This website is dedicated to help any pet parent that has dealt with Cat F.I.P Feline Infectious Peritonitis (F.I.P)
Our Story
On December 6th, 2023, my wife Caroline and I had to say goodbye to one of our fur Babies. For those who are unaware of the courageous story about our furry little fighter, here is the story of Liberty.
Liberty was born on May 22nd, 2022. She was one of five babies in the bunch. Amongst four girls and one boy she along with the three other girls developed some unfortunate health issues. Well, that’s what we thought in the beginning.
During Liberty’s first couple of months, she was a happy and playful kitten until one day my wife noticed that she seemed very lethargic and rarely ever wanted to leave our bedroom. We decided to take her to the vet
The results from her first appointment were not great, but not a huge cause for concern. We had her stool sampled and low and behold the results came back with a positive diagnosis of a parasite called Giardia. This parasite is one of the nastiest parasites out there, especially for a small kitty.
Liberty, who was already a tiny girl, could not afford to have this thing eating away at her. The vet prescribed us a medication designed specifically for Giardia. All other medications do not work on this parasite.
Now, all fur parents must know that giving medicine to an animal isn’t always a walk in the park. The first attempt to treat Liberty did not go as planned, in fact, she hated the medicine. I guess the person who created it did not prioritize it tasting good, so she refused to take it. We called our vet and asked if there was possibly a pill form of the medication there was not.
Obviously, we were not thrilled with the treatment, so we were told to go to a pet apothecary to help make it a more “enjoyable experience”. Guess what, making the medication taste like beef didn’t help either. We ended up having to force the medication on our poor Liberty and pray that it would rid whatever was ailing her. For such a small baby she could fend off two full-grown adults A week passed by and the medication didn’t seem to be working so we scheduled another vet appointment.
We were given Profender a deworming medication that is supposed to kill all worms, besides Giardia (how does that make sense?) Please be cautious with this product as it is distributed by Elanco Pharmaceuticals. Elanco produces the vaccines for most animals Division). This treatment seemed to have done more harm than good. It also looked to have awakened something nasty in one of the other already sick baby girls, Melania and it didn’t improve Liberty’s condition.
At the appointment, we decided to have some blood work done. This is when we found out our poor baby had Feline Infectious Peritonitis, or (FIP) she also had her belly scanned revealing lesions on her stomach.
If you are not familiar with FIP, or what the “experts” classify as Feline Covid it is a toxin that is almost always fatal, in fact without treatments that are now available after 30 years of this toxin being around it usually has a sad ending.
Apparently, there isn’t even a foolproof way to diagnose FIP, and being sent home by the vet with no treatment, only to be told “enjoy her while you have her” After we were told this we decided to take matters into our own hands and start researching.
Having lived through 2020 and seeing the alleged irregularities associated with COVID-19 and the fact that this toxin is known as F-COV made us wonder if there were any links between the two. Maybe, just maybe we could find a cure.
Unfortunately, finding a cure part has not yet occurred, but we did learn some interesting details about F-COV. The recommended treatment for FIP is called remdesivir. Remdesivir is the same drug used to treat humans during the pandemic. Allegedly remdesivir hurt more people than it saved.
Instead of going with Remdesivir we decided to try another method and asked our vet for a prescription for Heart Gard (Ivermectin) This seemed to have a positive effect. She was eating more and a tad more playful but still showed she was tired all the time.. The Ivermectin prolonged her wellness but she still had trouble gaining weight we gave her the Ivermectin once a month for three months, but in between we stopped because we discovered another possible remedy from a website called Natural Wonder Pets. This website focuses on natural remedies for kitties dealing with critical illness, such as FIP. We administered both of them twice a day Primalix Immune and C-Care from their website.
Some context as to why we had to make this change was because Liberty’s sister, Melania had to go to the Emergency room because she was having a difficult time breathing one night and she had her chest drained from the fluid that accumulated right outside of her lungs. When this takes place your vet will usually recommend euthanizing your baby. We went against this recommendation and although she was given a short time to live, My wife found this company that creates medicines with the idea of using natural methods.
Trying other methods such as these seemed to help extend their lives much further than any professional told us. For example Liberty and Melania both lived an extra four months because of the efforts of me and my wife thinking outside the box.
After extensive attempts of multiple different medicines and constant feedings. between the two baby girls, Liberty and Melania they have sadly both lost their battles with FIP. Liberty after a short-lived life of 1 year and 7 months, and Melania lived 1 year and 7 months.