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05-11-2009, 08:43 PM
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Re: fading kitten
sorry to hear about your little one
 
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05-11-2009, 08:57 PM
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Re: fading kitten
Young kittens need weighing daily to make sure they are getting milk. Any weight loss is not normal and can alert you that something is wrong and you can then start topping them up, or get some fluids into them at the vet if they are dehydrated. Look for kittens on their own this can also alert you that something is not quite right. Kittens cannot maintain their body heat well so they need to be in a warm room and they need to be snuggled up together or with mum.
Non-feeding or cold kittens go downhill really fast, so you need to act quickly to save them.
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06-11-2009, 09:00 AM
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mum had pushed him out of the bed which is when i took over warming him and trying to feed him with kitten formula, i tried everything i could. i feel a bit upset at your post actually its like you are saying i could have done more to save him.like it was my fault.
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06-11-2009, 10:58 AM
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Hi Lauren - I believe you were just trying to be as helpful as possible as QUICKLY as possible but forgot to read the thread properly. Would you like to pop back on to say sorry? I would give you rep if you did that - it would show that your post was in error and not out of naughtiness.
Tillysmum - most of us realise that you tried really hard, and I am pretty sure you were already trying before you popped on here to seek advice. Mother Nature took over, that's all. You did everything possible. I hope you are feeling a bit better today. 
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06-11-2009, 11:13 AM
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Re: fading kitten
In no way was I criticising Tillysmum, sounds like the kitten had cleft palate. it was just an observation and some info for other new kitten owners. Sorry it came across that way.
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06-11-2009, 11:49 AM
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 sorry, but thats bit patronising !!I think Lauren just made a statement of fact. No blame apportioned to anyone. Fact is to have any chance of success, and its slim at best sometimes, you have to act quickly when you notice something amiss, but in some cases that is not always evident. I went to a seminar that discussed fading kittens and I was shocked at how just a short period of being slightly too cold can set off a chain reaction inside their body that starts slowly shutting down, meaning even if they are feeding they can not metabolise what they are taking in and in most cases its silent and irreversible. Regularly weighing them sometimes can give you a heads up to the process allowing you to step in earlier than maybe otherwise, but success is still not guaranteed. The % of kittens that die in the first week of life is worryingly high in a survey they took of pedigree cats the average was 25% mortality rate, which is quite shocking really. Losing a little soul is never easy, you always have doubts about whether you could of done things differently, its only natural. Mother Nature is incredibly cruel at times, you wonder why she allows these little souls to come into the world alive only to have something go wrong and have them fade away. I always think they are souls who got in the queue to come back before their time, and have to go back to wait for the right time to return (((hugs))) Tillysmum, every breeder goes through this at some point, and it is incredibly hard as you do feel so responsible, but somethings are just not meant to be no matter how hard we battle for them.
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