My dear Cat Kajsa died Friday because of ( wet) FIP. It all went so fast, we noticed she hat respiratory problems in the night before Thursday and Friday, for a while I thought she was doing better but it turned out to be a false expectation. We sat down in the truck and headed for the hospital. Our cat had always been nervous and she panicked in the truck and died on route. My question is; Is there any cure on the horizon? We took in 5 cats from the shelter and I suspect we have FIP in the population. What can be done? Best regards Henrik
Dear Henrik,
you seem to have mixed two diseases. FIP is caused by a coronavirus, the FIV is a retrovirus. Both diseases are extremely difficult to treat or at least palliate. With FIP there is also a lack of a good intravital test to confirm the diagnosis. However, some modern human antivirotics, such as the GS-441524 shows reportedly promising results (we do not have access to those in Europe at the moment, so we can not offer first-hand experience). See Article Efficacy and safety of the nucleoside analog GS-441524 for t...
Dear Jakub thanks... I will read :-) I lost two cats and when you are an expat and the vet is not really good with English sometimes words can be confusing.
I am sorry to hear that Henrik, but it is how it usually ends with this disease, although some improvements might come with the new medications. For instance, we still do not know, why a very common virus in the feline population such as FeCOV will in some particular cases lead to the FIP, and why it is the wet form mostly in young animals and dry form in the old ones. The medication is not registered and hence available in Europe, and although there is reportedly a growing black market of the medication, I would advise you to stay away from it, as, without official control, one can not be sure what is he/she buying.
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