desertboi
01-26-2007, 05:03 PM
I just need to vent.
My favorite baby just took her last breath. She was cuddled up to me and I tried to cover her warmth seeking little body as well as I could. She is the latest victim of a disease called FIP. I have lost several cats to FIP and despite countless vet visits of course this is a battle that continues to rage on - there is no cure for FIP and all I can do at this point is to make my little ones feel comfortable.
It all started when we got two cats from a coworker. Those two were supposedly in excellent health, had all their vaccinations and so forth. A few months after we welcomed those new guys, one of my other ones, a kitten, suddenly fell ill. The vet hospital conducted tests and after several days of testing and probing and researching the results were in: the little one had somehow contracted FIP.
At this point it was unclear who the original carrier of the disease was. But a few weeks after the little one fell ill and subsequently died, one of the cats we had gotten from the coworker showed the same symptoms.
The circle repeated itself and it was now clear: those new cats brought in FIP and potentially gave this terrible, ungodly disease to everyone else.
I have now lost a total of six cats to FIP within a few months.
According to the vets at the hospital it is possible I will lose all my furry children and it is very, very hard to deal with.
According to the vets, testing each one of my surviving cats is close to futile because even the tests offered are inconclusive and have a very high error margin in regards to FIP. I can't even really prepare for this and will just have to take death as it comes.
I don't know how I can deal with this.
I'm a male in his late 20's, doing very well professionally and financially and am able to spend a lot of time with my little guys. But I'm feeling drained and don't know how to go on.
My favorite baby just took her last breath. She was cuddled up to me and I tried to cover her warmth seeking little body as well as I could. She is the latest victim of a disease called FIP. I have lost several cats to FIP and despite countless vet visits of course this is a battle that continues to rage on - there is no cure for FIP and all I can do at this point is to make my little ones feel comfortable.
It all started when we got two cats from a coworker. Those two were supposedly in excellent health, had all their vaccinations and so forth. A few months after we welcomed those new guys, one of my other ones, a kitten, suddenly fell ill. The vet hospital conducted tests and after several days of testing and probing and researching the results were in: the little one had somehow contracted FIP.
At this point it was unclear who the original carrier of the disease was. But a few weeks after the little one fell ill and subsequently died, one of the cats we had gotten from the coworker showed the same symptoms.
The circle repeated itself and it was now clear: those new cats brought in FIP and potentially gave this terrible, ungodly disease to everyone else.
I have now lost a total of six cats to FIP within a few months.
According to the vets at the hospital it is possible I will lose all my furry children and it is very, very hard to deal with.
According to the vets, testing each one of my surviving cats is close to futile because even the tests offered are inconclusive and have a very high error margin in regards to FIP. I can't even really prepare for this and will just have to take death as it comes.
I don't know how I can deal with this.
I'm a male in his late 20's, doing very well professionally and financially and am able to spend a lot of time with my little guys. But I'm feeling drained and don't know how to go on.