Just noticed something scary about my RB-cat...

[Kirsten]

... Aysche (1984 - 1986). I have just posted her picture in the Cat General forum, in the tortie thread. Now look at her eyes: When I just looked at her, I saw her pupils look differently dilated.



Aysche died very young, from FIP. Till the day I had to put her to sleep, I had no idea how sick she was, even though she had many health problems all her life. (I know, it's hard to believe I didn't realize earlier she was gravely ill, but she was my first cat and I didn't had much experience with cats at that time. )

Anyway, she had the wet form of FIP and showed the first symptoms at the age of 6 months, and she still lived for more than a year after the disease broke out, which is a very long time for the wet FIP form.

Now what scared me so many years after her passing is that these dilate pupils must have been an indication for a neurological damage. I know this can happen whit FIP, but that photo has been taken at least 9 months before her passing, at a time when she was still acting very normal and more or less healthy. But she must have been so sick already! And now I'm feeling so bad for her that I didn't notice while I had her!

Kirsten