Coping With Feline Infectious PeritonitisThis section is a place to share stories about Coping With Feline Infectious Peritonitis Below are entries of those who have already shared their stories. We hope that you find their experiences helpful to your own situation. To quickly access health information from your website's browser, download my beautiful little chocolate man prada hi well i live in Perth in WEstern Australia very much an animal lover i took in my gorgeous little man prada in January this year he is a chocolate point burmese and is 4 and a half years old he was from a cattery the lady didnt want him anymore and was giving him away just had to pay for sterilisation the minute i saw this little man i fell in love with him he was so affectionate and cuddly and was crying out for someone to love him and give him affection he lived in a cold cage no bed no tray outside with other cats and no attention i just had to take him so i did last weekend he started having breathing problems and could hardly breath and just flopped on the ground my mum and my best friend adele said he had lost weight so we raced him to vet emergency here at murdoch and the vet told me he had fluid around his lungs and he had to remove it or i would lose him i said absolutely do whatever need be when they took the fluid off a few hours later they bought him back out to me and all he did was purr and purr my little man was better and could breath vet gave me the fluid so i could give to my vet and said he thought he had cancer as there was a mass in his stomach i took him my vet on monday who tested him and said the tests have come back for FIP he said this is very contageous and my other 2 cats may get it shene my siamese girl is 15 and blacks my black cat is 16 i love all my babies dearly my vet has suggested maybe euthanasia for fear of my other babies getting it but i just will not take his life away from him since coming home he is eating well and being a mummies boy loving his cuddles he and my siamese sleep together he washes her and they are inseparable i feel if i end his life now im saying he isnt as important and i dont love him as much as my other babies and i cant do this after spending much of the morning in tears myself and my girlfriend have talked and iv decided that i will do as much as i can for him while he is with me he is currently on antibiotics and eating well and started purring again. can anyone tell me if there is any natural remedies that can help me or any medications that i can get here in australia to help him Alison Comments
April 2008
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