Is FIP in Cats Treatable?

FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis) is a viral disease that affects cats and is caused by the feline coronavirus. Many cats are infected with the feline coronavirus, but most cats don't develop the malignant form of the disease that leads to FIP. Some of the most common neurological signs in cats with FIP include dizziness, loss of balance, vision loss, lethargy, and seizures.
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00:00 Introduction
00:50 Symptoms
01:26 Diagnosis
02:53 Treatment

[@blanketthecat3586]

My kitty was cured with the experimental drug. She was on deaths door and now she is like a new kitty.

[@lemarz8006]

Congratulations on your kitties health ❤️ I am hoping my kitty pushes past this as well

[@Lunarek]

Can you please tell me if FIP ever came back to your kitten? mine has just started his treatment, we're at the 7th shot and I already see drastic improvements!

[@blanketthecat3586]

@@Lunarek she is currently 2 months into her 3 month observation period after stopping medicene and has shown no signs of relapse :D. Some cats do relapse during the observational period and then they have to do another treatment. But I think once they get past the first month of observation they’re usually in the clear. If anything does happen I’ll try to remember to update!

[@Lunarek]

@@blanketthecat3586 thank you. the hard part of this treatment is seeing my boy in pain when injected. I am at shot 17 now, he's doing very well and healthy. I really hope once I'm done with this treatment that he never gets FIP ever again.

[@blanketthecat3586]

@@Lunarek oh absolutely ❤️. I cried a lot in the beginning of treatment. Doing the shots is incredibly difficult for you and the kitty. I eventually switched to pills a little less than a week before the first month even though it was more expensive. But the decrease in overall stress was amazing. Please be patient and strong for your kitty! The treatment really does work so you have to remind yourself of that!

[@sashavides7805]

FIP is treatable and ive seen cases where cats survive. Unfortunately the shots are very expensive

[@christianeheyer1191]

FIP is treatable with GS. I have 2 FIP survivors🐈🐈.

[@leenasoaz21]

What is GS

[@nadadjohan1755]

Yes, what is GS?

[@MaryamJHV]

@@nadadjohan1755 GS-441524; a new antiviral drug for treatment of FIP which hasn’t got FDA approval yet but has recieved so many good results .

[@anrijsklepca9716]

@@nadadjohan1755 GS-441524

[@hassannazir2871]

It's a drug GS-441524

[@GoodMusicManiac999]

Dodo and Toto from Kittisaurus channel were diagnosed with both dry and wet FIP. They were treated and thankfully they are very healthy now.

[@cherylscott5761]

Wow. 30 yrs ago the kitten I adopted was (finally) diagnosed and died of FIP. No mention of any coronavirus back then, vet also told us it was highly contagious, to throw away any of our cat’s items that couldn’t be washed, and not to bring another cat into the home for at least 3 months. How things have changed.

[@lemarz8006]

I’m really sorry for the loss of your kitty 😢 this medicine is truly a miracle

[@StillxAvoidingxTomorrow]

We saved our baby with the treatment- it was scary at first, but seeing her now is AMAZING.

[@kellycharif1526]

We used GS with our Litten and it saved her life. Unfortunately she was left permanently incontinent and unable to walk without stumbling and later died from complications related to those disabilities. We miss her so much.

[@rodib4597]

Where can i find that cure pls

[@nataliedavis2035]

I adopted two adorable kittens from a shelter. Literally one month later....I lost the male. In one night he had no balance and took a few deep breaths and died. One month later.....the female had same signs. This is a terrible disease that can swiftly kill. Paralyze. Neither could walk within few nights. They were very young and this has just been traumatic for me. So very sad. 😓 I hope a treatment is approved and available soon. Very distressing

[@laurencurtis973]

Read my post above. There is a cure. One of my local vets is curing cats with FIP. My cat has been cured for over a year now thanks to the FB group "FIP Warriors". They save lives. The GS drug is a miracle, my cat is testament to that. My vet is now a believer and has also joined the group to educate himself. I'm sorry for your loss, as this virus is so awful. If you ever have another cat diagnosed with this or know of anyone else who is dealing with FIP please direct them to the FIP Warriors page. They can get you the life saving drug as they helped me. I have my cat back. He is forever Cured.

[@lyly6h7j8k]

Thanks for the video. A great sum up: short and informative. ❤

[@NunYa-db7jy]

Thank you Dr❤

[@marinaneary7502]

Dr. DeVita, I have successfully treated many cats for wet, dry and neuro FIP with GS.

[@yechenfan4154]

I got my GS today as my kitty was diagnosed with FIP, hope she ll be fine soon

[@Dom5S]

I'm experiencing this right now with my 1 year old cat... I hope she makes it through 😭😭😭

[@afenismama]

Had a TNR cat disappear for 2 years, only to return to me one day full of lice and skinny and sick. I recognized him immediately and he allowed me to take him in. He lasted a few months and had to be euthanized due to a belly full of fluid and inability to breathe 😢 He was a polydactyl named Hemi and I miss him so much but I was glad he remembered me in his time of need. I am convinced he was in a filthy cat hoarders home, never saw a cat with lice in my 42 years. Makes sense as FIP is highly contagious in overpopulated homes. I suppose he either escaped that horror house or was put back outside because he was ill.

[@meritatoon3494]

What about the temperature high or low?

[@cristinapainter3765]

My sister and I lost our cat to fip. Fip is terrible

[@diedregerick1438]

Can you explain "Feline Leukemia" that would be great, like how they get it and what not.

[@justcats9248]

GS Compounds works like magic 🎉

[@natesmom2244]

what is that?

[@veronicaromo770]

What is GS?

