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Since last year, every kitten we've had died (except for the last batch that were born just last week, and our latest rescued kitten). Some of these kittens were rescued/adopted, some were babies of our adult cats. Almost all of them looked perfectly healthy so we couldn't figure out what the problems were. Some of the kittens died just a few days after being born, some lasted for weeks and one kitten reached 2 months of age.
The first batch was when one of our adult cats gave birth to a litter of three kittens. two of them died just after a few days. The other one reached the 4th week then suddenly became lethargic.
Then, after a month another adult cat of ours gave birth to 4 kittens. They're all seemed very healthy and their mom was so caring for them. When they were about 1 week of age, we found another kitten in a ditch. He was so wet and crying because it was raining heavily that night. We adopted him. He's around the same age as the other 4 kittens. The mom took care of him and treated him as her own. They all reached weaning stage, still looking healthy, active and playful. Then, same thing happened as before, they all died one by one, day after day, until only one was left. During the 10th week of the last kitten, we thought we could relax a bit. But then, same thing happened. Nothing looked wrong with him as he was so playful and ate a lot.
We felt like we didn't want to have any kittens in the house anymore. We love cats and kittens, that's why it's really hard for us to deal with the depression everytime a kitten dies. We currently have 10 adult cats (1+yo), one 5-6 months old kitten, and the litter of kittens that were born just a week ago (5 of them).
We've just recently started studying about the proper way of raising and caring for cats and kittens, and learned that having too many cats in one household also comes with risks. However, we're already in this situation. We also can't just leave cats and kittens that we think are in dangerous situations (Eg: side of the road, garbage can, ditch etc) so we have no choice but to adopt them.
It's really frustrating and depressing. We wanted to save them but ended up like this. I really hope you guys could help us sort this problem out. We're already planning to go to a vet (vaccines perhaps?), but we want to get some opinions from more experienced cat lovers first. Yes, we're quite hesistant as we've read and heard some really bad stories from other pet owners. The vets allegedly gave the wrong meds and/or dosage that put their pets in worse conditions. We just don't want unnecessary risks for our beloved felines.
Hold you could help us. Thank you.
The first batch was when one of our adult cats gave birth to a litter of three kittens. two of them died just after a few days. The other one reached the 4th week then suddenly became lethargic.
Then, after a month another adult cat of ours gave birth to 4 kittens. They're all seemed very healthy and their mom was so caring for them. When they were about 1 week of age, we found another kitten in a ditch. He was so wet and crying because it was raining heavily that night. We adopted him. He's around the same age as the other 4 kittens. The mom took care of him and treated him as her own. They all reached weaning stage, still looking healthy, active and playful. Then, same thing happened as before, they all died one by one, day after day, until only one was left. During the 10th week of the last kitten, we thought we could relax a bit. But then, same thing happened. Nothing looked wrong with him as he was so playful and ate a lot.
We felt like we didn't want to have any kittens in the house anymore. We love cats and kittens, that's why it's really hard for us to deal with the depression everytime a kitten dies. We currently have 10 adult cats (1+yo), one 5-6 months old kitten, and the litter of kittens that were born just a week ago (5 of them).
We've just recently started studying about the proper way of raising and caring for cats and kittens, and learned that having too many cats in one household also comes with risks. However, we're already in this situation. We also can't just leave cats and kittens that we think are in dangerous situations (Eg: side of the road, garbage can, ditch etc) so we have no choice but to adopt them.
It's really frustrating and depressing. We wanted to save them but ended up like this. I really hope you guys could help us sort this problem out. We're already planning to go to a vet (vaccines perhaps?), but we want to get some opinions from more experienced cat lovers first. Yes, we're quite hesistant as we've read and heard some really bad stories from other pet owners. The vets allegedly gave the wrong meds and/or dosage that put their pets in worse conditions. We just don't want unnecessary risks for our beloved felines.
Hold you could help us. Thank you.