Hi! I'm so sorry for creating a new thread so soon but I'm seriously freaking out and wanted to put all the right words in the title to make sure people who know these things find it.
My almost 4 year old boy was positive for coronavirus since he was 1 and was misdiagnosed with FIP - since than it was my biggest fear.
For some background, at the end of January he swallowed a toy and got extremely sick - we almost lost him but he ended up having intestinal surgery and recovered fine. I'm just mentioning it because I've read that stressful situations is a contributing factor in cats developing FIP.
So on Friday I noticed that he didn't wake me for food and was sleeping all the time but everything else was fine - he was eating, going to the bathroom, etc. He's usually a very very active cat but sometimes has a couple of very lazy days so I didn't think too much of it. It didn't improve until Sunday so I called the vet and got an appointment on Monday morning. His fever was 40C so they did a blood test and it came back with low white blood cell count (I've attached the pictures of his results) and elevated SAA (I still don't quite understand what that is). FIV and FeLV came back negative and FCoV 'faintly positive' (which I already knew). They didn't do any further testing because they said it doesn't look like FIP (no anemia and they couldn't feel any fluids in his stomach) but they also couldn't rule it out. He got started on antibiotic called Synulox, got IV fluids and something to reduce fever, also B12. After going home on Monday he was back to his old self, just a bit less energetic. Took him back to the vet yesterday, his fever was 39.3C, and then later rose to 39.7C. We were at the vet for 4 hours because he kept shaking from the fluids so it took forever to finish up. He also peed himself at one point (not the first time this happens at the vet). He looked ok after going back home, was fairly active and spent a lot of the time grooming himself (poor guy was soaked in urine) but lost his appetite in the evening (he would eat snacks but not his food - I've tried several different brands and he only ate a little bit of one).
This morning he ate very little, took him back to the vet where he got his treatments and also threw up while there (it was a ton of hair so the vet said it's probably because he groomed so much yesterday). His fever was 38C before he got any treatment so that seems like improvement? They also finally removed his catheter so I thought he would feel much better because he hates that thing. Anyway today he acted completely different than two previous days after coming back from the vet - immediately went to sleep and been laying down/sleeping ever since. They also rubbed appetite stimulant to his ear but he it didn't help - he only snacks at first and now stopped eating completely. It looks like he's feeling way worse today.
I'm not supposed to be going to the vet tomorrow (should doing antibiotic injection at home) but they said to come back on Friday for repeat bloodwork. I feel like the vets are not the best in my country, and this particular doctor today was very dismissive so I'm worried they're not going to do the right tests. I'm really worried it's FIP or something bad the vets aren't catching.
I just really need any advice - does any of this sound like FIP? Or something else? I really don't want to rush him to an overnight vet and my vet is closed now so I can only call them after 11 hours at the earliest. I don't know what to do. Please help
Also, is the priority to get your cat to eat something, or not to mess up his stomach while sick? He's not eating anything anymore but these last couple of days he had several different foods, and he has a sensitive stomach that's easy to irritate. I have a couple other brands I could try but he never had those so I feel like even if he eats, it's going to end up with diarrhea. Should I try anyway?
My almost 4 year old boy was positive for coronavirus since he was 1 and was misdiagnosed with FIP - since than it was my biggest fear.
For some background, at the end of January he swallowed a toy and got extremely sick - we almost lost him but he ended up having intestinal surgery and recovered fine. I'm just mentioning it because I've read that stressful situations is a contributing factor in cats developing FIP.
So on Friday I noticed that he didn't wake me for food and was sleeping all the time but everything else was fine - he was eating, going to the bathroom, etc. He's usually a very very active cat but sometimes has a couple of very lazy days so I didn't think too much of it. It didn't improve until Sunday so I called the vet and got an appointment on Monday morning. His fever was 40C so they did a blood test and it came back with low white blood cell count (I've attached the pictures of his results) and elevated SAA (I still don't quite understand what that is). FIV and FeLV came back negative and FCoV 'faintly positive' (which I already knew). They didn't do any further testing because they said it doesn't look like FIP (no anemia and they couldn't feel any fluids in his stomach) but they also couldn't rule it out. He got started on antibiotic called Synulox, got IV fluids and something to reduce fever, also B12. After going home on Monday he was back to his old self, just a bit less energetic. Took him back to the vet yesterday, his fever was 39.3C, and then later rose to 39.7C. We were at the vet for 4 hours because he kept shaking from the fluids so it took forever to finish up. He also peed himself at one point (not the first time this happens at the vet). He looked ok after going back home, was fairly active and spent a lot of the time grooming himself (poor guy was soaked in urine) but lost his appetite in the evening (he would eat snacks but not his food - I've tried several different brands and he only ate a little bit of one).
This morning he ate very little, took him back to the vet where he got his treatments and also threw up while there (it was a ton of hair so the vet said it's probably because he groomed so much yesterday). His fever was 38C before he got any treatment so that seems like improvement? They also finally removed his catheter so I thought he would feel much better because he hates that thing. Anyway today he acted completely different than two previous days after coming back from the vet - immediately went to sleep and been laying down/sleeping ever since. They also rubbed appetite stimulant to his ear but he it didn't help - he only snacks at first and now stopped eating completely. It looks like he's feeling way worse today.
I'm not supposed to be going to the vet tomorrow (should doing antibiotic injection at home) but they said to come back on Friday for repeat bloodwork. I feel like the vets are not the best in my country, and this particular doctor today was very dismissive so I'm worried they're not going to do the right tests. I'm really worried it's FIP or something bad the vets aren't catching.
I just really need any advice - does any of this sound like FIP? Or something else? I really don't want to rush him to an overnight vet and my vet is closed now so I can only call them after 11 hours at the earliest. I don't know what to do. Please help
Also, is the priority to get your cat to eat something, or not to mess up his stomach while sick? He's not eating anything anymore but these last couple of days he had several different foods, and he has a sensitive stomach that's easy to irritate. I have a couple other brands I could try but he never had those so I feel like even if he eats, it's going to end up with diarrhea. Should I try anyway?
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