At the 8:00 feeding last night, I picked up Schroder from the kitty pile only to discover to my dismay that he was dead! No warning- three hours prior, this orange boy was full of life and then he wasn’t. He had just passed because he was still warm and it is a mystery now if the other three will survive. Perhaps this is more than just the feline herpesvirus. Only time will tell. We are doing all we can for the remaining litter which consists of the female tortie: Star, and two orange boys, the runt Linus and the older, stronger Lionel. I thought if we would have lost any more of them it would have been Linus. Mike was really upset and wanting me to supply answers as to why Schroeder left us- I have no clue- that is why they call this fading kitten syndrome.
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Perhaps a kitten’s heart and/or other organs just don’t develop fully right away. Schroder’s little body couldn’t keep up with the demands being made on it. You did your best but too many things are beyond our control. Godspeed, Schroder.
Kittens are so fragile, especially if they don’t come from optimal beginnings. You do what you can and hope for the best… really, it’s all you can do.