Once pets have eaten, put their food away

Q: My life is crazy and there’s never a dull moment with three cats, three dogs, three kids and one mother-in-law. She moved in a few months ago because she has trouble remembering things. My wife and I work during the day, and can’t be there to watch my mother-in-law constantly. She loves the animals but forgets that she has fed them. If she doesn’t stop soon, we’ll have some very overweight pets. Any advice? — G.P., Louisville, Ky.

A: After we’ve fed our pets, we make their food inaccessible. I suggest you hide the pets’ food from Grandma. My hope is she won’t then put out chocolate bars or leftovers from the refrigerator just because she enjoys feeding them. Perhaps, what you need is a dog walker for the canines, and a day care facility for your mother-in-law. If she is that forgetful, gerontologist Dr. Lydia Gray Smith of Chicago, Ill. says she worries about grandma’s safety home alone.

Q: We named our kitty Mariah Kitty because she’d walk around the house singing. She has been the happiest kitten, but lately has been less active. Then, just yesterday, her belly began to expand. My vet says she has a fatal infectious disease and nothing can be done. Why doesn’t he just get the fluid out? Is there something I can do? — L.S., Spartanburg, N.C.

A: It’s best that this fluid be evaluate by a veterinarian who knows what to look for. A specific type of yellowish fluid is consistent with feline infectious peritonitis. Sadly, once clinical signs occur, this disease is fatal.

I had the honor of emceeing the Winn Feline Foundation 33rd Annual Symposium, “WINNing the FIP Battle,” June 23 in Reston, Va., with two legendary veterinary researchers, both with a long history of dealing with FIP: Dr. Al Legendre, a professor at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville; and Dr. Niels Pederson, director of the Center for Companion Animal Health, University of California College of Veterinary Medicine, Davis.

Not all cats with a distended belly have FIP, so it’s a good idea to have that fluid tested. Sadly, if (effusive, or wet) FIP is the diagnosis, there’s little you can do except to make your “baby” comfortable.

However, for cats diagnosed with another type of FIP, called dry FIP, there may finally be some hope. Legendre has announced that a drug called polyprenyl immunostimulant might help extend lives of cats with dry FIP and simultaneously improve their quality of life by helping them feel better.

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