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well i had to put down my 7 month old kitten yesterday due to FIP. i had never heard of this before yesterday and boy did he decline fast.

i was just wondering the chances of my other 2 cats getting this. i have a 18 year old female and a 2 year old male. i used 2 liter boxes, that they all shared. I cleaned everything today, but figured if they were gona get it, it would be to late already since they have been around each other so much before our kitten passed. i also was told i shouldnt get another kitten until these 2 are gone, because if these 2 have it they will pass it to the kitten.

any help is appreciated.
thanks

Hi There,

First I'd like to say that I am very sorry for your loss. Losing such a young baby is especially difficult.

FIP is now considered more of a genetic disease than anything else, so your remaining 2 cats have a good chance of not getting it. Very often, only one cat in a household will come down with full-blown FIP. There is no reliable blood test for the disease which can make it very hard to diagnose. The standard blood test does not even test for FIP itself, but for the family of viruses to which FIP belongs.

This can be confusing, so please post again if you have any questions.

Regards,
PHKitkat

FIP is not tramsmittable between cats, very unlikely. Most cats are born or develop the virus as tiny kittens due to exposure to a coronavirus, most can fight it off, but some whose immune systems cannot fight it, force to coronavirus to mutate to FIP (either wet or dry)It is always fatal and there is nothing you can do, even the test for it are not reliable and many kittens have been misdiagnosed and euthanized because of it. The only difinative test is a biopsy or a necropspy (autopsy of a cat after death).