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I am so glad Cow will never go through that again as well. I was just reading on the previous page about an article where a lady has a cat with fluid in her lungs. Possible FIP. Since two kittens out of this litter died with the same symptoms I am wondering if FIP was responsible. No blood work was done on Faith.
Both kittens had trouble breathing. The first kitten, Miracle, died with labored breathing after 2-3 days of being born. I could tell she had fluid in her lungs. Faith appeared healthy from the start. BUT.....she had an eye problem. When her eyes opened, one refused to open. We had to help her with hit with a warm wet rag. At least twice a week till she died her eye would glue shut. I have not heard of FIP before. She had an eye problem as well and worried about her being blind.
Before she got sick with her lungs, she would glance up at me and my husband when we walked in her den. She would be happy to see us and was nursing well and was a little chunk. But when she got sick, her vision was different in both eyes. I had to put food literaly under her nose so she could smell it in order for her to eat. She ate off my fingers. If she attempted to eat from a saucer, she would bite the edge of the saucer thinking it was food. It smelled like food and so she thought it must be food. She could not see the food or so it appeared. I think she was goijng rapidly blind.
And yes tiger, she was special. I still miss her a lot. She was our favorite baby because when she was well she was so in tune to me and Juan.
The others are all very healthy looking, FAT, and sassy and Cow is now weaning them. I am going to miss them when they go to their new home. They are all going together and will be house cats. I want to wait till they are at least 8 weeks old and have had their first shots. And I am also keeping a clause in our verbal contract that if they can't keep the babies, they ONLY come back to us. They are going to live with a co-worker single mother with three kids. Juan is going to help her fix her cellar door before the actual "giving" takes place so we can check out her house and the situation they will be living in. If it doesn't like like a good environment, they are going to remain with us. They are so active and playful. They attack us when we are in the room with them. We love them very much but they will do better in a loving environment so they can totally bond with a family. I hope it works out for them. The woman in the household is lovely and they already have kitten food bought and litter and are getting prepared now. I am going to buy them a new bed and get them use to it before they go. I want the transfer to be gentle on the people and on the kittens. I am thrilled they want all three. But we have to do a house check first. The oldest child is a disabled 12 yr old girl and she is a sweet child. The middle child is 10 and a boy and he is thrilled with the cats. He is a christian and loves kittens and can't wait to have them. I feel like they will be good to them but I reserve the right to repossess if things go downhill. They plan on keeping them house cats only.
Keep your fingers crossed that these remain very healthy.. They have a separate litter area then any other cats in the house. So......only time will tell. But at this time they display no symptoms of illness or disease. And Cow is fat and sassy. We finally got her to go in the enclosure today for the first time. She had not wanted to leave her babies alone in the house till now. This was the first time she has went outside since we brought her in before the move except for being fixed and that certainly didn't count as an outside adventure.... She hated the vet by the way..!! hehe
Later, Jenn
Both kittens had trouble breathing. The first kitten, Miracle, died with labored breathing after 2-3 days of being born. I could tell she had fluid in her lungs. Faith appeared healthy from the start. BUT.....she had an eye problem. When her eyes opened, one refused to open. We had to help her with hit with a warm wet rag. At least twice a week till she died her eye would glue shut. I have not heard of FIP before. She had an eye problem as well and worried about her being blind.
Before she got sick with her lungs, she would glance up at me and my husband when we walked in her den. She would be happy to see us and was nursing well and was a little chunk. But when she got sick, her vision was different in both eyes. I had to put food literaly under her nose so she could smell it in order for her to eat. She ate off my fingers. If she attempted to eat from a saucer, she would bite the edge of the saucer thinking it was food. It smelled like food and so she thought it must be food. She could not see the food or so it appeared. I think she was goijng rapidly blind.
And yes tiger, she was special. I still miss her a lot. She was our favorite baby because when she was well she was so in tune to me and Juan.
The others are all very healthy looking, FAT, and sassy and Cow is now weaning them. I am going to miss them when they go to their new home. They are all going together and will be house cats. I want to wait till they are at least 8 weeks old and have had their first shots. And I am also keeping a clause in our verbal contract that if they can't keep the babies, they ONLY come back to us. They are going to live with a co-worker single mother with three kids. Juan is going to help her fix her cellar door before the actual "giving" takes place so we can check out her house and the situation they will be living in. If it doesn't like like a good environment, they are going to remain with us. They are so active and playful. They attack us when we are in the room with them. We love them very much but they will do better in a loving environment so they can totally bond with a family. I hope it works out for them. The woman in the household is lovely and they already have kitten food bought and litter and are getting prepared now. I am going to buy them a new bed and get them use to it before they go. I want the transfer to be gentle on the people and on the kittens. I am thrilled they want all three. But we have to do a house check first. The oldest child is a disabled 12 yr old girl and she is a sweet child. The middle child is 10 and a boy and he is thrilled with the cats. He is a christian and loves kittens and can't wait to have them. I feel like they will be good to them but I reserve the right to repossess if things go downhill. They plan on keeping them house cats only.
Keep your fingers crossed that these remain very healthy.. They have a separate litter area then any other cats in the house. So......only time will tell. But at this time they display no symptoms of illness or disease. And Cow is fat and sassy. We finally got her to go in the enclosure today for the first time. She had not wanted to leave her babies alone in the house till now. This was the first time she has went outside since we brought her in before the move except for being fixed and that certainly didn't count as an outside adventure.... She hated the vet by the way..!! hehe
Later, Jenn
