lost my kitten in cat fight .

i had originally had two cats one kitten and a older young male they got along fine. and loved being with each other and were inseparable. then i decided id like to get another one i brought her in. and she seemed to be fine shed purr when i touch her and love to explore and play around she didn't pay much attention to the cats. i thought she just needed some time to get used to it. days pass and she starts playing with the older male not the little girl. one morning i have them all in my room. i leave them alone for not even 5 min to go take a shower i hear screaming i bolt out the shower and there i see the younger male hiding in the closet and my kitten dead on the floor with blood all over her and the new cat with blood on her paws and hissing at her. Ive not put that cat in the bathroom and I'm in such shock i don't know what to do. i have no where to bury her i don't have money to cremate her. and i could never throw her in the trash id feel horrible. now I'm worried for my younger male chewie hes walking very weak blood on his nose and a swollen eye the new girl is fine but acouple off her claws came out and i caught her with blood all over her. what do i do!!!!!

I'm sorry to hear about your kitten.

First of all, separate the cats and keep them separated for now. Your boy needs to see a vet, as he most likely will need antibiotics from the injuries he received during the fight. You can talk to your vet about what to do with the kittens body. The vets that I work with do mass cremations of the animals left at their clinics.

Once you've treated the boy, you need to start the introduction process all over again. Here's some information on the topic.

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/67321/introducing-a-new-cat-to-your-old-cat
http://www.thecatsite.com/a/introducing-cats-to-cats

A cat can be very sweet and loving, and seemingly great with people, however how they act in the cat world is another story.

She is obviously an alpha cat, and was putting your female kitten in her place.

How sad and very unfortunate...

I agree with the re-introduction of your male and her.

When they are allowed to be together you need to be watching carefully to see how she is with him.

He should not have to live with fear or being pushed around in the least.

Sorry for your loss...awful.

Oh, as for her remains, do you have a friend you can ask to bury her?

vanessahenry said:

i had originally had two cats one kitten and a older young male they got along fine. and loved being with each other and were inseparable. then i decided id like to get another one i brought her in. and she seemed to be fine shed purr when i touch her and love to explore and play around she didn't pay much attention to the cats. i thought she just needed some time to get used to it. days pass and she starts playing with the older male not the little girl. one morning i have them all in my room. i leave them alone for not even 5 min to go take a shower i hear screaming i bolt out the shower and there i see the younger male hiding in the closet and my kitten dead on the floor with blood all over her and the new cat with blood on her paws and hissing at her. Ive not put that cat in the bathroom and I'm in such shock i don't know what to do. i have no where to bury her i don't have money to cremate her. and i could never throw her in the trash id feel horrible. now I'm worried for my younger male chewie hes walking very weak blood on his nose and a swollen eye the new girl is fine but acouple off her claws came out and i caught her with blood all over her. what do i do!!!!!

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Oh I am so sorry about your kitten.  If you have an animal cemetary nearby, they may be able to work out a payment plan with you. 

When my cat passed, it was actually more affordable to take him directly to the cemetary instead of leaving him at the vet.  I was very pleased to see the care and compassion with which they performed the cremation too. 

I learned alot through that.  While at the cemetary I learned that some people do have to wait a long time and then have a cremation done due to cost, if they are planning to keep the ashes.    

Or else, the vet will advise you on your best options.  I think that there is a free option for this too when they do the mass cremations.   

My question about this is that I have two young kittens... would this sort of thing happen to cats who have been together since they where kittens? I mean I am kind of scared to leave them at home now. Listening to a story like this. I know they get kind of rough sometimes during play fighting and sometimes they will even get so rough that they'll hiss at eachother... I know they are not really hurting eachother but it still scares me a little. 

Flinch4me said:

My question about this is that I have two young kittens... would this sort of thing happen to cats who have been together since they where kittens? I mean I am kind of scared to leave them at home now. Listening to a story like this. I know they get kind of rough sometimes during play fighting and sometimes they will even get so rough that they'll hiss at eachother... I know they are not really hurting eachother but it still scares me a little. 

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I would not worry about something like that happening.... frankly.... This is the first time ever I hear about it.... This has to be something very very rare.... Your Cats have been together since they were kittens.... There is no reason at all IMHO why you would need to be concerned about it now.

