This afternoon, Soot went to the Bridge. I am unsure what happened. She was fine yesterday and when I went in to do the noon feeding, she was open-mouth breathing, hot as the devil and moaning. I raced her to the vet, but arrived too late to help her. I came home and checked the rest of the kittens but they all seem fine. Soots had a swollen belly and she couldn’t walk straight. The vet is putting his bet on FIP. It is not as contagious as first thought when it was named Feline Infectious Peritonitis but continual exposure 24/7  to the secretions can cause it to spread. I am crossing my fingers that it isn’t FIP. We are doing a necropsy even though I know that sometimes this is just a waste of money and leaves more questions then answers about cause of death.

Soot, I am so sorry I couldn’t save you after all~ Fly free now- you are out of pain.