Thread: Fudge is very ill.

I am so sorry that you are going through such anxiety. Last year I bought a Bengal and had her for 3 months and lost her to FIP. She suddenly became very listless (slept all the time) and would not eat. It is devastating. I wish you all the best and pray that Fudge will be all right.

This is very sad news. I know from personal experience how much stress this sort of thing causes, because there is not that much that you can do to help the cat. I also know that even two weeks is sufficient time to get very attached to these guys. It is difficult to understand how a breeder could have been unaware of issue with the cat, if they became so severe after only two weeks with you. Have you talked with the breeder? All the breeders that I have ever dealt with have been very concerned about their cats continued good health, and would want to know if some health issue was discovered.

From what I read about stomatitis (back when there was a concern with one of our girls), some cats bodies way overreact to bacteria in the mouth and on the teeth. Typically it can be arrested and eliminated by extracting all of the cat's teeth. While this sounds extreme, I know one or two people that have had to do this with a cat, and within just a couple of days the cats are back to eating wet food normally and had no more stomatitis problems after that.

One source for some reasonable health articles that I have come across is the CFA website:
Cat Fanciers' Association: Caring for Cats

There is one article on calicivirus that I found informative:
Cat Fanciers' Association: Calici Virus

There are several on FIP, etc.

I hope the situation for you and Fudge improves rapidly!