The only reason I am kind of concerned is there play fighting gets kind of rough... They hiss at eachother sometimes...and that concerns me... Do kittens hiss eventually as they get older? they didn't used to. It makes me sad. My kittens are my babies...if they got to carried away I would not know what to do.

To the OP...how old was your kitten?  I have never, in my life, heard of an adult cat killing a kitten like that (I have heard of momma cats killing their babies...but not like what you describe)...especially not that fast!  Do you know what, exactly led the kitten to die (a cut or bite to the throat?)

@ Flinch4me...  I would not worry about this happening...at all.  For one thing, I have never heard of it before this post.  I have 5 indoor cats and 2 indoor/outdoor cats that do not get around the 5 indoor only cats.  Meowgie was introducted to my indoor 5 at 2 weeks old when I was bottle feeding and he started interacting with the others around 7 weeks old.  We NEVER had a problem.  They hissed...and played.  He loved it.  They are all still the best of friends and they play rough, but no one ever gets hurt.

Now, one of my outdoor cats (Momma) is a fighter.  I would not trust her around a kitten at all.  I don't think she would kill it, but she is not tolerant of other cats.  She ended up with a bite wound abscess from a neighborhood cat...and the neighbrohood cat hasn't been seen since the fight.  However, she was feral when I got her and you can tell that she doesn't like other cats.  It is not like a "Dr. Jekyl, Mr. Hyde" thing where they are nice and just turn.  She is NEVER tolerant of other cats...none except her son, Percy.

Reading this while I'm working to introduce a senior cat and a kitten makes me cringe.  They aren't allowed together unless I can get there quick - ie, I'm awake and around the house.  I've got some feliway on order, but man, this makes me worried.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

Flinch4me said:

The only reason I am kind of concerned is there play fighting gets kind of rough... They hiss at eachother sometimes...and that concerns me... Do kittens hiss eventually as they get older? they didn't used to. It makes me sad. My kittens are my babies...if they got to carried away I would not know what to do.

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Cats do play rough....and sometimes we do have the impression that they are fighting... The hissing is their way of saying to each other: too much! Stand back! Knock it off! But yours have been together since little kittens.... I seriously would not worry about at the least.... let them play....
If you see tails on the floor, ears back, loud screams fur flying, and ultimately blood - then we are talking fight. Then you have a reason to worry about it.... if not.... Playing they are....

Okay, I just hope that this doesn't happen to anyone else... hearing of a kittens death is probably the most sad thing I have heard my entire life.... especially if they are so close to you 

The only times I've heard of an adult cat killing a kitten, the kitten was under 5 weeks old--too small to defend itself or run away fast. In the OP's case, I wonder if the kitten had some kind of accident. . .really, I don't think there would be much blood if an adult cat killed a kitten, or at least not right away (only afterward, if the big cat tried to eat the smaller one). The kill bite usually breaks the critter's neck, it doesn't sever an artery. It's instinct; if a cat's prey was bleeding all over, it would attract other predators.

It's a terrible to thing to have happened, but not a common occurrence.

BlueRexBear said:

To the OP...how old was your kitten?  I have never, in my life, heard of an adult cat killing a kitten like that (I have heard of momma cats killing their babies...but not like what you describe)...especially not that fast!  Do you know what, exactly led the kitten to die (a cut or bite to the throat?)

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Willowy said:

The only times I've heard of an adult cat killing a kitten, the kitten was under 5 weeks old--too small to defend itself or run away fast. In the OP's case, I wonder if the kitten had some kind of accident. . .really, I don't think there would be much blood if an adult cat killed a kitten, or at least not right away (only afterward, if the big cat tried to eat the smaller one). The kill bite usually breaks the critter's neck, it doesn't sever an artery. It's instinct; if a cat's prey was bleeding all over, it would attract other predators.
It's a terrible to thing to have happened, but not a common occurrence.

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I find it strange also. The only time I heard of an adult killing a kitten is reading about a tom in a feral colony killing the kittens sired by another male. Like what happens in a pride. Not sure if it was a rare case and the kittens were newborn.