How to Prevent Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Since there are currently no vaccines or drugs available to prevent feline infectious peritonitis, the only way to prevent it is to maintain clean living conditions for cats, reduce stress responses, improve their resistance, and avoid exposing them to other unknown cats. Usually, when a cat has feline infectious peritonitis, its appetite is still normal in the early stages, but it may exhibit symptoms such as lethargy, increased body temperature, gradually losing weight, vomiting, diarrhea, hiding, and gradual abdominal swelling. Therefore, if owners suspect that their cats have symptoms of feline infectious peritonitis, they are advised to take their cats to a pet hospital for related checks.

Keep the cat's living environment clean

To prevent feline infectious peritonitis, the first step is to avoid the transmission of feline coronavirus. Therefore, cat owners should always pay attention to keeping their cats' living environment clean, regularly disinfecting the cat's living space and daily necessities, reducing the chance of the cat contracting coronavirus, and thus reducing the possibility of virus mutation.

Reduce stress responses

Feline infectious peritonitis is usually caused by the mutation of coronavirus in cats after they are exposed to stress. Therefore, it is recommended that owners do not scare their cats, do not frequently take their cats out or bring strangers to their homes, and reduce the harm of various stress factors such as moving, changes in living conditions, and family members.

Improve the cat's resistance

Feline infectious peritonitis is caused by the mutation of coronavirus, and 80% of cats carry coronavirus. When the cat's immune system is weakened or exposed to external stress, the coronavirus is more likely to mutate. Therefore, cat owners must pay attention to daily nutrition supply, feed the cat some immunity-enhancing foods to strengthen their nutrition, and improve the cat's resistance.

Avoid contact with other unfamiliar cats

The pathogen of feline infectious peritonitis is the feline infectious peritonitis virus, which is mutated from feline coronavirus. Feline coronavirus is a contact-infectious virus that mainly infects through contact with the excrement of infected cats. Therefore, cat owners should avoid exposing their healthy cats to other unfamiliar cats, reducing the chance of the cat contracting coronavirus and lowering the probability of virus mutation.