jessica and paul
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My sphynx cat sadly passed away yesterday he died from F.I.P
please be aware of the signs as we have been though a difficult week trying to figure what it is at an expensive cost and a loss of a precious baby.
On monday Halo was being sick a lot, although he seemed ok in himself
On tuesday he seemed to be getting more poorly and was still being sick a lot and crying before he was sick ,we new there was something wrong as his sick was mainly water and lots of it . Halo was drinking a lot of water after he was sick which indicated to us that he was doing this to make himself sick , we initially though that he may have something stuck in his system.
On wednesday we took him to the vets first thing they said he is very dehydrated, they gave him 3 injections and gave us isotope mixture to add to his water to help rehydrate him and serum to stop the sickness. Halo didn't touch the water or food , we was giving him small doses of water in a syringe which he was refusing,Later on the night he couldn't hardly walk. The only way to describe it was he's legs and body had cramped up. And trying to walk without bending at his joints. He wanted to be alone and looked straight threw us and seamed like he couldn't even hear us. He seamed to settle and got in his bed but his body was twitching. We believed this to be due to fact he hadn't been moving around a lot. so we planned to take him first thing in the morning as we spoken to on an on call vet ,he got in bed with us that night, which made us feel like he was getting a little better.
On thursday morning we took him to the vets. They informed us that it was very serious and said he's badly dehydrated she pulled his skin up on his neck and it stayed there. She put him on drip and we left him there all day. We then took him to the night time vets were they did tests on him.We was deeply upset as we thought he would not make the night.
On friday morning we went to the vets to pick him up to take him back to the day vets , the vet said his calcium levels are very low and kept dropping even though she was administarting more calcium. His kidneys were inflamed and the vets said he possibly had kidney damage. Although he really perked up and was alert and walking. This gave us hope. We took him straight to the day vets were they also seemed impressed with his improovemnt but told us he still wasn't out the woods yet as more tests are needed. At this stage the vet informed us that this could either an infection stomach or urinal which he could possibly becoming home later that day as he was already on antibiotics, or worse case he has F.I.P, which he wouldn't make the day. We gave him a cuddle and he was puring.We was hopeful for our baby boy
Sadly we had a phone call at 4.30 that day saying that he has taken a turn for the worse, he has collapsed and coughed up blood, we have put him on oxygen and wait for you to get here. We got down and he was lying peacefully gave him a kiss good bye as he got put to sleep . He already looked like he was. The vet said it had spread to his lungs and his eyes are dilated and the vet now knows it is F.I.P
Me and my partner are heartbroken he was only 1 years old, he brought such happiness to us, the most amazing personality . my house is now empty with out his playful soul. He had the most beautiful face and personality.
we paid for the best treatment and cost us a lot of money. They die with in 4 days of this disease it is infectious and can be passed onto other cats. The vet said its hard to diagnose till its aggressive which is time of death.
All cats carry this desease but cats with poor immune systems are unable to fight agest it , and as there is not cure this leads to certain death.
It is very common in sphynx cats ,as theres a lot of in breeding which causes poor genetics hence poor amune systems, the vet said she has seen 3 and 3 have died of this, our halo being one of these
This has been a very heartbreaking week for us and i wouldn't want anyone to go threw what we have had to.
I would like all breeders to be aware of in breeding as these are amazing cats with so much love to give. Also to be careful when buying your cat and look out for breeders who inbreed as our vet stressed this is very dangerous. As whilst breeding two get a good looks , this is compromising a cats internal workings.
Thank you , we wish you all the best
please be aware of the signs as we have been though a difficult week trying to figure what it is at an expensive cost and a loss of a precious baby.
On monday Halo was being sick a lot, although he seemed ok in himself
On tuesday he seemed to be getting more poorly and was still being sick a lot and crying before he was sick ,we new there was something wrong as his sick was mainly water and lots of it . Halo was drinking a lot of water after he was sick which indicated to us that he was doing this to make himself sick , we initially though that he may have something stuck in his system.
On wednesday we took him to the vets first thing they said he is very dehydrated, they gave him 3 injections and gave us isotope mixture to add to his water to help rehydrate him and serum to stop the sickness. Halo didn't touch the water or food , we was giving him small doses of water in a syringe which he was refusing,Later on the night he couldn't hardly walk. The only way to describe it was he's legs and body had cramped up. And trying to walk without bending at his joints. He wanted to be alone and looked straight threw us and seamed like he couldn't even hear us. He seamed to settle and got in his bed but his body was twitching. We believed this to be due to fact he hadn't been moving around a lot. so we planned to take him first thing in the morning as we spoken to on an on call vet ,he got in bed with us that night, which made us feel like he was getting a little better.
On thursday morning we took him to the vets. They informed us that it was very serious and said he's badly dehydrated she pulled his skin up on his neck and it stayed there. She put him on drip and we left him there all day. We then took him to the night time vets were they did tests on him.We was deeply upset as we thought he would not make the night.
On friday morning we went to the vets to pick him up to take him back to the day vets , the vet said his calcium levels are very low and kept dropping even though she was administarting more calcium. His kidneys were inflamed and the vets said he possibly had kidney damage. Although he really perked up and was alert and walking. This gave us hope. We took him straight to the day vets were they also seemed impressed with his improovemnt but told us he still wasn't out the woods yet as more tests are needed. At this stage the vet informed us that this could either an infection stomach or urinal which he could possibly becoming home later that day as he was already on antibiotics, or worse case he has F.I.P, which he wouldn't make the day. We gave him a cuddle and he was puring.We was hopeful for our baby boy
Sadly we had a phone call at 4.30 that day saying that he has taken a turn for the worse, he has collapsed and coughed up blood, we have put him on oxygen and wait for you to get here. We got down and he was lying peacefully gave him a kiss good bye as he got put to sleep . He already looked like he was. The vet said it had spread to his lungs and his eyes are dilated and the vet now knows it is F.I.P
Me and my partner are heartbroken he was only 1 years old, he brought such happiness to us, the most amazing personality . my house is now empty with out his playful soul. He had the most beautiful face and personality.
we paid for the best treatment and cost us a lot of money. They die with in 4 days of this disease it is infectious and can be passed onto other cats. The vet said its hard to diagnose till its aggressive which is time of death.
All cats carry this desease but cats with poor immune systems are unable to fight agest it , and as there is not cure this leads to certain death.
It is very common in sphynx cats ,as theres a lot of in breeding which causes poor genetics hence poor amune systems, the vet said she has seen 3 and 3 have died of this, our halo being one of these
This has been a very heartbreaking week for us and i wouldn't want anyone to go threw what we have had to.
I would like all breeders to be aware of in breeding as these are amazing cats with so much love to give. Also to be careful when buying your cat and look out for breeders who inbreed as our vet stressed this is very dangerous. As whilst breeding two get a good looks , this is compromising a cats internal workings.
Thank you , we wish you all the best
