"Last September, our cat Be Be was diagnosed with FIP. Be Be was seen by two vets, in a common practice, who both treated it like a death sentence rather than as a life challenge. Desperate to see what we could practically do about the situation, we searched the Internet and eventually found 21Cats.
We wrote to 21Cats and quickly got a response within hours. Not only did they answer our questions, they introduced us to Taz who also has FIP. Armed with Taz's actual medical records as well as the detailed regime that has kept Taz going for 6+ years, we now had a real counterbalance to death sentence pronounced by the vets.
The vets remained skeptical. Surely they said, "Taz was misdiagnosed". We adapted Taz's regime to the realities of Hong Kong and set off engaging Be Be with a lot of love. This was in late Sept. 2001. In May 2002, we finally took Be Be, very much alive, into the vets for a check up. They were indeed surprised to see Be Be in such relatively good shape after 7 plus months. In fact, they were so surprised that they began to second guess their initial diagnosis. Perhaps, they said "Be Be was misdiagnosed". "We think he has a ruptured diaphragm, not FIP" they said in calling us back after looking at an X-ray. Be Be and 21 Cats proved them wrong. No, indeed he has FIP but he is also very much alive and meowing.
Now the vets are on our side, very actively interested in the case of Be Be. They are now actually helping us to fine tune our regime! There is no doubt that if it were not for 21Cats and the detailed experience of Taz, Be Be would not still be with us."
--Candace and John, Hong Kong
