Because FIP is a variant of coronavirus, and coronavirus is transmitted between cats, as long as they have not been infected with coronavirus before, an “only child” cat raised indoors (a home environment with only one cat) is more likely to be infected with FIP. It is relatively small. In this case, the infection is often acquired by the cat from the mother cat during the kitten period. FIP prevention focuses on households with multiple cats. Methods of prevention include:
- Clean the cat litter every day, and place the cat litter box away from the food bowl and water bowl
- Regularly and thoroughly clean the litter box
- indoor rearing
- Do regular physical examinations for cats to ensure that the vaccines that should be vaccinated are vaccinated on time (physical examinations are recommended once a year)
- Provide cats with nutritionally complete and balanced food
- If a cat is diagnosed with FIP, the cat should be quarantined
- After the death of the FIP cat, it is recommended to wait half a year before raising a new kitten (or test other cats in the family for antibody, and then raise a new kitten when it is very low)
- For cat breeders, pregnant and breastfeeding mother cats should have separate space with their kittens to be separated from other cats in the litter; if the mother cat is suspected of being a carrier of the coronavirus, at 4-6 weeks The kittens should be weaned and separated from the mother cat at the same time; for female cats with multiple FIP kittens, they should be withdrawn from the breeding list as soon as possible.
If you want to test kittens for coronavirus antibodies, you have to wait until the cat is at least 10 weeks old, and a negative result before that does not fully explain the problem.