Hi,
I think we may need to lock this thread at some point but not before I say something in our defence.
Young kittens die all the time, look at the agony that Judith has been through over the last few months and the number of kittens that have died. Judith, as anyone who has had dealings with knows, is one of the most caring , hard working, loving people there is and looks after the foster cats she has in to a very high standard. Those on this forum that work with her or have adopted from her know that, but that has not stopped her losing kittens last year and this year. We have to work with what we are given - something Judith's vet has said to her as she has been in tears at his surgery.
Cats come into rescue and very often the ones we have most problems with health-wise are the young females who have been left to have several litters over a relatively short space of time.
Munchies had had how many litters ? 3 or 4, The others 2 or 3.?
There was cat flu in the house. Wasn't it Mini Me who had a bad chest as a kitten 'but got over it?'. The 12 week old will need medication for the rest of its life.
Poor Munchies has been left with a womb infection and though someone had mentioned 'discharge' in the house no one had taken her to the vets - the day we arrived you had planned to but 'had no transport' - a taxi would not have cost much and may have saved her life.
As it is we took them all to the emergency vet as said in this thread and she was angry at the state of them all and asked us we were were going to report you to the RSPCA. We said no that you were not cruel, obviously cared but were a bit 'clueless' - she replied that ignorance was not an excuse.
We were at the vet for 2 hours that night and that evening and the next two days while we tried to save Munchies life cost the group five or six hundred pounds, I have the bill here somewhere.....
When Munchies was pts the vet also informed us that there were strange perforations around Munchies rear and asked us if there were rats that could have been getting at Munchies while she was poorly - not said anything of this before as no one really knew what could have caused this skin damage - perhaps someone in another rescue has come across something similar.
The kittens and other mum cat died because of a viral infection with complications. Call it cat flu, cat cold or whatever. They did not die of cold.
All of us rescue people have seen and been involved in similar cases where overbreeding causes weakening of the animals.
I think it is priceless if you are implying that these animals died in some way because of neglect on our part - if here was neglect then it sits squarely with you. Cats and kittens need more that love, cuddles and kisses - they need to be looked after properly.
Ultimately, I am sorry the cats did die because of the way you had allowed them to live and the fault does lie with you. I am sorry to say it but it is the truth.
You have three hopefully healthy cats there so concentrate on their wellbeing and treat the experience as a horrible lesson that cats cannot be allowed to have litters of kittens continually, not only due to their being too many cats to have homes but for health reasons.
I am sorry for your loss but you have no right to think it was caused by anything we did.
