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Purred: Tue Jun 1, '10 3:33pm PST


	Our Wendy, an adopted shelter kitten, was taken by FIP a little over a year ago. We have three older cats in our family that seem to be healthy. I've been feeding a young stray for about a month and would love to make her part of our family, but don't want to expose her to FIP that our older cats may now carry. Is there an age at which cat's immune systems are strong enough to fight off FIP or will our household always be too dangerous to introduce a new cat? Edited by author Tue Jun 1, '10 3:34pm PST

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Purred: Sat Dec 4, '10 1:42am PST


	Hey, sorry to get to you so late. You probably already have the information you need. But FIP is not really transferred that way. FIP is a specific mutation of the coronavirus in some cats (1/5000 supposedly) that is not transferrable between them. If you were to get a kitten, she would be exposed to the coronavirus probably, but the chances of another spontaneous mutation of the virus are quite low. My baby kitten died of FIP about a month ago, and I am petrified to even think about getting another kitten. But there is no reason to it. Just to be safe, you should probably clean the litter box well, like throw out the litter and sanitize. But again, it's usually just the coronavirus being spread and 50 to 90% of cats have that. Hopefully y'all are well!

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