Coping With Feline Infectious Peritonitis

February 2008

• Pixie - by Annemarie - (Tue, Feb 26 2008)
  My 7 month old cat isn’t eating or drinking, she’s lethargic, and weak. She has been rolling her eyes non stop from left to right, or right to left. She isn’t vomiting and doesn’t have diarrhea. [more..]
• FIP - by Chantal - (Mon, Feb 11 2008)
  Our little Brando was just diagnosed with FIP, yesterday. He went from being a cute little ball of energy, to being very lethargic in a matter of days. We first noticed that his gait was off, then his belly looked swollen, and finally, we noticed that the inside of his ears were jaundiced. [more..]
• Beware of Stray Cats - by BBC - (Wed, Feb 06 2008)
  We had one indoor cat. I regret the day we took a second cat, a stray, into our home. Apparently, the stray had FIP and passed it on to our indoor cat. Both cats died last year. [more..]
• I can relate…lost my baby last night. - by Wayne Watkins - (Tue, Feb 05 2008)
  My lil’ Munchkin was such a welcome addition to my home after Iost my loveable Batman to a speeding car. And Munchkin sure picked up where Batman left off, loved to be held, could climb up on my lap and perch himself up on my shoulder like a baby. I was so happy! [more..]
• Persians lost - by PL - (Tue, Feb 05 2008)
  This story is awful. I never heard of FIP until I got it. I had 3 older persians and 3 kittens. I got another kitten that died from FIP at 5 months old. [more..]
• Harley Sue - by HAS - (Mon, Feb 04 2008)
  My beloved Harley Sue of 12 years was put down on Wednesday, January 30. She was a diabetic cat and I had been treating her for 2 1/2 years with insulin injections twice a day. I had been prepared to lose her to that illness…I never thought she might die of FIP. [more..]