I've never posted here before, but I was just posting a pic of Sneaker at Fur Pics and it made me think a lot about her, so I thought I would share here.
The summer before last we (unknown to us) had a feral cat with a litter of kittens under our house. She died and we found the litter of 6 kittens two days later. We estimated that they were less than 2 weeks old. It was early June and the nights had been very cold. When I found them, they were wet, muddy, freezing (as if they had just come out of the fridge) - two were lifeless. I managed to get them all going (I REALLY wish I would have known about this site then!!) and healthy. Then at about 3 weeks later, after I had them pretty much weaned, one of them (Sneaker) took a turn for the worse. Long story short, we finally decided to stop her suffering and have her put to sleep.
I have had many pets that I have been very close to, and had a hard time dealing with their passing, but I had never felt anything close to what I felt with Sneaker. The bond I had with that little kitten (and the others) was so incredibly strong. She had such a cute little personality - she was the first of the litter to do everything... walk, run, eat, use the litter box etc. - I would have really liked to know what she would have been like now.
Thanks for listening. RIP little Sneaker
The summer before last we (unknown to us) had a feral cat with a litter of kittens under our house. She died and we found the litter of 6 kittens two days later. We estimated that they were less than 2 weeks old. It was early June and the nights had been very cold. When I found them, they were wet, muddy, freezing (as if they had just come out of the fridge) - two were lifeless. I managed to get them all going (I REALLY wish I would have known about this site then!!) and healthy. Then at about 3 weeks later, after I had them pretty much weaned, one of them (Sneaker) took a turn for the worse. Long story short, we finally decided to stop her suffering and have her put to sleep.
I have had many pets that I have been very close to, and had a hard time dealing with their passing, but I had never felt anything close to what I felt with Sneaker. The bond I had with that little kitten (and the others) was so incredibly strong. She had such a cute little personality - she was the first of the litter to do everything... walk, run, eat, use the litter box etc. - I would have really liked to know what she would have been like now.
Thanks for listening. RIP little Sneaker