I haven’t heard about Mutian or oral GS, I will look into that further. As for Facebook groups, in my initial search I also found a bunch of Facebook groups. I pointed him at a couple “FIP Warriors” private groups, but I don’t have facebook myself and can’t verify that they’re legit.
Ideally, I’d just like to link him to a legitimate source to buy from because the poor guy is understandably freaking out. The unclear writing about the legality of this stuff (which I would REALLY like to nail down) might preclude somebody posting that information publicly though.
Luckily he is a physician so hopefully that will make giving his cat injections a bit easier, though I don’t think they teach you how to give a 6 month old kitten a subcutaneous shot in medical school!
That said, many vets will still source and administer it. Our vet (not the initial emergency vet mentioned above) was very supportive.
This is a really good article covering the details: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/remdesiv...
I went through the FIP Warriors 5.0 Facebook group. They are legit, and they do much more than help you find the medicine. They support you through the whole process.
The injections are horrible to administer and use a super large needle that really hurts the cats but it's worth it. We transitioned to pills after about a month when we saw that the meds were clearly working and she wasn't on the brink of death.
She's still with us today. Absolutely destroying our furniture.
such a shame GS can't be prescribed