Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary

11/04/2026

Skittles is being cared for at the Director's house. Excuse the messy bathroom. This is always used as the kitten medical room and is constantly being cleaned. We just got the video before the evening cleaning.

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (F.I.P.) is a horrible Corona based virus that mutates and causes this nightmare. There are four variations. Wet (effusive), Dry (non effusive), Occular, and Neurological.

Wet seems to be the most common and it's often easier to diagnose. Neurological takes the longest to treat.

We will post more later about FIP, but here is a current video of Skittles. She is tolerating treatment very well and that is good.

11/03/2026

When its time for medicine! Really, it's just Oscar on the top left that needs his and of course he goes high. Lol!

11/01/2026

The old cat building is almost finished with its upgrades. Looking so much better.

11/01/2026

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Orange cats have a genetic story that explains why most of them are male. The gene for orange fur sits on the X chromosome. Females carry two X chromosomes and males carry one X and one Y.

This chart shows two simple examples.

1. A black mother and an orange father: the sons receive the mother's X and are usually black, while the daughters receive one orange X and one black X, which creates a tortoiseshell coat.
2. An orange mother and a black father: the sons are usually orange, and the daughters are tortoiseshell or calico.

Calico is a tortoiseshell coat with added white spotting. Because a female needs two copies of the orange gene to be fully orange, orange females are less common. Estimates often say around three out of four orange cats are male.

This is a simplified overview. Real litters vary, and coat patterns depend on several genes.

10/31/2026

10/31/2026

The medicine to treat Skittles for FIP arrived today. She has been diagnosed with both, Neurological AND Wet Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). Neurological and wet is what killed poor little Estrella a couple of months ago. Wet FIP is what killed Miracle four years ago. Miracle's brother, Egon, also had Wet and survived the treatment. Neurological takes longer to treat. Wet is usually the easiest to treat and fortunately Skittles didn't show this form until a couple of days ago so we feel she has a better shot because her intestines aren't damaged like Miracle's were.

FIP is a diagnosis we pray we never see, but yet here we are. Skittles has been in the hospital since Wednesday on fluids because of her continuous fever and she stopped eating and drinking. Her tech said she is eating some now, so that is good. We brought the meds to the clinic as soon as FedEx delivered them to the sanctuary today. She will be observed for a couple of days to see how she reacts to the meds.

Skittles is strong. Paws and claws crossed she is a true FIP Warrior and wins this war. It is a long treatment road.

10/30/2026

In honor of the actor Patrick Stewart.

10/30/2026

Well this is an interesting article. Our Director said she was familiar woth Marfan Syndrome and saw this article about cats with it. Very unusual.

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Researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Baker Institute of Animal Health have documented the first molecular characterization of Marfan syndrome in domestic cats, documented in a paper in the September 19 issue of Scientific Reports.