Meet Lucy & Linus Age: 16 weeks Breed: Burmilla Diagnosis: Effusive (wet) form Lucy and Linus were diagnosed with wet FIP only a couple of weeks apart after going from boisterous little kittens to tired, sad and very clearly unwell kittens. Under the wonderful guidance of Dr Richard Malik and Dr Marcus Gunew both immediately started on the daily injections.…

Meet Coney Age: 6 months Breed: British shorthair Diagnosis: Effusive (wet) form I adopted Coney as a stray after he was dumped by his owners because he had rectal prolapse. He lived in the hospital for a few weeks and after multiple prolapses ended up having colopexy surgery to fix the issue. After finally coming home I noticed that Coney…

Meet Buddy Age: 14 months Breed: Ragdoll cross Diagnosis: Non-effusive (dry) form Buddy was a rescue with his brother. They are ragdoll cross cats who came from a house with so many cats. When we returned from a week holiday we noticed that he was very tired. He had some strange behaviour like wanting to eat gravel. Many tests and…

Meet Mo Age: 1 year Breed: Domestic Shorthair Diagnosis: Non-effusive (dry) form We always assumed Mo was the “runt” of the litter being a small rescue kitten. At around 1 year old we noticed she was eating less, and she wasn’t food motivated at all. We assumed she was being fussy and tried different brands and types of wet and…

Meet Gina Age: 18 months Breed: Toxedo Diagnosis: Effusive (wet) form Gina is our rescue cat we got her from our local cat rescue centre last August. We first met her in June when she was looking after her four kittens. She had been given up by her previous owners when she became pregnant so she was a bit reserved…

Meet Ozzy Age: 1 year 8 months Breed: Domestic Shorthair Diagnosis: Effusive (wet) form Shortly after Christmas, we noticed that Ozzy’s stomach had swollen and felt very fluid filled. He was lethargic, refusing to eat, frequently going to the litter box but not doing anything and hiding all the time. We took him to our usual vet who told us…

Meet Luna Age: 4mths and 15 days Breed: Maine Coon Diagnosis: Non-effusive (dry) form Luna is just starting this journey, had coronavirus and severe gastroenteritis…was in hospital 3 days. This was around 3 months old. She had severe vomiting… came home, seemed to improve for a couple of weeks, then started losing weight again, vomiting, not eating a lot, lethargic,…

Meet Lily Age: 8 months Breed: Domestic short hair Diagnosis: Non-effusive (dry) form Lily was never meant to be ordinary, from the very beginning, her story was different. A single kitten, born without the comfort of littermates to tumble over or curl up beside, she entered the world already facing it alone. While other kittens learned to pounce, to chase,…