SYMPTOMS OF NERUOLOGICAL FIP • Weakness of the limbs (usually affects hind legs but may affect any combination of limbs) Difficulty jumping or jumping in an atypical way • Stumbling, tipping over, swaying • Tilting head to one side • Abnormal eye movements • Depression, changes in behavior • Seizures • Hyperesthesia syndrome (brief strange […]
NEUROLOGICAL AND/OR OCULAR FIP The neurological and/or ocular forms of FIP can be confused with feline systemic toxoplasmosis, C'est pourquoi tant de chats avec ces formes de FIP sont testés pour la toxoplasmose et traités avec de la clindamycine ou d'autres antibiotiques. Cependant, La toxoplasmose systémique est une maladie extrêmement rare des chats, especially when compared […]
DRY FIP FIP can also take a more chronic form referred to as “dry FIP”. Dry FIP, as the name implies, is not associated with fluid accumulations in the abdomen or chest, but rather with more localized masses in the kidneys, spleen, liver and terminal bowel, eyes, and the linings of the lungs and heart, […]
Wet FIP The most common form of the disease is referred to as “wet FIP.” Wet FIP tends to be more acute in onset and is accompanied by: Cats with abdominal effusions usually manifest with abdominal swelling, while cats with thoracic (chest) effusions often manifest breathing problems (dyspnea). Many of these cats will be noticeably […]