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I still feel very sad about something that happened 2 years ago. My grandmother has a feral cat colony that we are still trying to get fixed. 2 years ago, one of the semi-feral regulars disappeared (she was always at the feeding station first thing... she just vanished.) She left behind 6 newborn kittens. My grandma didn't see the mom for 3 days, so she took the 6 kittens inside and started bottle-feeding. She tried to care for them and fed them every 2 hours, but she didn't have the energy so I came over to try to help her. I had work so I could only help for a few days. No rescues would help us. The kittens started off well, especially the siamese look alike, but they went down hill quick. I thought we could do it because their eyes were starting to open and they were getting better. But then the kittens started having diarrhea. Some of them wouldn't eat. One of them got pneumonia and it died the day after I left. A family member took the rest of the litter to the pound because my grandma was getting sick and just couldn't do it anymore. I feel so horrible I couldn't do more to help. The mom cat never returned... poor thing must have gotten trapped or died. Does anyone have an idea on what went wrong with the kittens? I just feel so bad still and I need closure, I want to know what went wrong..?!? Thank you.
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