higher. Would it be worthwhile to get the opinion of another vet?
My 1.5 year old cat has been very lethargic with a runny nose (sneezing and some labored breathing too) and little appetite for almost a week now. I've managed to get him to eat occasionally (much less than normal) and drink water (closer to normal amounts from what's appearing in his litter box). He also developed a sore on his nose which seems to be making his sneezes have a small amount of blood in them and has lately tended to rest very close to his litter box. I've taken him to the vet twice now. He was first put on Clavinimox pills (I think) twice a day to try to bring his fever down. I took him a few days later after his condition didn't improve much and the vet did some blood and virus tests after determining that his fever was still high, although a little lower than before. He also noticed that his eyes seemed a bit glazed/dilated (although that could have been due to the big barking dog in the waiting room) and a sore that seemed to be growing on his lower eyelid.
After the blood tests, the vet said that he thought it was really likely that Gizmo has FIP (from his symptoms mostly because the blood test results weren't very conclusive) but we're still waiting on the results from the virus tests. He mentioned that FIP is usually fatal in cats although there's no telling how long he would live. Does this sound accurate? I know that Gizmo's seriously ill, but he was saying that there's nothing that we can really do to help him besides trying to get him to keep eating and drinking and watching for additional symptoms / complications to occur. I was also reading on some websites about other viruses like FPV which have some similar symptoms although the likelihood of survival seems to be higher. Would it be worthwhile to get the opinion of another vet?