Hi,

I am so sorry about Winston. We seem to be seeing more cases of FIP where I work, for some reason, although it is NOT considered very contagious. It's more of a genetic thing and very often only one cat in a household will get the disease, unless they are related.

Please ask your vet to send in a sample of the abdominal fluid to be tested for FIP, not just blood to be tested. This is a type of DNA test. The standard test for FIP is next to useless, and, in fact, does not even test for the actual disease. It tests for exposure to the family of viruses that FIP belongs to.

The presence of fluid in the belly is obviously very serious no matter what the cause, but it might be helpful to do more diagnostics. A fluid analysis might be a good idea. Not all belly fluid is due to FIP.

Please take care and keep us updated. I will keep you and your baby in my thoughts and prayers.

Regards,
PHKitkat

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