Quote Originally Posted by momtomany
Hang in there with Sunshine and know that you are doing the best you can. I do have one question, what kind of baby food are you using. Last year this time I was fostering five kitties that were not quite 4 weeks old. Our TNR organization that I work with told me to only use "gerber" baby food and stage one at that. I would actually mix it with the KMR and they thrived on it. Two of them were in really bad shape when I found them and serious dobuts about one in particular. Today our "Slick Willie" is a thriving huge cat. All five survived, thank God, and I kept all five so I am the proud meowmie of 10 in my house. I will keep you in my prayers.
We are using Gerber, Stage 2, Turkey, Chicken, but mostly Lamb. I hope it works. I seperated the baby from Dottie. I don't know what else to do....

Quote Originally Posted by kb2yjx
I was sad to read about Jersey and Itty Bitty. Have any of the kittens been to the vet??? This sounds very similar to when back in September 2003, we adopted a 6 week old kitten. Two days later, she died of distemper. And yes, maybe Dottie knows they are ill. Our vet told me, that when a kitten or cat is ill, and the other cats really are horrible to it(for the lack of a better choice of words), it is natural for them to "help" the ill cat to die quickly. Maybe that is what Dottie has done. I have seen the above behaviour in our house when one cat was sick. I recall how awful I thought my usual kind and loving cats were acting towards this one cat. Will keep little Sunshine in prayers....You take care...
I took two of them to the vet on Tuesday of this week. The vet said they were too young for vaccines and they were just under weight. He said with good nutrition, they should be fine. I heard that too about cats....but do I chance Sunshine with Dottie? Or do I keep her seperate?

Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic
I have nothing to add but my prayers to you, the mommy cat and the one surviving kitten. Only God knows what happened. You are being asked to endure a lot right now, and it must be painful. Hang in there. Sometimes our best is just not good enough.
I thank you for your prayers. I wish I knew what happened....I tried everything for those babies. Maybe I tried too late. I have to worry now about the surviving kit and my other rescues now. I have to get them to be okay. Thank you everybody for your kind thoughts and words. Love to all.