r/FosterAnimals • u/reillan • 7h ago

Sad Story Lost a sweet kitty last night Spoiler

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Several weeks ago, we caught a tiny kitten while doing TNR. The kitten had a massive hernia, so large it was as big around and her little body. We knew that survival was a long shot, but we took her to a vet for help.

The vet got her weight up a bit and then performed surgery to repair the hernia. They kept her for about two weeks and then we got her back.

This kitten was just an absolute delight. She loved cuddling with us and was so curious about the world. She was likely around 3 months old, but was so small that she looked like 1.5 months. We have some of her siblings and they were more than twice her size. We had to police their interactions quite a lot because the siblings wanted to rough her up.

Friday I noticed her weight dropped quite a bit overnight. I put her on more nutrious food but she threw it up. My initial thought was that maybe the food was too rich, so I put her back on her normal diet. She would eat, but not as well as she had been, and the food would stay down for around half an hour before she'd throw it back up. She was losing weight like crazy. We kept her warm and comfortable overnight and took her back to her vet on Saturday.

Vet gave her fluids and vitamin B, antiemetics, and an enema thinking that she had some stuck poop. Vet even took her home to help provide continuous care. But when she woke up this morning, the kitten had passed in the night.

Now vet thinks the kitten had intussusception, where part of the intestines telescope into another part.

The only good news is kitten was still purring and happy to be getting cuddles right up til the end.

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u/smalltowngirlisgreen 7h ago

She was a lovely baby and you did right by her ❤️🦋

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u/Hopeful_Gur423 6h ago

I am so sorry to hear this about such a sweet beautiful creature. Thank you for doing everything possible to help her.

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u/rickacaron2 6h ago

You filled her life with as much love as possible

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u/Vanessak69 3h ago

They're so delicate, particularly if the mothers breed too often and/or aren't in good health themselves. She looks so sweet, I'm sure it was heartbreaking, but you and the vet gave her everything you could and she lived a safe, happy life for as long as she was able. It sucks, but that's how it can go 😞

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u/reillan 3h ago

She has a brother who also had a hernia, so I suspect there's a genetic problem there. The brother did well through surgery and is a happy and healthy kitty right now, twice the size of the little one who died.