Possible FIP transmission??

[greenergrl]

Hello, I got a new cat from the shelter who we actually thought was pregnant. I brought her to the vet who ran the FIV tests which came back negative, he also ran the FIP tests because she in fact wasn't pregnant, so he was concerned about the swelling in her stomach. I'd never heard of FIP before, and the staff at the vets didn't tell me that she wasn't pregnant when I went to go pick her up. I brought her home to my 3 other cats thinking that nothing was wrong. The vet called yesterday and said that she tested positive for coronavirus, but he didn't know if it was FIP or not. We've had this new cat for a week now, sharing the litterbox and water with my other cats. I've been adding colloidal silver to their water, maybe that will kill it before its passed on? But I'm thinking now that I should quarantine the new cat, but will that do any good at this point? I would think that if the virus were to spread, it would have done so by now. Any suggestions? Thank you.

[twinmommy]

Hi.

I found this for you...

Cats who develop feline infectious peritonitis have a mutant form of the
feline cornona virus which has developed the ability to penetrate the
body's defenses and enter the tissues outside the intestine. This happens
because the FeCo virus mutates within a cat and develops the ability to
cause FIP. It is though that this mutation process produces almost all the
cases of FIP, although there are a few exceptions that seem to have been
proven to occur, in which already developed FIP virus has been passed from
one cat to another.

actually, here's the link to the whole article http://www.vetinfo.com/cfip.html

but above all, what does your vet to do next?