Tad, I am so sorry - the loss of a youngster can hit very hard. My stepdad rescued a kitten he saw thrown from a truck, it's sibling didn't make the landing, and she died less than a week later - tiny little thing, just barely a handful - from starvation induced pneumonia... There was nothing they could have done to save her. My mom, stepdad and nephew were utterly broken-hearted and she'd been with them only days. And when you've spent days and weeks and even months, sometimes, nursing a special needs animal, the bond that develops is very deep and the loss cuts that much more. I hope that knowing there are other people out there who feel as deeply for their animals as you do for yours helps a little. Time will pass and you will remember the good feelings more than the sad, though you won't ever forget Baby Kitty.
<<<<<<<HUGS>>>>>>>>>
Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes...My little feral FeLV+ kitten died on March 30th...The same day as Steves kitty...
Her name was "Baby Kitten"....I did post on here and I think 2 people replyed...
She didn't make the CLS though....Maybe I didn't come on here and cry about it
enough...But I..Like Steve still think of her and miss her and I guess if I have to read
about Poor Steve every week maybe my kitty could at least be put on the CLS list...
Baby Kitty was about 5 months old when she was trapped and tested pos...She was
partialy crippled when I got her and very small...She hated being in the cage so much
that I let her out to run in the room with my other pos cats who are all very tame...
She did eat well but not much of the wet food with the suppliments and until she got
sick I wasn't able to catch her...About 2 weeks before she died I suringe feed her
and put her on antibiotics...She bounced back and I thought I had saved her...And
along with that I had tamed her into a real snuggle bug...I didn't have her that long
but I had let myself think that she was going to be around for a while...
I lost 3 cats 12 - 14 years old last year but I think loosing the young kitty that never
made it to her 1st birthday hurts just as much...
I have lost 3 other FeLV+ cats but I also have 8 alive and well that I saved from being
PTS the day I brought them home...I guess thats why I keep going....
Tad
Steve Williams wrote:
No virus found in this outgoing message.Hi all, It's been awhile. I have not been able to read the list. The email subject lines alone have been too upsetting to me. I am beginning to think I will never recover from the loss of Loki and Leeloo. I wanted to send you a link to a kind of comic book story my niece Alisha wrote for her anthropology class. It features her cats Mitas, Kaiya, and Dotty (these are also my sister Lynda's and niece Shawna's cats... the first bunch they rescued). they lost Leeloo and Loki's siblings, Milo and Abby to FeLV... All listed on Belinda's CLS list). Alisha is a bit of an artist. Click "Next" to view each page. Enjoy, Steve http://alisha.leafglow.com/gallery/gallery36.html
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