We got a kitten from a pet shop, it was more of a outdoors pet stall. This is in India. He looked about a month old and was covered in fleas and dirty, and also skinny. We brought him home and cleaned him and he seemed to adjust to us fast, he was sitting on us and purring a lot. He was refusing to eat cerelac, which is the milk formula type of thing that young animals are always fed here. For the first 1.5 or 2 days he was refusing it and didnt eat anything at all. So we started syringing it into his mouth. And about a day later we gave him the wet packet food which he started eating well and ever since then he ate that everyday (that was about two weeks ago). The wet packet food was labelled 2 to 12 months but it's the only thing he would eat, he had a good appetite for it and his stools were solid. We don't know his actual age but because of his size we thought he's around a month.
We converted one of the bathrooms in our house into his room, at first it was kind of empty except for a box for him to sleep in, then we added a litter box and bed. But couldn't find proper kitten beds in a pet shop here and his bed was actually a soft rug folded 4 times to make it smaller and thicker, but it didn't have any enclosure on the sides.
We fed him through the day and he always had water, I wish he had been given more attention during the day but most of the time we have him proper attention it was at night. He used to cry in the room sometimes during the day. We used to make sure he's properly fed and then at night time we used to let him out and cuddle him and stroke and carry him. He was always purring and such a sweet kitten.
A few times this past week he threw up white foam. Not food though, once it had a few food particles but otherwise just white foam. It was a small to medium amount that he would throw up, he used to make the movement with his body like he needs to throw up and seem like he's trying to spit something out. We did some research and thought it's a hairball. Since he wasn't throwing up food and his stools were normal at the time. His appetite was also very good and was always eating well. We refreshed the water everyday but I don't know how much he drank. Sometimes I saw urine in the litter box.
2 nights ago we were cuddling and playing with him, he was going from lap to lap and climbing up on shoulders and he was eating well. This was all around 2 am - 3 am. He was purring and warm. He sneezed a few times but otherwise no major change in his behaviour. We refreshed his food and water again and put him in his room to sleep, this was around 4 am. We heard him meowing around 5 am, it was the normal meow hd sometimes gave when he heard noise or wanted attention. We went to bed and some hours later around 9 am we saw that he had passed away. It was devastating. He wasn't on his bed but lying in a wooden box in the room. He might have passed away a few hours earlier.
What do you think happened? Please help. I wish we had done an autopsy.
We converted one of the bathrooms in our house into his room, at first it was kind of empty except for a box for him to sleep in, then we added a litter box and bed. But couldn't find proper kitten beds in a pet shop here and his bed was actually a soft rug folded 4 times to make it smaller and thicker, but it didn't have any enclosure on the sides.
We fed him through the day and he always had water, I wish he had been given more attention during the day but most of the time we have him proper attention it was at night. He used to cry in the room sometimes during the day. We used to make sure he's properly fed and then at night time we used to let him out and cuddle him and stroke and carry him. He was always purring and such a sweet kitten.
A few times this past week he threw up white foam. Not food though, once it had a few food particles but otherwise just white foam. It was a small to medium amount that he would throw up, he used to make the movement with his body like he needs to throw up and seem like he's trying to spit something out. We did some research and thought it's a hairball. Since he wasn't throwing up food and his stools were normal at the time. His appetite was also very good and was always eating well. We refreshed the water everyday but I don't know how much he drank. Sometimes I saw urine in the litter box.
2 nights ago we were cuddling and playing with him, he was going from lap to lap and climbing up on shoulders and he was eating well. This was all around 2 am - 3 am. He was purring and warm. He sneezed a few times but otherwise no major change in his behaviour. We refreshed his food and water again and put him in his room to sleep, this was around 4 am. We heard him meowing around 5 am, it was the normal meow hd sometimes gave when he heard noise or wanted attention. We went to bed and some hours later around 9 am we saw that he had passed away. It was devastating. He wasn't on his bed but lying in a wooden box in the room. He might have passed away a few hours earlier.
What do you think happened? Please help. I wish we had done an autopsy.
