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FIP Cat Symptoms

Hey fellow cat lover! You've probably heard of Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), right? It's that scary virus that can be so devastating to our precious fur babies. 😔

What is FIP?

FIP is caused by a type of coronavirus that's actually pretty common in cats. This virus mutate to FIP when the immune system can't beat them. It's usually our younger feline friends or those with weaker immune systems who are more susceptible.

If your kitty does get sick with FIP, it can be heartbreaking to see them lose their appetite, lose weight, or even have fluid build up in their tummy. Sometimes, FIP can even affect their eyesight or make it hard for them to walk.

Causes

  • FCoV  or Feline Coronavirus: This virus can disseminate to another cat, but it won't harm your cat life if their immune system work normally.

  •  Stress: Can make Immmune system weak. Majority of this disease cause by this. (Behaviors that cause stress in cats can vary from individual to individual.)

  • Genetics: Some cat inherrit a FIP it from their ancestor.

FIP Cat Symptoms

Basically FIP systoms can divided into 2 by symptoms, wet and dry forms.

Common symptoms (Both forms)

  • Loss appetite

  • Has Fever

  • Low power

  • Yellow of the skin and eyes 

*Not all of these symptoms need to be present*

WET FIP (Effusive)

The cat accumulate fluid in abodomen or chest. 

  • Hard to breath

  • Have a huge abdomen but soft

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FIP Cat Wet form

Dry FIP (Non-Effusive)

According to common symptoms without fliud are a symptoms of Dry FIP, Anyway this type can develop to Neurological or Ocular system.

Neurological sysmtoms

  • Back legs can't be use. (Walking by both front legs)​

  • Seizures (It's means virus entered to brain already very dangerous)

FIP Cat Nuerological

Ocular sysmtoms

  • Blur eyes or lost ability to see.

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FIP Cat Ocular

How to Diagnose FIP in Cat

As you know generally symptoms are similar to other diesases. Diagnosis is typically made through a combination of clinical signs, blood tests, and imaging. If you suspect your cat may have FIP, it is important to consult with a veterinarian as soon as possible for proper diagnosis and. Here is a methods that use to identify FIP in cat.

  • Blood tests (CBC) Require AG Ratio (Albumin/Globulin) A/G ratio < 0.6 : Tend to be FIP

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Complete Blood Count Result

  • Fluid test

    • Rivalta​ (Wet FIP)

    • FCoV/FIP Test kit

    • Lab test (RT-PCR)

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Rivalta Test (CR. veteriankey.com)

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FCoV / FIP Test Kit

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RT-PCR Result

  • Ultrasound, X-rays​

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X-Ray Show Fuild in abdomen

How to Treat FIP Cat

Nowsaday, FIP disease is possible to treat refer to Dr. Pedersen's papers shows give GS-441524 to cat at least 84 days to treat this disease. Anyways, FIP cat usually come with another disease after infected. So, we need to keep monitoring their blood condition and physical condition. Learn more

Emune GS-441524

Wrap it up

  • FIP cat symptoms normally similar to another disease

    • No appetite

    • Depressed no power to play

    • Hard to breath (From anemia or fluid in abdomen)​

      • Wet Form​ : Has a hugh abdomen

      • Dry Form

        • Neurological : Has an issue at back legs or ​Seizures

        • Ocular: Has blury eye or lost a sight 

  • To diagnose need a combination of informations, test and physical symptoms​​​​​

  • To Prevent, Keep hygiene and avoid activites, that might made your companion stress.

If you have any concern of suspect FIP cat. Don't heisitate to ask our experts, we're here to help

How to Prevent FIP from Cat

It's not 100% that can stop FIP, but you can minimize a chane of it. Base on the root cause of this disease is immune systems malfunction. Here is an activities and environment that might affect immune system.

  • Hygiene: Litter box, Food and water bowl. 

  • Stress: 

    • Welcome new member​

    • Move along

    • Space not match with Cat population.​

Still have more activity that might be affect but this quite personally you need to keep your eye on feline companion then you will know which one they don't like.

  • Disease​

    • Leukemia​

    • Feline Immunodeficiency Virus(FIV)

If you can keep clean and make them healthy the chance that FCoV mutate to FIP is lower.

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