Can a constipated kitten get fip virus??

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  • 8 March, 2016 at 1:54 pm #844709
    nekomeow
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    Hello all cats lover. Firstly, i would like apologize as this post will be long and also please forgive may bad english language.
    I would like to ask, did u guys even happen to met a kitten around 2 month old constipated for a long time and at the end of his/her day, her belly started to bloated, vomit yelow in colour, stomach full of liquid just in a blink of an eye, cant move and eventually he/she died? It happened just one day.
    I do have one, she had been diagnos by a vet and they prescribed her something like stool softener, 0.3ml two times per day, after a week her stool show no change, i went back to the vet as been told to go there after a week of the stool didnt came out, suddenly another vet at the same place told it should be 1ml three times per day, so i went back home and continued giving her that medication, after three days from tht day, her stool start to came out, i informed the vet as i worried about her because she’ve been straining the whole day and her stomach seem to be hard, and hot. But then the vet said its okay, just continue until her stomach empty from that hard and big stool. After a few days, her stomach seem to bloated, still hot, and hard. As i was planing to bring her again to the vet, she strt straining to poop again and suddenly, i can hear her voice like she was in pain. I checked her stomach, the hard, hot and swollen stomach has gone, and after that she strt vomit yellowish, and after a while i can feel her stomach full with liquid. It happen just in a blink of eye, i felt reslly guilty as i cant make it in time to bring her to the vet, eventhought i was trying to bring her. 🙁

    I was wondering is there any other person experiencing something like this and isnt bad to gave that stool softener for a long time?
    😥

    Thank you

    7 October, 2016 at 8:26 pm #853045
    Anonymous
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    I am so sorry to hear about your sick cat, my cat stopped using the bathroom and started to feel bad. I took her to the vet and she had wet FIP.
    I wanted to let everyone know that Kansas State or K-state is researching a drug GC376, it’s an antiviral protease inhibitor. They did research on 8 infected FIP cats and 6 survived. So, now they are doing a two year research on cats that catch FIP in a non-clinical enviroment. Dr. Yunjeong Kim is the professor conducting the study. They have the first 15 cats and will need more later. So, if you are in that area and you or someone you know has a cat with FIP, you might tell them to check it out. The drug treated all the viruses, FIV and feline leukemia and FIP.
    I have my fingers crossed and am hoping after this study, the FDA will approve this drug. You feel so helpless when they say, “this is 100% fatal.”
    You can go to the K-state website and search FIP research and you will be able to read the most current information on the study.

    8 October, 2016 at 1:16 am #853051
    Kittyzee
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    Thank you for that information Lauratho. I would be wonderful to know that at cat/kitten could survive FIP! So many other viruses aren’t fatal to cats like they were in the past, I’m hoping this study has a positive outcome also.

    8 October, 2016 at 2:49 am #853054
    Anonymous
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    Nekomeow,

    It’s difficult to know what happened to your kit. Was the constipation, vomit, hard tummy or something entirely different. You did the right thing by contacting a vet. Did the vet. do the right thing? No one knows for sure.

    Sometimes, kits just don’t make it. Please be comforted that she knew loving from you in her short life.

    PG

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