How do cats get coronavirus?

One surprising thing that people have learned is that cats can become afflicted with coronavirus. Basically, the virus will have a different effect on cats as compared to humans. There are some cats that may have the virus and will also be asymptomatic which means that they will not experience any symptoms. Yet, there are also cats who may become more susceptible to the disease. The coronavirus may mutate or cause a more serious condition in cats called FIP. FIP stands for Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Cats that have this condition may suffer from lethargy and may also have some trouble in doing the usual things that they have to do. Cats need to be properly diagnosed so that proper treatment can be given.

Feline Coronavirus, also known as FCoV, is normally spread through the feces of the cat. The virus sheds itself through the feces of the cat, posing risk to the other cats that are in the environment. For example, if there are three cats in a home, they may all share the same litter box.

If one of those cats with the virus relives itself in the litter box and then the other cat comes behind it and has contact with the feces, they can then contract the virus. Being that having diarrhea is often the only symptom of the virus, it is easy to spread to other cats.

There is a type of coronavirus common to cats. The virus is mostly called fenile coronavirus. Cats are the only animals that can contract fenile coronavirus, and that is why it is mostly regarded as a non-contagious disease. Although fenile coronavirus does not cause too many harms in cats, however, it can degenerate into a serious disease known as fenile coronavirus peritonitis (FIP).

Feline Coronavirus usually leads to FIP if a cat is getting exposed and re-infected by fenile coronavirus. The most common way by which cats get senile coronavirus infection is when they come in contact with or when they expose themselves to a soil that has been contaminated with the virus. Fenile coronavirus usually comes out of cats through their feces, urine, etc. The fact that fenile coronavirus can survive for two weeks in the soil explains how other cats can be infected or re-infected when they expose themselves to that spot.