Casper – Ragdoll of the Week

May 17, 2024

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My attractive Casper was featured a variety of years in the past as Ragdoll of the Week alongside along with his brother Milo.

Me and my accomplice have been on a rollercoaster journey with our Ragdolls since October final 12 months which I wished to share with you all.

Casper has simply turned 12 in April and is a loving pleasant Ragdoll energetic and intensely pleasant. Sadly, again in late September, he went off his meals, and the vet recognized that he had reabsorption of the tooth. I’m not an knowledgeable on this, however mainly, his tooth had been getting reabsorbed by his jawbone. So, over the course of two separate operations, all of his tooth had been eliminated aside from his massive canines and the very small tooth on the very entrance, as they had been all affected by reabsorption.

On the identical time our different Ragdoll Cosmo was recognized with inflammatory bowel illness and was placed on steroids. On the time we thought Cosmo was going to die however the steroids labored wonders and he recovered and was working round like a loopy kitty once more chasing his brothers.

Going again to Casper although he by no means made a whole restoration from the tooth removing and continued to battle with consuming regardless of common visits to the vets to unravel the issue.

Then simply earlier than Christmas final 12 months Casper grew to become poorly once more being sick over just a few days. We took him to the vets once more who checked him over and couldn’t discover something improper. He recovered from this however the first week in January he took poorly once more not eager to eat. We took him again once more to the vets and so they did a scan and located stomach fluid so was rushed to a vetinary hospital the place he was recognized with pancreatitis.

He was placed on a 2 week course of antibiotics. At this level I needed to begin hand feeding him as he was refusing to eat.

After many visits backwards and forwards to the vets and scans as Casper was not enhancing they did a PCR check and he was recognized with feline infections peritonitis in March. Me and my accomplice had been heartbroken as till just lately this was classed as a deadly illness for cats however we got gentle on the finish of the tunnel after we found there was hope with some new remedy that had been found because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sadly this remedy will not be out there in all international locations nevertheless it has been accepted the place we dwell within the UK however it is extremely costly at over £40 per pill.

Because the remedy has an over 80% success price we agreed to proceed with this regardless of our pets insurance coverage firm refusing to offer cowl as they linked it to his pancreatitis analysis which we had already exhausted our cowl for £3000.

The GS-441524 remedy (doesn’t roll of the tongue) is a 12 week course and on the finish the cat ought to hopefully go in to full remission.

A number of days in to the remedy on the prescribed dose and it wasn’t working Casper was creating extra stomach fluid and had a pot bellied look which is frequent for cats with FIP. One afternoon I observed his respiration had elevated to 49 breaths per minute. I known as the vet instantly and he was rushed in. They found in addition to having fluid in his stomach it had additionally unfold to his chest, so he needed to have an emergency process to take away the fluid from his chest. They like to depart the fluid within the stomach so the physique can reabsorb it itself because it causes an excessive amount of shock for the cat if eliminated unexpectedly.

To the vet’s amazement Casper pulled by the process. The vet commented that they’d by no means eliminated a lot fluid from a cats chest earlier than and for the cat to make it. Our FIP warrior Casper was decided not to surrender the battle and neither had been we.

All through his remedy my vets have been receiving recommendation from the Royal School of Vets within the UK and extra just lately Edinburgh College who’re conducting analysis on FIP.

As a part of this analysis they examined the degrees of GS-441524 in Casper blood and sadly we obtained information yesterday that the focus ranges should not excessive sufficient to make sure Casper goes in to full remission.

Casper has been making superb progress and going from a cat again in January that might sit all day in the identical place not shifting or consuming to being 80% again to his regular self now’s implausible though I’m nonetheless having to partially help him with consuming as he misplaced 1 kilogram in weight and remains to be slowly placing this again on.

He has blood checks each few weeks to test his protein ranges are dropping which is what ought to occur and the excellent news all the pieces is on the fitting path.

His remedy was resulting from finish the primary week in June however because the meditation focus ranges in his blood aren’t excessive sufficient we’re having to modify from the pill type to the injectable type from subsequent week on the recommendation or Edinburgh College. I have to admit I’m not wanting ahead to and I’m certain Casper isn’t both.

