FIP

We're taking of two feral kitties and haven't thought about them infecting our other cats. What is FIP and how is it transmitted? It's obviously not like HIV which can only be transmitted through body fluids, so why to they have such similar names? It is confusing. The kittens are about 8 wks. old. Is the FIP test very reliable? How much does it cost? Thanks, if it wasn't Sunday I'd call the vet. Will anyway tomorrow but it would be nice to know, starting to get stressed.

There is information on this page about FIP hope it helps you..
http://www.tica.org/vet.htm

How doyou adminisgter the Vit C

i mix crystals in their wet food. You can get info on it in the book the very healthy cat. I lent my copy to the vet.. There is a lot of websites out there on the benefits of vit c.

i particularly like the food felidae. My elder diabetic heart murmur kitty perked up and actually started playing after i put them all on it. I had some csfcls food for the fosters, and was surprised by how much grain was in it.

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I asked my vet about this and, according to him, this is incorrect.

A cat with a FIP titer count of 1/400 (or your much lower 1/25) is, for all practical purposes, negative for FIP infection. (However a second blood test at a later date showing an increased titer count would indicate a growing infection.) A cat with a 1/4600 titer count has an active infection.

The ratio is a dilution rate, meaning if the blood can be diluted to 1 part blood to 4600 parts solution and the FIP virus can still be detected in the sample, the cat is likely in big trouble.

The laboratory starts with the lowest dilution rate and test results show the highest dilution rate with detectable virus present.