never got a chance at life...

So I know this is mainly a m/c forum, but I have been devastated by the loss of a kitten I was fostering. Two days ago, I dropped off a stray at the humane society who had been terrorizing my cats and spraying in my house. When I got there I noticed a little pink box on the doorstep. In it were 3 TINY, TINY kittens. They didn't have their eyes open yet, and two of them still had dried up umbilical cords. I told the workers about them so they took the kittens inside. While I was filling out my paperwork, I asked what would happen to them. First of all, the girl working at the desk didn't seem to give a shit. She had a "happens all the time" attitude. She said they would try to find a foster home for them, and if not they would put them to sleep because they don't have the resources to feed them every two hours. Of course I couldn't let them do that. I volunteered to take them. I fed them every two hours on Thursday, including nighttime. The smallest one was weak from the get go. They weren't sure how long the kittens had been sitting on the porch and it had been cold at night. On Thursday night the little one didn't eat so well, and by yesterday late morning it didn't want to eat at all. It's little tongue was hanging out and it barely could breathe, so I called my vet. He let me come in even though they were on lunch. I bundled up the kitten against my breasts with a soft fleece blanket. When I got to the vets (5 min away), I handed it over. The kitten was quite limp by then. Right away the vet was like, "There's no heartbeat". Apparently the kitten had died on the way while snuggled against my chest. I started bawling and didn't really stop yesterday. My fiance didn't understand why I was so upset, saying "you just got them yesterday, I could understand if it was one of the older cats". We ended up fighting about that. So I buried it alone in my backyard..the poor thing was even too tiny to tell what gender it was...so I generically named it Oreo. What saddens me is 1)some piece of shit is responsible for abandoning the kittens and will not be held accountable for it and 2) the poor baby never got a chance to live because of whoever is responsible for this, and 3) I loved that kitten from the moment I held it and nursed it, and no one else in this world cared one ounce for it.

I know it's just a kitty, but if anyone would like to throw in an extra prayer tonight it couldn't hurt. Here are the only pictures I have of Oreo:RIP little one. Your foster mommy loves you.

poor little kitty. i will give it a prayer tonight. are the other 2 alive still?

Awww. I know how it feels to lose an animal that fast. My dog's first litter she lost all but two of them. And during the night the other two died. I cried all night because I was the one taking care of them.

R.I.P kitty  

Aww that made me cry
I love kitties so much
I recently had a kitten that I wanted to take care of... we found him in my backyard and my dog was attacking it
My mom wouldnt lemme bc it was siamese and she said it must belong to someone
We had to keep it outside and he cried the whole time wanting in...
I had to go to the basement and cry lol it was so sad
Then we gave it to my aunt for safekeeping
And like a week later they found her dead... she was eaten by something..
Now Im super mad bc if she couldve stayed here like I wanted she wouldve lived : (

aww thats so sad im gonna cry!!

im with you on this the story brought a tear to my eye...i love animals and they always have a place in my heart...and like you said th hubs never understands...and i agree that the peice of shit person who abandoned them should be brought justice...

I'm so sorry.


 Now I'm crying.

Quoting amanda_mommy:“ poor little kitty. i will give it a prayer tonight. are the other 2 alive still?”

Yeah, my mom is kitty sitting them while I'm at work. The seem to be strong, so far but they're so young to be away from their mommy. Hopefully I can keep them alive. They sure seem to be eating and pooping like champions!

Bless your little heart... that little baby looks about the same age as my kittens. About 3-4 days old. If the other little babies are still alive, see if you can fine a mama cat nearby who might adopt them and be their wet nurse. Little ones that tiny need mothers milk to survive.

I'm proud of you taking them and loving them so!

Aw thats so sad. 

I'm so sorry. I know how you feel, I also found a stray kitten in my backyard a few years ago (Punky was his name), he loved to sleep in my hair and if I even tried to remove him from it he'd start crying like crazy, I was able to nurse him for a while and he was looking a lot better but when I took him to the vet to make sure nothing was wrong they pumped him full of medication, by the time he got home he was very tired and limp, within a few hours he passed away.

I'll keep you and little oreo in my prayers. -hugs-

Quoting msilverbelle:“ So I know this is mainly a m/c forum, but I have been devestated by the loss of a kitten I was fostering. ... [snip!] ... extra prayer tonight it couldn't hurt. Here are the only pictures I have of Oreo:RIP little one. Your foster mommy loves you.”

This made me all sniffles and tears. I DIE inside when I see baby kittens like that...I think of my own little monkey who was so tiny and sick when I got him and he's a big fat healthy old man now...some little kittys just don't get a chance.
I'm sorry mama...I'd be bawling just as hard if I were you.
<3

my mom is a vet and brings home sick kittens/puppies all the time... she once brought home a kitten that was so small it needed help to poop and had to be fed with an eye dropper.... it was too sick and it died   i cried for like 2 days straight, its so sad.
 

aw im so sorry. i will pray for him/her. i love cats. i take in strays allthe time.. wounded ones healthy ones and nurse them back to health. it disgusts me how cruel some people are. people think theyre "just animals" but they have a life and feelings an d family too and deserve just as much as we do. i feed my cats people food and sit in chairs at the table.. i respect them as one of the family because i believe were all created equal on this earth. my mom finds it disturbing that the cat is sitting at hte table but i quickly remark to her as she complains "imagine if you were the cat, and had to sit on the floor looking up and watching all of us eat this delicious food. that just breaks my heart. hes not bothering anyone.. if he cant sit here than fine.. why dont you sit on the floor and watch us eat.. see how it feels." and she lets it be. lol.
i once founda cow (which i named oreo..) it was a tiny preeme and it was laying outside in the rain... i stopped at the farm adn asked what they were doing with it and they said "agh, it will probably die anyways, its a bull, we dont need it." i was so mad, it was so light i could pick it up.. it was teeny and i carried it to my house. i put it in the shed with some hay and fed it with a bottle often. i gave it raw eggs( thats waht you do with animals who wont eat, it jumpstarts their appetite) and he started to thrive. he couldnt walk.. but he began to hold up his head and drink his bottles. then one night he started puking all over and had diareeah bad.. he was all limp and my dad came down to the shed and told me sadly that he'd have to put him down becuase he was suffering.. so he did.. my dad even cried a little.. i cant image having to kill an animal.. even if it was best.. but he wasnt about to make me do it.. so he took the gun. i buried that little cow with my father.. he probably wouldve lived if the farmers up the road hadnt left it out to die. i have pictures somewhere of it wrapped ina blanket.. thats the first thing i thought of when i heard this story of yours. your a very kind person to take in those kittens. we need more people like you on this earth.

how are the other kittens doing?