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I have been fostering my first ever pregnant mom for the past month, who one week ago today (Sunday the 7th) gave birth to 5 beautiful kittens. Things started off well - the birth had no complications and the babies were nursing and gaining weight - until this past Thursday. I noticed an inflamed paw on one of the kittens and took him to my vet the very next morning. By then it was too late as the infection had spread and he had to be put to sleep. Today I awoke and noticed a far less advanced version of the same thing in another kitten - a bloated/enlarged paw. She had also lost weight and was not nursing. I rushed the whole litter to an ER vet and tonight she passed away of her infection. The vet did everything they could but she was just not strong enough to fight it.
This is my first experience raising kittens from birth and it has been so intensely painful and difficult. My heart feels like it's shattering to pieces. How do you cope with knowing that a baby died, in pain, before they could even open their eyes and see their mother, their siblings, or the world? I am not coping well and I suppose I'm just looking for comfort from people who have gone through this.
This is Sesame, who passed on January 11
And Chia, who passed earlier this evening, January 14
Thank you for reading.
This is my first experience raising kittens from birth and it has been so intensely painful and difficult. My heart feels like it's shattering to pieces. How do you cope with knowing that a baby died, in pain, before they could even open their eyes and see their mother, their siblings, or the world? I am not coping well and I suppose I'm just looking for comfort from people who have gone through this.
This is Sesame, who passed on January 11
And Chia, who passed earlier this evening, January 14
Thank you for reading.