I have had two sad experiences with distemper. One back in 1996, when it hit a feral colony we were working on trapping and neutering. One tuxedo kitten(about 4 mos old) survived. Tina Peepers is now 9 yrs old and a sweet girl!!!
The other experience was with sweet 6 week old kitten that we adopted from the shelter on 9/10/03. Tiny Sylvia died today. We had her only for 2 days. I have a post for her on the Memorial section.
I understand the Spring and Fall are the worse times for distemper. This is very sad. Sandra