[@justcats9248]

Its an cure antivirus which is not yet approved by FDA but it can be ordered online and it cured my kitten. Curfip dot come this where i sourced my medicine and it is like magic

[@justcats9248]

@@natesmom2244 Its an cure antivirus which is not yet approved by FDA but it can be ordered online and it cured my kitten. Curfip dot come this where i sourced my medicine and it is like magic

[@justcats9248]

@@veronicaromo770 Its an cure antivirus which is not yet approved by FDA but it can be ordered online and it cured my kitten. Curfip dot come this where i sourced my medicine and it is like magic

[@coolpix807]

Sadly my feral cat Ziggy died from FIP yesterday. He became symptomatic and didn’t survive. Another rarely cat who we named Cinder was diagnosed FIP positive last week. He is just six months old. He is on meds now and seems to be improving a bit but still not eating enough. He’s super happy in spite of not feeling well. How can this be prevented< or can it be? We take care of fared cats and see how difficult it is to capture them so they can be treated.

[@johnr4636]

Fip is treatable with Gs. I have a cat that had wet fip his stomach was 27 ins around with fluid that we treated with gs in 2019. He is still alive and very healthy. He lives inside and has most his life he lived in our garage and outside for about 6 months this past spring through fall until it got cold in michigan. He is one our best mouser cats we have. We have not seen any side effects with the medication the treatment we did was first 90 days with shots daily and then did another extension of treatment after that 90 days for another 30-45 days. After that he was cured and still alive. He is now about be 6 yrs old after graduated from his treatment in summer of 2019. So it has been almost five years since he was treated.

[@SEVNeurology]

We're glad to hear that your pet has made such a fantastic recovery!

[@kngan9992]

Can u tell me what Gs is ?

[@johnr4636]

@@ele7335 We went through three months worth i think it's was approximately 28-40 total i cant fully remember. Its based of your required injection for you cat. each bottle will be so many 10 ml i think and our shots would be 3 cc which we got 3 shots out of a bottle approximately

[@johnr4636]

@@kngan9992 It's a medication that is used to treat Fip. It was experimental when we did treatment and i believe it still hasn't been fully authorized yet for the treatment but is soon to be authorized as a mainstream treatment was my last understanding.

[@Upndouin]

Sadly my cat had it before a treatment was available. She did not last more than 4 weeks from the day we noticed she started losing weight 😢 (she had the dry type)

[@mercyrahma9501]

I am so sorry for your beloved cat❤ I too lost a girl who wasn't even 2 years old, dry type too I had to euthanize her... She wasn't abble to walk anymore, back legs paralyzed,couldn't control peeing anymore and was falling in like a coma.... She was so sweet, a Beautiful Tuxedo I miss her, can't wait to see her again in Paradise God willing✨

[@maryamaamir1689]

Can you kindly tell how did you find out that she had FIP.?

[@Upndouin]

@@maryamaamir1689 the symptoms are mainly visual as she lost a lot of weight very suddenly and then no matter what we did she would not eat. She became lethargic and her eyes were very glossy. By the time we noticed that we took her straight to the vets and they could only diagnose based on symptoms (however it could be anything else), we had blood test done which confirmed she had Feline Coronavirus which then was pretty much a confirmation that the virus had mutated and caused FIP. We have another cat and very likely he got the Feline Coronavirus too, but he recovered without any symptoms. Somehow it is similar to our Covid as some people died and other barely had symptoms. Sadly at the time she had it, we had no treatments so it was only a matter of time. She lasted almost 3 weeks. Her FIP was the “dry” one, but if it was the “wet” type they would have put her down straight away and it fills up their lungs and they just suffer a lot.

[@maryamaamir1689]

@@Upndouin actually I meant that how can I know if my cash have it? Like does CBC or LFT shows anything

[@Upndouin]

@@maryamaamir1689 this is where it gets tricky. Blood test can detect the F-Coronavirus presence, but that does not mean it will result in FIP. However, knowing that no FCovid is present excludes the possibility of the cat having FIP. Aditional tests such as ultrasound and XR can confirm if the FCovid has mutated. Also, the majority of cases happen when they are still kittens or very old. I wanted to have my other cat tested at that time, but the vet said that a positive FCovid would not mean he’d also develop it & since the virus is extremely contagious chances were that he caught it but was fine. If you have suspiscion that your cat might have any symptoms the best thing is to speak to your vet and work out a plan to start rulling things out. Sadly the diagnosis is not straightforward - it requires a combination of tests. Hope this helps.

[@omimaeiz9645]

This injection is not avilable in my country(i live in egypt) my cat is only 3 month old i don't. Know what to do😭

[@billdemarais7254]

I wish I had seen this video back in 2020

[@TheRobversion1]

My new rescue kitten was diagnosed with FCOV on our 1st checkup and she had to be confined. I am so worried. assuming she survives, should we isolate her from our resident cat?

[@SEVNeurology]

Hello. We are so sorry to hear your pet is going through this. Unfortunately, in order to give clinical advice, our Neurologist requires that pets be seen for a thorough workup. You can request a consultation by calling the location nearest you. sevneurology.com

[@sarahw7196]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@crazydoglady5]

The symptoms sound alot like a stroke...

[@ccppkarsten]

My cat has FIP, what is GS?

[@ce4830]

Google will give you the answer. Or FIP Free at Facebook.

[@jahnie]

hello everyone, we need urgent help, my cat, a girl of only 2 years old, is sick with fip😭, it is possible to cure her, but it is very expensive, from £2000-5000, I myself am disabled from Ukraine, I live on benefit, my cat is my joy, I can’t pay that amount, but because I don’t have money, she needs to be put to sleep, she’s my child, it hurts, can someone tell me some kind of volunteer organization that could help me, please, I will be glad for any information, thanks