My kittens died and I don't know why.

kittenhugger

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There were three kittens, two of them died of Fading kitten syndrome. Their brother lived and we bonded so fast, he cuddled up with me at night, would only let me feed him, and cried whenever I left the room to do something. One morning after breakfast I heard him crying and I though it was because I left the room, I came into the room and he was still crying so I sat down and held him, and he still didn't stop crying, by then I knew something was wrong. He just got louder and louder and a minute later he took his last breath, it broke my heart! I have never been this close with an animal, 4 weeks later and I'm still upset! He and his brothers were only 6 weeks old! Can anyone tell me why John, the last one died? I miss him so much! He didn't die like the others they died in their sleep, I just want to know what happened to my baby.
 

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Without a necropsy, it's impossible to tell, but it sounds like possibly a congenital heart defect.
 

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Fading kitten sydrome is frequently caused by Feline Leukemia, which weakens the kittens so that almost anything could have been the specific cause of death. Do you have their mother? Has she been tested?
 
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