Now we have spent hundreds already on his remedy so the information that his remedy is now going to need to be prolonged previous the preliminary June finish date has come considerably as a shock.

Particularly when me and my accomplice should not excessive earners. However we haven’t given up but and neither has Casper he’s a fighter bless him and we’re decided to beat this horrendous illness collectively.

On a really unhappy observe we misplaced Cosmo my different ragdoll who had IBD on nineteenth April he developed septic peritonitis and the vet suggested there was nothing they may do. He was so weak bless him and so they suggested resulting from his present IBD his probabilities had been extraordinarily slim so with a heavy coronary heart we had him put to sleep and he’s now at relaxation in our backyard the place he liked to be.

I wished everybody to remember that there’s hope in case your cat will get FIP. Sadly, it’s not an easy path to restoration. The 12-week course of remedy might should be prolonged, and the extent of remedy might should be elevated, which all has price implications. It additionally impacted Caspers’s kidneys, so he’s additionally on remedy for that, however fortunately, the urea ranges in his blood have returned to regular now.

We’re all conserving our fingers crossed for Casper, and I hope he can be in your prayers for a full restoration.

Thanks for listening to his story.

If you want to help Casper’s remedy, I just lately arrange a GoFundMe web page after we discovered his remedy wanted to be prolonged. For those who can help it, thanks a lot. If not, no drawback in any respect.

I simply hope our story exhibits there’s now hope for cats with FIP. Our FIP warrior Casper says thanks, too, for studying his story, which, let’s hope, has a profitable final result. I’ll maintain you all up to date.

Unique story submission:

Casper Ragdoll of the Week Me as a tiny baby — Me as a tiny child

My identify is Casper; I’m a 4-year-old Ragdoll and dwell in Durham Metropolis in the UK. I dwell with my house owners and my two brothers Cosmo and Milo who’re additionally Ragdolls. Milo was Ragdoll of the week just a few weeks in the past. I’m a seal bi color tabby. My favourite pastime is consuming! I might eat all day if I may. I’ve even been to the vets to have this checked out however they are saying I’ve simply acquired a giant urge for food. I’ll eat virtually something, so my house owners have to ensure they don’t depart something out within the kitchen or I’ll eat it. I even attempt to steal Cosmo’s meals if I get the chance, however I might by no means attempt to steal Milo’s as he’s virtually as dangerous as me. My house owners acquired me as a bit of kitten once I was 12 weeks previous from a Ragdoll breeder within the North East of England. I’m extraordinarily pleasant and have a really loud purr. I’m additionally continuously on the go a lot to everybody’s annoying generally, which is why I believe Cosmo didn’t like me once I first moved in. I believe he was use to having the home to himself and didn’t need me continuously in his face eager to play. We at the moment are good buddies although. All 3 of us get pleasure from taking part in chasing one another round the home and backyard which implies John is continually have to select up our fur, which he moans about generally. I additionally like to play fetch chasing and returning balls of paper. I particularly adore it after they throw the ball of paper up the steps for me to chase, though I do suppose they do that to tire me out generally so I fall asleep. Cosmo and Milo at all times have a look at me like I’m loopy once I’m taking part in fetch.

Casper Ragdoll of the Week Me as a baby again — Me as a child once more

I additionally like to stalk the birds and frogs in our backyard. I used to be actually happy with myself just lately once I managed to seize a pigeon, plucking it out of the air because it was taking off. Sadly John was watching from the kitchen window and rushed out in to the backyard to rescue it from my paws. I wasn’t very completely happy because it flew off safely.

I’ve a good looking thick coat within the winter months, the one drawback is within the Spring/Summer time once I endure from excessive shedding. Regardless that my house owners comb recurrently throughout this era my fur does develop into matted in locations so the matts need to be minimize out.

Casper Ragdoll of the Week Me On top of the kitchen cupboards — Me On prime of the kitchen cabinets

Sadly this does imply I do look a little bit of a large number till my fur regrows. My brothers don’t endure so badly with this however the vet says it’s nothing to fret about. Me and Milo like to groom one another however Cosmo prefers to take care of himself!|

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