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Hi, I have to share my experience that
it’s pretty common with “fevers with unknown cause” – I
had about a dozen of my cats going through the same experience – all the
blood work came back pretty normal, but some had a high fever over 106 –
my vets couldn’t figure out what’s wrong with them and she is a very
capable vet – it was probably some type of virus related – but all
my cats had no other symptoms other than fever – that’s why people
usually want to blame on FIP as “fevers with unknown cause” is
pretty common symptom for FIP – I was so scared every time when my cats
get high fever because I always thought – oh no they have FIP – but
fortunately that never really was the case – Also, from an alternative medicine stand
point, high fever is not considered to be such as a bad thing if it does not
last more than a few days (though I had some kitties who’s fever did not
go down over a week) – in their interpretation, it’s animal’s
way of trying to deal with something internally, they are trying to fight off
something – so my holistic vet always discourage to try to stop the fever
with an antibiotic is not necessary the best thing – on the other hand –
low fever is a very bad thing – I lost my little boy Henry – (possible
to FIP, but I never confirmed) – his body was started shutting down, by
the time I went to the emergency, his temp was down to 65 or something –
I was so sad when he crossed – My baby, Anchovy’s fever was up to
106.5, or higher, so high the thermometer did not even register – I freaked
out and the vet put ice all over her – then she injected her the fever
reducer – but she recovered within two weeks- with no antibiotics or
anything. From:
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Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd say, if the vet you work for can't
answer that, I'd find a new vet for your cat, scary. All that aside: 106.5 seems to be the point of critical
injury and seizures according to online sources, but I called two different vet
offices in my local area that I have used in the past, one said anything above
105 is dangerous, and the other said anything in the range of 105.5 to
106 is dangerous. They did, however mention that it would be lower in a
kitten, where anything over 104.5 could cause damage to their delicate systems. Have you tried wiping her paws with some
rubbing alcohol and keeping her on an ice pack (make sure you flip her every 5
minutes and rotate her on 20 minutes and off 15 minutes)? I'm
assuming she is limp and unwiulling to move on her own, correct? Cool IV fluids
would also help. Your vet could also do cool water enemas in the office if
the temp spikes again. STOP all cooling measures when the temperature gets down
to below 103, because the cooling system of the cat is not functioning
properly, it is possible to send the cat into hypothermia if you keep treating
the fever once it gets down into the safe zone (anything below 103). A possibility, if the drugs your vet has
been using have not helped, is Metacam. It's newly approved for cats, and can
help with fever, but is not approved for long term use. You would need to be
sure her body has cleared all the previous drugs first (at least 24 hours), and
the dosage is VERY small. As your vet about it. It's called Metacam, the drug
name is meloxicam. It's been approved for dogs for some time, just recently
approved for felines for short term use. I wouldn't do anything much unless her
fever goes back up above 104. 103.2 is not really that bad at all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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