UPDATE: Vet visit yesterday for Bambino was very productive. He found spirokeets (sp?) bacteria in the stool sample, and treated her with amoxi drops (2X/day) - said she was emaciated and to force feed her the Hills A/D perscription catafood and liquid with a syringe every few hours - and that she should perk up and start eating on her own within 24 to 48 hours. So we did all that and this morning she woke up ravenous!

I actually started crying there at the vet's office, wondering if I'd only brought Blaze in and /or force fed her the same way if she wouldn't have died. I'd been worried about her and knew whe wasn't eating much; but didn't think it was life-threatening. The vet had actually seen her a week or so earlier; checked his records - at that time she didn't have the spirokeets bacteria - he said it's likely her problem wasn't the same and that she may have died regardless - cause sometimes kittens die. Didn't really make me feel that much better - she still died because I didn't realize how bad off she was.

Aaaand then . . . a 3rd kitty sibling is also in trouble. Mittsy was fine last week, we put her on display in one of the kitty cages at PetSmart on Friday. On Monday (yesterday afternoon) the store vet determined that she was having trouble and called to say that she was throwing up. I went to get her - and she's all skinny-looking and lethargic too now; whereas before she was playful and energetic and seemed fine. I gave her the amoxi drops and force fed her last night & this morning too but she hasn't bounced back AND she's got ringworm, according to the store vet ------- so we're back to our vet this afternoon.