Lost 4 kittens. 5th in vets

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    Rebecca Seaman
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    I foster and have for 2 years. I have 2 happy and health queens in my cathouse with 6 health and happy kittens between them.
    However this week has been the worst week of my fostering experience. I have a feral cat that had 5 kittens, 3 in the morning on Thursday one dead shortly after birth and 2 in the evening. On Saturday morning we think the 2 born Thursday evening were dead and nearly gone. We left the one that was still alive with mum in the hope that she may take it back and intervened and hour later but it was too late. One more dead Sunday morning so we took the last one in to hand rear. She was doing well Sunday and all day yesterday took her 2AM feed well but at 5AM only has a very small feed. At 8AM we struggled to wake her up. She is now in the vets. He thinks that she has an infection and is on antibotics At 5 days old we are not holding out much hope. I just need some hugs xxx

    #858378
    Kittyzee
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    Oh Rebecca, I am so sorry. In every rescuers life, this happens even when kittens/cats are seemingly healthy. Unfortunately, no one knows the background of a feral cat in most cases, and you don’t know what they have been exposed to. Bless you for continuing to take in and care for these cats and their kittens. The life of a rescuer is full of broken hearted times…but what else can we do but try? đŸ˜„ 🙂

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    Rebecca Seaman
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    Unfortunately she died this afternoon. Vet thinks it was either congenital or viral. I did the silly thing and got too attached. I am in bits. Thank you for your kind words and responding xx

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    katzenjammer
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    So very sorry.

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