Rachel,
I'm so sorry about your little one. Sudden kitten death really isn't all that uncommon, even in kittens without Felv. They ARE just children afterall, who don't know their limits. I have had friends who have lost kittens from falls/jumps off of furniture, rough housing with litter-mates & other house mates (all in innocent play, mind you). I was there when Joe's two kittens were spazing around the house together. We we laughing so hard at their antics as they ambused each other and spead off over and around the furniture. Unfortunately as they were racing through the living room into the dining room, one swerved in front of the other causing the one kitten to run right into the doorway, at top speed, poor thing snapped his neck and died instantly. As infants, their bodies are fragile and sometimes little backs or heads get knocked hard enough to break, or frail internal organs, hiding some tiny flaw, are pushe!
d past
their capacity and rupture. I've heard of kittens smothering themselves playing in grocery bags, & blankets or choking on toys or pcs. of toys, then of course there is always the danger of poisonous housepants and other household items.
Don't let this disquade you from adopting another. I know all that sounds horrible, and it is, but SO many of them DO live to bring you years of love and laughs. It no one's fault that a life ends too soon, the important thing is your Endora did HAVE SOMEONE TO LOVE HER, & A WONDERFUL SAFE LOVING HOME, if even for a short time....something that millions of other kittens would give their whiskers for.
God Bless.
T
"MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh, Rachel, my heart goes out to you. What a shock. I'm so sorry. I'm just glad Endora found you to care for her, cruelly short though her life was. I don't have enough experience to know how common it is for FeLV kitties to be struck down so suddenly, but I know you'll get lots of feedback from members who do know. I've heard it isn't uncommon, tho, (and so I try to prepare myself mentally for it).Thinking of you, take care, Kerry-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rachel
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 8:46 PM
To: FELV TALK List
Subject: sudden kitten death - addition to CLSPlease add Endora to the CLS. She is one of two kittens I took in back in October. She was about 4 months old.Last night she was fine and playful, I didn't see her this morning, just put her food out and headed to work. I came home tonight and found her dead on the floor.Has this happened to anyone? She had an upper respiratory and finished her medicine by the end of the first week of November (almost a month ago) and was fine. Otherwise she hadn't had a problem.I've never taken in kittens this young before, but I figured if they made it past 2 months, the next "hurdle" would be 1.5 to 2 years old. I never thought I could lose them so fast.Rachel
Rachel"Folk will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog" C. Doran
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