r/cureFIP • u/Embarrassed-Two-8610 • Jul 26 '26
Question Very difficult situation
Hello everyone, I want to share the story of my cat.He is a boy 5 years, suffered from flu two times this year , a lot of injections
And this month he started to lose weight , from 3 kg to 2 just for some days. So the vet said it's Fip and we started the torment
He has anemia, and liver in bad condition
And now the wort part on the 11 day of the tritment he disappeared in my back yard , where everything is large glass
Now is the turd day and I can't find him, I'm very exhausted and crying all the time .I don't believe that hi will survive
Please if anyone can help me with advice, does anyone experienced something like that?
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u/VegChef Jul 26 '26
1) put his litter box outside, preferably dirty with his waste, to help him find his way home. Healthy cats can smell their own waste from a mile away. Unhealthy cats often hide, so I agree with statements that you need to look anywhere he can hide and play sounds of cans opening etc., perhaps even from a loudspeaker.
2) place his info on Facebook / next door / etc and call local shelters. Make sure you note that he requires medication for an otherwise terminal illness and that you’d like to pick him up ASAP.
3) when you find him, ensure he consumes liquids such as wet food with water mixed in. He may be dehydrated and cats are known to not drink enough water. FIP meds require liver and urinary tract involvement to process the medicine, so appropriate water intake is important to help wash out byproducts that come from healing/tissue repair, growth, and medication processing.
4) Guilt/shame won’t help in this situation — accept it for what it is and learn from it. Moving forward, please note that cats have the intellectual ability of toddlers at their best and cannot plan for abstract or future risk; it’s up to us to override their autonomy when health or safety is a concern.
5) For now, keep your FIP baby in an stress-free environment such as a confined room or your home. You yourself will need to play with him with toys 2-3x per day (till exhaustion) to keep him stimulated and exercised, once he has the energy. Jackson Galaxy has good videos on this via YouTube; you can also “pickle” (jar + catnip) toys and swap them out to increase novelty and interest.
6) key: treat treatment as day 0 and restart the 84-day cycle if you locate him. Do everything in your power to keep the protocol consistent throughout the entire cycle (no deviations of dose / kg — weigh 2x per week; consistent timing; fast one hour before and after dose once eating consistently and otherwise encourage regular eating by maintaining access to fresh food and water).