My Persian girl -6 month old- moved to our cottage with our other cats -a Brisith shortahir [British short-hair] boy, an adult European male and an adult Persian female- in middle July. Ten days later the Bristsh boy suffered from diarrhoea [diarrhea] and the girl from conjuntivitis [conjunctivitis]. The four cats ate almost nothing. The girl has a big sore in her tongue and the gums swelled. Calicivirus, the vet said. Antibiotics to avoid bacterial infection and drugs to avoid swelling. I was alerted than can be two or three rounds of infection. There was a second one and the Persian girl stop eating. She suffered from diarrhoea as well. I was giving her food with syringe and seemed to get better. However one morning she refused to eat and I found her death in less than 48 hours.
My vet did not understood what had happened. My concern now are the other cats, particularly one adult. He eats but seems very sad. As the Persian girl before dying.
I have read the case of Steve. Many words can apply directly to my experience. I am sorry Steve. Calicivirus is not so unimportant as the vets say.